Re: 1949

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2010/12/19 9:13:48

I guess your car has no vehicle number plate? It would be found on the driver's side of the cowl, just under the hood near the windshield, and would give numbers such as 22XX-XXXXX; that would fully identify the year, model, body style, and production number. A similar number on a small metal tag near the heater box on the passenger side of the cowl would have the number of the body manufacturer (Briggs) and also can serve as a partial identifier but could not distinguish a 48 from a 49.

Your body dash number identifies it as almost certainly a 1948, 22nd series, and probably a reasonably early one. With a slight addition of a single digit to the vehicle number, a 22nd series car could also be an early 1949 model and this distinction can only be made from the original vehicle number, no other physical differences other than a higher motor number (on the left side of the block). The numbers you gave ending in 288 were probably off the cylinder head, in two different sizes and fonts and separated by a space? They are simply casting numbers followed by the engine size (288 cubic inches)`for which the head was intended. the 102147 is a casting date.

I have no idea what a "compliance plate" is. Why not just post a couple of pictures?