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To be honest, I have very little info on this. I just started a new job @ an asphalt company. My new boss is testing me, I do believe. All I know is the company has a 1928 Mack Dump Truck they are restoring. He gave me a list of patents and really wants to know if there would be a VIN number on it anywhere. According to all I can find - I am not good at navigating info back that far on the net - VIN numbers were not used way back when. SO I am guessing the patents were used as a form of identifying a vehicles in the beginning. The patents he gave me are as follows - 657650 9/11/1900, 885986 4/28/1908, and 921963 5/18/1909. So in essence I need to know if the patents are the "VIN #'s" for the truck. Would you happen to know when VIN #'s were introduced? I know VIN #'s were finally organized into the system we currently have back in the 1980's. Would love to get your opinion on this. Thanks for your help so far!

It is actually a 1928 Mack. I know they didn't have vin #'s back then, so did they use a patent # instead? If so where would it be located? We have searched the frame, engine, doors, and everything else looking for an identification number of some sort.

Looking for the VIN number on a 1900 mack anybody know where it would be located?