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fredski · 02-06-2015, 09:58 PM

1930 town sedan Canadian model.
Have owned car sines 1970. This is vin on my registration and on
Original when ibouhgt it.
I thought vins would have same as engine stamping number?

Fred ski

Charlie Stephens · 02-06-2015, 10:52 PM

Any chance some DMV used your body number by mistake? Can you find the number on the car (and where?)? VIN's (actually serial numbers when the Model A was built) should match the engine number. If you changed the engine you notified DMV and they updated the paperwork. DMV just forgot about the number on the frame under the body. This is the way they did it in most states in the US. Canada???

Charlie Stephens

fredski · 02-06-2015, 11:17 PM

The body number stamped on the frame I thought matched engine number.

In any case I do not know stamped frame number and will never
Know since body must be lifted to find (I think)

Fredski

Mike V. Florida · 02-06-2015, 11:26 PM

You are correct. When the car was new the engine/frame number was the number used on the title. Jump ahead 80+ years, anything could have happened.

darrylkmc · 02-06-2015, 11:33 PM

fredski,

The Engine number is stamped onto the frame, however if your car is a 1930 Canadian Manufactured car it will likely not have the number on the frame, as this was discontinued.

The Body number is a different story and if it exists it will be on the left side near the seat riser or door.

My 1930 Canadian Standard Phaeton has body 6F1903, your number sounds more like a body number than an engine number.

Although, by 1930 Canadian engine numbers were CA plus another letter and numbers from 1 through 10,000. So it is possible your number is the last four digits from the engine.

Darryl in Fairbanks

Jim Mason · 02-07-2015, 08:46 AM

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my guess is that is the rebuild date on the engine 1/3/52...

Tinbasher · 02-07-2015, 11:37 AM

If your car is Canadian then there is no number stamped on the frame so your engine number is the Vin. Here's a list of Canadian VIN# and production dates.

John Poole

The Old Tinbasher

fredski · 02-08-2015, 12:58 AM

I know longer have original engine which had engine numbers
That was for the year of the car and think it was the original to it

I wanted a inserted main and rod engine and traded mine in
As a exchange. Not a counter balanced motor.

Fredski. I like my vin #. Easy to remember.

02-06-2015, 09:58 PM	#1
fredski Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: morrisburg ontario Posts: 349	Vin # 1352. Is this correct 1930 town sedan Canadian model. Have owned car sines 1970. This is vin on my registration and on Original when ibouhgt it. I thought vins would have same as engine stamping number? Fred ski Last edited by fredski; 02-06-2015 at 10:06 PM.

02-06-2015, 10:52 PM	#2
Charlie Stephens Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Southern California Posts: 7,033	Re: Vin # 1352. Is this correct Any chance some DMV used your body number by mistake? Can you find the number on the car (and where?)? VIN's (actually serial numbers when the Model A was built) should match the engine number. If you changed the engine you notified DMV and they updated the paperwork. DMV just forgot about the number on the frame under the body. This is the way they did it in most states in the US. Canada??? Charlie Stephens Last edited by Charlie Stephens; 02-06-2015 at 11:04 PM.

02-06-2015, 11:17 PM	#3
fredski Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: morrisburg ontario Posts: 349	Re: Vin # 1352. Is this correct The body number stamped on the frame I thought matched engine number. In any case I do not know stamped frame number and will never Know since body must be lifted to find (I think) Fredski

02-06-2015, 11:26 PM	#4
Mike V. Florida Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: South Florida Posts: 14,054	Re: Vin # 1352. Is this correct You are correct. When the car was new the engine/frame number was the number used on the title. Jump ahead 80+ years, anything could have happened. __________________ What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them. - Henry Ford II

02-06-2015, 11:33 PM	#5
darrylkmc Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Fairbanks, Alaska Posts: 767	Re: Vin # 1352. Is this correct fredski, The Engine number is stamped onto the frame, however if your car is a 1930 Canadian Manufactured car it will likely not have the number on the frame, as this was discontinued. The Body number is a different story and if it exists it will be on the left side near the seat riser or door. My 1930 Canadian Standard Phaeton has body 6F1903, your number sounds more like a body number than an engine number. Although, by 1930 Canadian engine numbers were CA plus another letter and numbers from 1 through 10,000. So it is possible your number is the last four digits from the engine. Darryl in Fairbanks

02-07-2015, 08:46 AM	#6
Jim Mason Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 914	Re: Vin # 1352. Is this correct Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) my guess is that is the rebuild date on the engine 1/3/52... __________________ www.jmodela.coffeecup.com Fwiw, jm.

02-08-2015, 12:58 AM	#8
fredski Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: morrisburg ontario Posts: 349	Re: Vin # 1352. Is this correct I know longer have original engine which had engine numbers That was for the year of the car and think it was the original to it I wanted a inserted main and rod engine and traded mine in As a exchange. Not a counter balanced motor. Fredski. I like my vin #. Easy to remember.