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toms32 · 03-16-2018, 09:46 AM

Hey Guys ! I believe that the frame number was stamped on the drivers side right under the cowl. I cannot seem to see it. Was the frame also stamped in another place ? Thanks Tom

Keith True · 03-16-2018, 09:59 AM

If the car was assembled in Canada you won't find a frame number at all.They can also be a very shallow stamping.That is a floppy piece of metal they are stamping on with a hammer.Look at some frame stampings,what you will see a lot is the bottoms of the numbers may be fairly deep,and the tops very shallow or barely indented at all.The bottoms of the numbers have some support from the vertical part of the frame,and the open part of the horizontal open part of the frame just bounces when being hammered on.

redmodelt · 03-16-2018, 10:13 AM

For US car, that is the only place besides the engine.

wingski · 03-16-2018, 10:14 AM

Hey Tom, if you want to verify if that is a Canadian car, look for Robertson screws. They are the ones that have the square indentation in the head instead of a slot. In my cabriolet, I found them along the front of the seat support and along the back. The more I looked, the more I found, and absolutely no stamped on frame number.

Good luck,

Mike

WHN · 03-16-2018, 11:04 AM

Try putting some oil on frame where VIN should be. Enjoy.

Chris Haynes · 03-16-2018, 01:02 PM

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03-16-2018, 09:46 AM	#1
toms32 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 2,210	Placement of frame ID numbers Hey Guys ! I believe that the frame number was stamped on the drivers side right under the cowl. I cannot seem to see it. Was the frame also stamped in another place ? Thanks Tom

03-16-2018, 09:59 AM	#2
Keith True Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Epping N.H. Posts: 2,984	Re: Placement of frame ID numbers If the car was assembled in Canada you won't find a frame number at all.They can also be a very shallow stamping.That is a floppy piece of metal they are stamping on with a hammer.Look at some frame stampings,what you will see a lot is the bottoms of the numbers may be fairly deep,and the tops very shallow or barely indented at all.The bottoms of the numbers have some support from the vertical part of the frame,and the open part of the horizontal open part of the frame just bounces when being hammered on.

03-16-2018, 10:13 AM	#3
redmodelt Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Portland OR Posts: 6,340	Re: Placement of frame ID numbers For US car, that is the only place besides the engine. __________________ I know the voices aren't real but damn they have some good ideas!

03-16-2018, 10:14 AM	#4
wingski Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: Cave Junction, Oregon Posts: 432	Re: Placement of frame ID numbers Hey Tom, if you want to verify if that is a Canadian car, look for Robertson screws. They are the ones that have the square indentation in the head instead of a slot. In my cabriolet, I found them along the front of the seat support and along the back. The more I looked, the more I found, and absolutely no stamped on frame number. Good luck, Mike

03-16-2018, 11:04 AM	#5
WHN Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Connecticut Shoreline Posts: 1,820	Re: Placement of frame ID numbers Try putting some oil on frame where VIN should be. Enjoy.

03-16-2018, 01:02 PM	#6
Chris Haynes Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Camarillo, CA and Pine Grove, CA Posts: 2,832	Re: Placement of frame ID numbers Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) The splash apron has to be removed to see it. __________________ 1921 Runabout 1930 Tudor Early 1930 AA Speed costs money. How fast do you want to go?