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HOPING SOMEONE COULD HELP ME WITH THE ID #S JOB 30559 BODY 0 4127 NO SILL PLATE AS THAT PIECE OF WOOD WAS MISSING. HOWEVER THE FIREWALL IS A DEEP MAROON AND THE WHEELS ARE SOLID. ENG #835501 B 10 0 THANKS. I

Job No. 30559 is 1930 Sedan
O 4127 means it was the 4127th Sedan built in the Oakland, CA Fisher Body Plant.

Engine casting number 835501 is '29 or '30 but the casting date of B (February) 10th 1930 means it is a '30 engine.

thanks for the info the sill plate tag is there but very hard to read are the numbers/letters stamped any ideas on how to read it

Acid Man....

After I purchased my 31, I had the state police come out to verify the car and they were able to 'etch' the sill plate with acid to bring up the numbers...and gave me a piece of paper that made registering the car with DMV so much easier...They didn't have to do an inspection of the car...which could save a bunch of hastles...

Not sure of the type of acid used. My guess would be muratic, or a mild sulphuric...but you'll have to ask Bill Nye for that...

The car serial number is stamped into the plate.

THANKS FOR THAT I DID GET SOME #S OFF THE SILL PLATE WHICH ARE AT THE BOTTOM UNDER UNIVERSAL AND THEY READ 6AD 7563 HOPE MAYBE YOU COULD DO SOMETHING WITH THOSE. I SOAKED IT IN LEMON JUICE AND THOSE #S CAME OUT PRETTY GOOD AND FROM WHAT I CAN SEE THATS ALL THERE IS.

1930 model series AD 6563th (started at 1001) 1930th assembled in the Oakland, CA (No. 6) plant.

do you know how i could find what trimm package it came with wheels etc.

Being an early car it would have had metal disc wheels. Wood spoke were optional. Wire wheels were a later option but don't know the exact date they were available. Maybe someone else does. Think that trim was mohair upholstery.

April of 1930. However, the Sport Coupe and the Sport Roadster came with wire wheels as standard equipment. So did the Special Sedan when it was introduced.

Thanks doggie, I knew u new. Or is that new you knew?

I knew that you knew that this would not be new to me so I knew to post that I knew so that you would know that I knew. (Or something like that!)

This knew stuff is getting old!

Naw....this new stuff was new back when I knew it and it is still new now even though I already knew it.