body markings

[Philippe]

Hello

in the engine compartment
there is a cold strikes marking D23 but on the 3 and 4 is hitting d24
with F1 OR E1 letters can you tell me why
thank you all

thank you for your help

best regards

philippe
hello Normandy

 

I use the English translator French
I hope that the translation is good

[Plymouthy Adams]

translation is fine...the marking are interesting...we did not get body marking of that sort in US...I would think by looking that this hand stamp for whatever the reason they exist was just a poor alignment when the two codes were hand stamped in place. 

 

Is there a way you could post pictures of the other tags on the firewall opposite this as we also do not get similar tags here...would be interesting to see what data is there...

[Philippe]

Hello

good evening
thank you for your reply
here are the pictures of the plates
I understand nothing d23 d24 d25 to the model and year of my car
you also have the photo of the engine number 752595 DP15
thank you for your help
cordially
philippe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 4, 2015 by Philippe

[BobT-47P15]

That third picture appears to be the block stamping........which starts with "P15".........which would indicate that to be a Plymouth 1946-48

engine. Very similar to a Dodge motor.

Edited May 4, 2015 by BobT-47P15

[greg g]

Looks like the engine was a replacement at some time.  As the firewall tag has one starting with D25, so I would think someone had it replaced with a P15 Engine. Look down one the engine block and see if there is a brass tag riveted to the block.  That would suggest a factory or licensed rebuilt engine was installed.  It was pretty common practice to do and engine swap rather than a time consuming rebuild of the original engine.  

 

Is your car a Plymouth body with Dodge trim, like in Canada, or a Dodge Body (longer wheelbase, front fenders continuing into the frond doors?

Many Chrysler cars were shipped as knockdowns.  Unassembled subsections that were assembled in European Countries either in Chrysler factories or by contracted assembly plants.  Yours could have been one of those assembled in the Rotterdam factory even though the fire wall tag says made in Detroit. These were done this way to avoid the taxes and import fees applied to a fully assembled automobile. 

 

You might want to read the information about the variety of exports that Chrysler corp was providing the world market.  this can be found on the ALL PAR website.

 

 

http://www.allpar.com/corporate/factories/rotterdam.html

 

http://www.allpar.com/corporate/factories/rotterdam.html

[Philippe]

Hello

thanks all

for your messages
cordially
philippe

[LAKOTA169]

translation is fine...the marking are interesting...we did not get body marking of that sort in US...I would think by looking that this hand stamp for whatever the reason they exist was just a poor alignment when the two codes were hand stamped in place. 

 

Is there a way you could post pictures of the other tags on the firewall opposite this as we also do not get similar tags here...would be interesting to see what data is there...

This is stamped on the firewall of my '37. I know there was a metal tag with a body number, but it isn't on my car (lost). On my registration, they have a number P4xxxxxxxxBC for the vehicle number. I also know this is correct (Going to have to change this). My serial number starts with 10104xxxx (made in Detroit). The car is a P4 and it is a Business Coupe (BC).