Re: Numbers found

Posted by Dave Sturges on September 09, 1998 at 16:46:32

In Reply to: Re: Numbers found
posted by Tomas Jutebring on September 09, 1998 at 07:16:18

Tomas,
As David noted not all cars have an assembly plant number. Don't understand this at all, but it is a fact we have to live with. Some cars when they are restored, get the body filler treatment and this hides any numbers that were there. Does your Phaeton have a steel or wooden cross member? The wooden pieces might have been replaced and thus the number is histroy. All I can suggest is that you look on the body side rails around the door openings on both sides. Some of the stampings are very small and very difficult to see. The Somerville, MA plant used a very small stamp. These stampings can appear anywhere on the top of the cross member or side rails.
Happy hunting,
Dave