Re: [FWDLK] 58 Plymouth Question

["Bill K." <pontiac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I didn't look at the '59 Plymouth due to difficulty accessing it, but the
three '60 Chryslers I located in a yard here - including the one I bought -
have no data tags on the door post.  But they do appear to have had one
there.  I looked at a '62 and it does have a VIN tag there.   As low as they
are on the cowl it's not hard to see the rivet or spot weld getting broken
when someone kicks snow off their feet in the winter, assuming someone
didn't take them with the registration cards to register some other car.


Meanwhile I get the fun of pulling the heater core to check VIN and hope the
guy has a registration card to match it, in the stack somewhere.   NY needs
an etching of the VIN from the tag on the car if your registration is lost -
while I could probably fool them one way or another, since the average DMV
clerk will know as much about a '60 Chrysler VIN as the average 5 year old
does, it's a hassle I'd rather avoid, just in case down the road there's any
question of ownership.  But it's not a big worry, since it will be a long
time to get this one back together.


Bill K.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Grove -- Grove Automotive" <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 9:01 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] 58 Plymouth Question


> About this "data plate" stuff, - my '59 Sport Fury has NO tag on the
> doorpost.  Two holes, - but it doesn't look like anything was ever there.
> There is a plate on the firewall, which does contain the VIN, - above the
> brake booster, on the (somewhat) "horizontal" surface sort of under the
rear
> edge of the hood.
> I did find the VIN stamped into the LR frame rail during a trailer hitch
> installation some years ago, - it is long gone now though, - had to weld
> right over the top of it to mount the hitch.
> (hope that firewall plate never falls off!)
>
> Regards,
> DaveG.
> ----
> Grove  Automotive -- "Chrysler Spoken Here"
> www.groveautomotive.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Waters" <ronbo97@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 8:17 PM
> Subject: [FWDLK] 58 Plymouth Question
>
>
> > Hi All -
> >
> > My Newark, Delaware-built 58 Plymouth (LP2Nxxxx) came with a data plate
> > mounted by the master cylinder.  But, there is no body tag on top of the
> > firewall on the driver's side.  The holes are there, though.  At first,
I
> > thought that someone had removed the tag.  But on closer inspection,
there
> > is no evidence that a tag was ever mounted.  My theory is that
> Newark-built
> > 58 Plymouths never had body tags.  Can anyone else out there in FL land
> > corrorborate this theory ?  Any other Newark-built 58 Plymouths on the
> list
> > ?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ron
> >
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