Re: VIN#'s

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2008/11/18 23:05:24

Sharp eyes and a great observation! Perhaps it suggests an answer to the question of when the BDNs were actually embossed on the body. Early on I thought perhaps they were stamped sequentially as the cowl stamping was made, though that photo would seem to rule that out and indicate they were stamped at some point well along in the body construction. That being the case we should see a pretty good correlation between production sequence and BDN which, with the exeption of immediately postwar period and a few V8 cars, seems to be the case.

Sorry, did I miss something or owe you something on the cam retainer?

EDIT: Yes, I did see your post and thanks for the clarification. I suspected the picture in the Benjamin article was in error which you've confirmed.