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Hello, I'm new here and need your help. Am trying to ID a 1933 5-window Coupe. Have the VIN and Cowl Tag; would appreciate a decode. Thank you.

VIN: 2CA0769453

COWL TAG: Line 1 = Job # 33-567
Line 2 = Body No. T-4477
Line 3 = Trim No. 25
Line 4 = Paint No. 132

Hello CHEVDUDE and welcome to the site.

Here is some decode info on your 1933:

VIN: 2-Manufactured at Tarrytown NY
CA-1933 Master Eagle

COWL TAG: Job #33567-5 Window Coupe
Trim & Paint - Black Fenders and Body with Gold Bronze Striping and optionally either Black or St. Germain Red wheels.

There may be a few too many numbers in your VIN, as when I run it through a "VIN Buster" it comes back with a 1962 2WD Suburban manufactured in Tarrytown.
Actually, these early cars did not have a "VIN", but rather a serial number, stamped on a small plate nailed to the passenger side floor. Some states used this number to title the cars, and others used the engine serial number. There was a quite a discussion about this recently:

https://vccachat.org/ubbthreads.php/topics/171095/vin_number_location#Post171095

Hope this helps,

Dan

Trim #25 is the brown mohair upholstery that 99 and 9/10 percent had. There was an optional flat cloth.

"2CA07 69453" does have the correct amount of numbers for a 1933 car serial number.

As stated above, "2CA0769453" is not a VIN number...it is a Car Serial Number.

Starting with 1932 models the first 2 digits after the letter series (BA, CA etc.) identifies the month of production, in this case 07 for July.

It is a Master, or an Eagle. There are no Master Eagles. Being mid-year it is most likely a Master.

Roger

WOW! Boy, does THIS work! Thank you all very much.

1933 started with Eagle and Mercury, by 1934 changed to Master and Standard.

There's no "Mercury" either. No known paper work has ever come from Chevrolet stating the standard would be a Mercury. I have 2 1933 standards, both built in February & both of them say "Standard" on the serial number plate. Early cars, #16 from Oakland & #13 from Kansas. Eagle was the early version which became the Master about March 1933 at approx. the same time the Standard was introduced. Joe

The 07 in the serial number indicates the car was assembled in July of 1933 so its a Master.
The division bar between the front vent window and door glass lower with the glass on the Eagle and is "fixed" in place on the Master.