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They have a different VIN than the civilian trucks. One of the letters designates government purchase instead of something else. A lot of the more simplistic "civilian only" VIN database software doesn't have the government numeral in it and throws up an error when it tries to read it. You...

My SoS (Michigan equivalent of the DMV) visit took me taking the VIN book from the guy and finding it for him. He was the stereotypical government employee though...

Isn't Gulfway more collectors' insurance than daily driver insurance? There's no reason he shouldn't be able to get regular auto insurance on a M1009. It's just a K5 Blazer with a fancy paint job.

Yeah but just getting them to actually sit down and work through the VIN and realize it was just a regular '86 K30 pickup. They'd throw it in their computer and one of the numerals would throw off their "civilian only" system and then I'd get a phone call. Took two sets of pictures and after...