A Chrysler New Yorker wagon would be 8703xxxxxx. "85" would be for a
Newport wagon.
A total of 72,951 1960 Chryslers were built in the U.S. (Jefferson), so the
last numbers would run from 100001 to 172951 as the Jefferson plant built
only Chryslers.. 1949 was the last year Chrysler had separate numbers for
each series.
And it is a small tag on the driver's door hinge post.
The data tag has the Shipping Order Number, but not the VIN.
Bill
Vancouver, BC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill K." <pontiac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 6:46 AM
Subject: [FWDLK] 1960 Chrysler serial numbers
> Question:
>
> Just where is the serial # supposed to be, I know it's supposed to be on
the
> driver's side hinge post (apparently the same as on my Pontiac?), but when
I
> opened the door to look the other day I couldn't find anything. Of course
> it could be missing, too. Or I was looking for an aluminum/stainless tag
> and they don't use one - (?). I figured before I spend a good hour
hacking
> the scrub away from the other wagon to see if there's one on it (and get
> into who knows what nightmare with what's left of the driver's door that
> looks like someone took the jaws of life to it) I would ask, maybe someone
> has a picture of the door open shows where the tag is located.
>
> My book doesn't say specifically, but if I read it correctly the serial
> number should be 8503-10XXXX - 85 = New Yorker Suburban, 03 = Detroit
> production, followed with sequential number somewhere between 100001 and
> 101295. (The 1961 section shows this true for that year, except the first
> two digits were 87). That assumes all were built in Detroit, too (which
> seems fairly safe to assume).
>
> The place I got this from, he has old registrations for a lot of the cars,
> so I wanted to see if I could match one up to mine. In New York it's not
> too hard to register an old car without a registration, but you have to BS
> them a bit if you don't want a hassle of 15 notarized forms and them
wanting
> some other form every time you go back there (depends what office you go
> to). Having the paper makes it a bit easier b/c there's no questions.
>
>
> If I pull the data off the body tag, can this be decoded too? It seems
> fairly obvious how the car was equipped, I'm just curious which codes mean
> what.
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Bill K.
>
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