i need help determining the YEAR of my 2nd J200...

[jeeprcreeprz]

i recently bought this 196? J200 Gladiator...

i have all the paperwork needed to get a replacement title, but i cannot figure out exactly which year this truck is?

here is the vin: 2406A 19656 - 5 digit sequential vin series (every website i searched said something DIFFERENT!!!)

No side "safety" marker lights or reflectors on front or rear fenders, soooo.... PRE 1968 yah...

"KAISER / JEEP CORPORATION TOLEDO OHIO" tin vin plate still attached to driver's side door post = 1963 and newer

so, its a 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, or a 1967 pretty guaranteed...

any help is GREATLY appreciated...

[devildog80]

Sounds like Johnny Cash with his Cadillac

[Stuka]

Any details on what engine/trans/rear axle it has?

If the sequential SN is correct, its a '65 or older. Which should mean its a 230 i6. And a J200 C&C truck (no bed). So should be a flat bed, tow truck, etc.

[jeeprcreeprz]

yes, the serial number is still on door post by hinge and it appears to be the original vin tag, as far as i can tell.

it has an older v8 in it now, but i don't think it's original to this truck

i haven't gotten the axle, trans info yet, as the truck is still in the farmer's field where i bought it...

it does have a factory fleetside bed on it that APPEARS to be original to the truck

i'll get drive line and axles info when i pick it up in a few weeks...

thank you!

[tgreese]

To the OP, do you know about the tech library at the mother ship?

http://www.ifsja.org/tech/figures/index.html

This is correct AFAIK. Whatever online "VIN decoders" you are looking at probably don't have a clue about these older oddball vehicles.

My interpretation of 2406A is a truck with a cab and any bed configuration, not a cab and bare chassis. Has to be, since there is no corresponding number for a Townside or Thriftside truck with a bed of either style, and there is a 2418 code for an explicitly bare chassis. Plus I have not seen any low-GVWR trucks (5600 is low) delivered without a bed. Possible if destined for a service body, but those are heavy for that GVWR.

There is a parts manual at the Tom Collins site https://oljeep.com/edge_parts_man.html that should be the definitive VIN reference, but it appears to be missing the 230-era information.

[jeeprcreeprz]

Thank you tim!!!

[mud89]

I have some production records for the early ones, your gladiator was produced in december 1964, so it's a '65 with a Tornado engine and it's one of the last J200s before their replacement by the J2000s