Re: [FWDLK] 1960 Chrysler serial numbers

[Wayne Graefen <wgraefen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The secret VIN on the '60 and '61 (and later?) unibody Chryslers is
stamped into the cowl visible only when the heater box has been
removed.  On the cars, and perhaps also on the wagons, it is also on
a sheet metal flange behind the license mounting.

Wayne

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill K." <pontiac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 8:46 AM
Subject: 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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