Re: 49 Super 8 Convertible ID Tag Dilema
Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2012/7/6 8:52:44
The Brigs tag on the firewall has the engine number stamped on it!
Are you sure you're referring to the Briggs body number tag? See picture of the early style (late 1952 and back) Briggs body number tag. Since these were attached by Briggs when the body shell was built and before it was painted, there is no way the engine number could have been known at that time.
Sometime during late 1952 or early 1953 the Briggs body tag was modified, adding a line at the bottom that said "Briggs Mfg. Co, Detroit Mich."
Briggs tag photo courtesy of Mr. Jim Balfour. I've accumulated a modest database (thanks to many members on this forum, and others) of about 2300 number sets with VN (not VIN) #s and Briggs body numbers with corresponding thief-proof numbers and in some cases engine numbers. Some of this data is from original Packard records. If any of this data might prove useful to you, send me a PM with whatever data you do have on the car.
AND... I'm always looking for new data from unmolested cars, so if anyone has such data and hasn't provided it to me previously, I'd appreciate receiving it.
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Are you sure you're referring to the Briggs body number tag? See picture of the early style (late 1952 and back) Briggs body number tag. Since these were attached by Briggs when the body shell was built and before it was painted, there is no way the engine number could have been known at that time.
Sometime during late 1952 or early 1953 the Briggs body tag was modified, adding a line at the bottom that said "Briggs Mfg. Co, Detroit Mich."
Briggs tag photo courtesy of Mr. Jim Balfour. I've accumulated a modest database (thanks to many members on this forum, and others) of about 2300 number sets with VN (not VIN) #s and Briggs body numbers with corresponding thief-proof numbers and in some cases engine numbers. Some of this data is from original Packard records. If any of this data might prove useful to you, send me a PM with whatever data you do have on the car.
AND... I'm always looking for new data from unmolested cars, so if anyone has such data and hasn't provided it to me previously, I'd appreciate receiving it.
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