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27 Jun 2006 01:46 #5021 by flad
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Thanks Josh
It does have a bustle trunk, We do have the sheet metal and there were cut outs in the hood and fenders that have been filled in. The workmanship is not the best, so it is hard to determine if they were original or not.

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24 Jun 2006 13:34 #5011 by Josh Malks
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The serial number assigned by the factory was the frame number plus 1000, preceded by 810 or 812.

The highest original 810 number that we know of was 1525. So, if your Beverly has a bustle trunk it would be an 812. If the correct frame number were 302, that would make your serial number 1302 which is too low. (Car 810 1302A happens to be a known 1936 Westchester.) So the frame number is 802, which makes your car's serial number 812 1802S, a previously unknown Beverly. (The S suffix means a bustle-trunk sedan body.)

You didn't mention whether you have the front-end sheet metal and whether external exhaust pipes were originally present. That might change the number a bit.

No way to determine the engine or body numbers, but engine number was likely between FB2375 and FB2380. (Unless you find external exhausts.) Body number was probably somewhere between C 96 170 and C 96 190. ("Probably" because Auburn occasionally plucked an engine or body out of order.)

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23 Jun 2006 13:40 #5010 by flad
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We have a Beverly no engine, transmission or body tag. The frame numbers appear to be either 302 or 802. How many numbers should there be on the frame? Can we determine history with just frame numbers?
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17 Apr 2006 23:46 #4724 by
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Hi Ray,

I thought you already figured out what you had (but I'll be nice and won't repeat it).

If the plates are gone there are three other places to look.

Engine - there is a machined spot on the top front left side of the engine. It is right behind the top bolt for the bell housing. There should be an "FB" or "FC" (for the engine series) followed by the engine number.

Transmission - There is a number stamped on the top of the transmission. Look at the left rear corner of the trans cover, just to the rear of that on the machined surface is the tranny number. it should start with a "T". If the tranny has a 47:10 ratio there will be a stamping above the tranny number "R47:10"

Now that you found the easy numbers...
Frame - on the right side, behind the opening for the axle there are two large rivits about 6 to 8" apart. If you are lucky there is a number somewhere inbetween these rivits. These numbers were stamped very lightly so you will probably have to take off any paint or rust (sand lightly). it also helps to use a flashlight and "shadow" the area to try to find a part of a number and go from there.

Let us know what numbers you find and we can go from there.

Jim

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17 Apr 2006 13:58 #4716 by rrboldu
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Hi guys,
Is there any other place ,than the cowl, where a car serial number is located?
The tag on my have been removed; would like to identify what I really have.
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Ray Bolduc

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