WHat year is my chassis

[hohenwald48]

I'm going to look at a 2007 National RV motorhome. How can I verify the model year of the Ford F-53 superduty chassis? I understand it could have been built on a 2006 chassis. Just wondering if there is an easy way to determine the model year of the chassis.

[timmac]

opps 😄

[Bumpyroad]

My bounder was built on the previous years chassis and that is how my insurance company wanted to insure it. took threatening to change companies to get them to write it that it was a 94MH on a 93 (IIRC) chassis.
bumpy

[hohenwald48]

Thanks folks. There was no 2005 F53 so I don't have to be concerned about that. Looking at the specs, there is absolutely no difference between the 2006 and 2007 F53 chassis so I guess it really doesn't matter which chassis a 2007 motorhome has. I'll get the VIN but I don't think I really care about chassis model year now.

[crasster]

X2 on Chassis VIN. VERY common for an RV truck to be made 1 year before coach built on top of it.

[Colo_Native]

You can tell by the VIN it has a date code which is usually about the 10th digit or letter

[rk911]

hohenwald48 wrote:
I'm going to look at a 2007 National RV motorhome. How can I verify the model year of the Ford F-53 superduty chassis? I understand it could have been built on a 2006 chassis. Just wondering if there is an easy way to determine the model year of the chassis.

yup. get the chassis VIN (NOT the MH serial number) and use any number of decoding websites online.

[newman_fulltime]

It could be built on a 05 chassis as well there should be a build number on the frame