Identifying Body Serial Numbers

Posted by Dennis Smith on December 27, 1997 at 12:54:08

Over the past couple of years, I have combined my resources with those of many others across the United States to form a list of what those body tag numbers really stand for. The following is a listing of what I have and I hope it will be of help to some of you. Let me first give an example of how this system works to those of you that may not be familiar with it. My '29 Murray Town Sedan's body tag reads M60177. By checking the list below you can see that M601 designates a 155A ('29 Murray) and the 77 is my body production number. Yes, I own the 77th Town Sedan ever produced! So, if you want to know your body production number, the numbers after the prefix are the actual body number. I am also missing the prefixes for the 60B, 60C, 160C, 30 - 31 station wagon, 30 - 31 Murray fordoor, and all coupes, roadsters, and phaetons. If anybody has those prefixes, I would appreciate an E-mail with them. Thanks.
28 - '29 Briggs Fordoor 190
29 Cabriolet194
30 - 31 Cabriolet (68B) 161
31 Cabriolet (68C)138
29 Town Car, Briggs 193
29 Station Wagon, MurrayM250
29 Town Sedan, Murray M601
29 Town Sedan, Briggs 199
30-31 Town Sedan, MurrayM604
30-31 Town Sedan, Briggs164
31 Town Sedan (160B), B & M 141
31 Fordoor Sedan (160A), B&M160A
29 Fordoor, MurrayM651
29 Fordoor, Briggs196
30-31 Fordoor, Briggs 162
29 Fordoor 2/W (170A) 197
30 Std. Fordoor (170B)167
30/31 Deluxe Fordoor (170B) 167
30/31 Deluxe Phaeton (180A) 151
30/31 Victoria B & M190A
Convertable Sedan B & M 400

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Re: Identifying Body Serial Numbers Tom C December 28, 1997 at 16:24:13(0)

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