1976 GMC 3500 — TCS346B521620

Record at a glance

VIN: TCS346B521620
Year: 1976
Make: GMC
Model / series: 3500

Evidence status

Exact VIN TCS346B521620 appears on the selected photographed SPID, federal conformity label and warranty entry. Verification is limited to readable document content; factory originality of surviving components remains unresolved.

Factory documents

The SPID prints LF8 454 V8, M40 Turbo Hydra-Matic, Z81 Camper Special Equipment and literal YE9 Silverado Equipment. Model and wheelbase are held. The conformity label repeats the VIN and lists 10,000-lb GVWR, 4,000-lb front and 7,500-lb rear GAWR; the damaged manufacture date is held. The warranty folder repeats the VIN and records 6-23-76 in the delivery/service-date field and 20 delivery miles. These are entries in photographed documents, not authenticated transaction or lifetime-mileage findings.

Physical vehicle evidence

Selected gallery photographs show the SPID and federal conformity label on the truck and a separate warranty-folder photograph. They belong to one dealer photographic source chain; no present condition or whole-truck authenticity assessment is made.

Owner or seller statements

The dealer calls the truck a C3500 Sierra Classic 3+3 dually and reports a 2010 repaint and later upgrades. Original-engine, one-owner and low-mileage assertions remain attributed seller claims.

Later research

ClassicCars CC-1156058 and Garage Kept Motors stock 18GKM179 describe the same exact-VIN truck. The displayed $14,500 is a listing figure; the sold marker proves neither a paid amount nor a sale date. Grand Rapids is a dated listing venue, not current custody.

Sources

Garage Kept Motors on ClassicCars, CC-1156058 / stock18GKM179 — exact VIN and selected photographed documents

Open questions

Resolve the full SPID model/wheelbase and damaged conformity-label manufacture date from a clearer independently supplied original. Establish document authenticity, present component originality, lifetime-mileage support, ownership continuity and current custody. No public image reuse is authorized.

VIN-matched photographed records

The Garage Kept Motors listing preserved on ClassicCars identifies TCS346B521620. Three photographs in that gallery repeat the VIN: a Service Parts Identification label, a federal conformity label and a GMC warranty-folder entry. Selected readable SPID rows include LF8 454 V8, M40 Turbo Hydra-Matic, Z81 Camper Special Equipment and the literal wording YE9 Silverado Equipment. The wording is a reading of this particular label, not a general GMC trim-naming rule.

Historical label and warranty entries

The conformity label lists GVWR 10,000 lb, front GAWR 4,000 lb and rear GAWR 7,500 lb. Its manufacture-date area is damaged and is not transcribed. Historical ratings do not establish present safe loading capacity. The warranty-folder photograph records 6-23-76 in the delivery-to-first-retail-purchaser/service-date field and 20 miles in the delivery-mileage field. These are recorded document entries, not an authenticated handover, a manufacture date or proof of lifetime mileage.

Listing and later work

ClassicCars listing CC-1156058, Garage Kept Motors stock 18GKM179, describes a C3500 Sierra Classic 3+3 dually. It displays $14,500 and a sold marker, which do not establish the amount paid or sale date. The dealer reports a 2010 repaint and later modifications. Original-engine, one-owner and low-mileage claims remain seller statements.

Evidence limits

This is one dealer/syndication source chain. The photographed artifacts have not been forensically authenticated. Full SPID model and wheelbase readings, the manufacture date, present-component originality, lifetime mileage, uninterrupted ownership and current custody remain unresolved. No private owner details or source images are reproduced.