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I stated that it would be a 22nd series car from the serial number. Upon further inspection, however, I believe I made a reading mistake. The serial number, if I recall correctly, started as 2392-5-. So it would be a 23rd series car, a Standard Eight Touring Sedan, to be exact. Sorry for the typo.

I've been told on other posts where to find the build sheet, I'm going to try and find it tonight... That will give me the low down on the car if it is indeed still there.

Where all these cars two tone? this one seems to still be painted it's original black, hardly any rust on the car, but the whole thing is black... not sure if that is correct or not. Hopefully the build sheet will tell me.

Thanks again to everyone who's given me there input, it's all greatly appreciated.

The two-tone paint scheme was offered as an option in the 22nd series, but was taken away for the 23rd series. If your car was originally black, the paint code should be X. You can find this on the build sheet and the plate located on the driver's side firewall.

You can find this on the ........plate located on the driver's side firewall.

True, except for the early 22nd series cars which still used the 21st and earlier style plate that gave the selling dealer and date of delivery instead of paint and trip codes.

Yes, indeed! This was true for pre-1948 vehicles, if I'm not mistaken. I'm not quite as knowledgeable on anything pre-22nd series.

True not just for the pre-22nd series, but also the early 22nd series. Don't have a feel for the switchover date, perhaps it's covered in a service document or trade letter. 2252-2124 still had the older style patent plate and this car was delivered on Christmas day 1947 so perhaps built in Oct or Nov of 47, about a half-year after 22nd series production began.

It's been a bit since I updated anything on here, so here it goes...

There is no Build Sheet, someone already made off with it. Kind of a set back, but I can get by without it...

No compression when checked on Cyl 1, 2, and 3... This has me disheartened... I was hoping to hear it run soon, not having to pull the engine...

On a better note, it cost me $500 buck to have the rad re-cord, and from other ventures, that wasn't so bad...

now, I need to do some reading on these Ultramatic Transmisions... Where to start...