Re: Chassis Identification of a 1937 senior car?

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2009/8/21 14:14:45

Good question. Going out a bit on a limb here, but browsing the 37-38 shop manual there are some differences in the springs, front and rear, between 37 Super 8 and 37 Twelve, and some differences again between those in 1938 as well. Not sure you could find numbers on the front coils as they were color-coded, but rears often have a part number on them. There are also some differences in frame dimensions (aside from the obvious wheelbase issue); this info is given in the 37-38 combined shop manual. Sorry I've not scrutinized the data for exact differences, do you have the manual? If not, you should have one.

Earlier in the 30s (in the beam axle era) but not sure of the later seniors, there was a number on the frame near the left-rear front spring perch, but it was only a sequential number and as far as I know they generally ran in the same range as the motor numbers. Even if the number was found on a 1937 I don't know enough about how to decode it but if it followed the prior practice, it was not a part number.

It will be interesting to see what other information you get on this, and please keep us posted.