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Re: 3/4 Ton Database
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 8:55 pm
by carryall
Hi all,some news from Norway again.
On my Wc 57 I have discovered the hood number in 2" lettering it is like this:
81673639 WC57 20294925
And body# 4219/20815
My friend has the following numbers (also undiscovered hood number)
81673594 WC57 20295085
And body# 4219/20811
Strange thing is that his car is earlier in all numbers, but not on the registration number?
Regards from Norway.
Raymond.
Re: 3/4 Ton Database
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 10:08 pm
by divingrocks
Hi,
I have added your actual hood numbers to the database...the calculated ones I had previously listed were both about 3000 off...glad you found your original numbers!
Re: 3/4 Ton Database
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 3:34 pm
by Route1
Wc51 81500454
Re: 3/4 Ton Database
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 4:07 pm
by divingrocks
Route1 wrote:Wc51 81500454
I don't think you have a 3/4 ton....got a pic of it?
Re: 3/4 Ton Database
Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 2:07 am
by ng19delta
divingrocks wrote:If all the numbers you gave me are correct and your chassis has no factory winch...you probably have a WC51 made in early October 1942
ng19delta wrote:Hi- I am still working on my WC's identity, but the serial number is 81589786(from frame rail- the 8 & 1 are covered by an added piece to be removed) and the USA number appears to be W-277559: I have not completed sanding back to it. I started today, but due to a lighting issue, sanded through part before I saw the dark blue markings! ARRRGGGHHH! It is a WC-51. The cab number is 4290-28313, and the original engine number is unknown: It currently has a P-23 engine in it! :p I'll be doing more sanding, more carefully, tomorrow- and with better light!
I just rescued this one from a scrapyard in Arizona, and had it dragged(on a U-haul car carrier) all the way across the USA to New Jersey. Can't wait to get into the meat of this restoration!
Scott
Hi- I know the chassis number is correct, and the cab number is correct, my only question is still the hood number... (By correct, I mean that is what's stamped there... God only knows if the cab was swapped at some point!) I tried estimating date based on the build cards elsewhere on the site, and bracketing the serial number and extrapolating, but my estimate came out around the first week of January. I am most likely wrong(especially since the body tag says 42) and like your estimated date of production better. I have to get one of those build cards from Chrysler Historical...Pics are at:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid= ... 0937835961 (have to log in to facebook to access...Sorry- have to get another photohost & post)
Re: 3/4 Ton Database
Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 10:07 am
by DrDiesel
WC54 81662054 no buildcard yet.
Re: 3/4 Ton Database
Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 12:21 pm
by GoranWC51
Tjenare Doktorn,
The build card can take up to a couple of months before you get it from Chrysler. I guess the pile up the applications and go through the bunch once every two weeks or so...
Don't forget to post you build card once you get it.
Göran N
Lidingö
Re: 3/4 Ton Database
Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 5:53 pm
by divingrocks
DrDiesel wrote:WC54 81662054 no buildcard yet.
728671 may be a good registration number for your ambulance
Re: 3/4 Ton Database of 325 known
Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 11:44 pm
by jeff
Rocks, found this plate under years of paint. It looks like 4239-11024?, it's really beat-up. My WC54 has a frame # 81551926,just want to add this info to your data base. Jeff
Re: 3/4 Ton Database of 325 known
Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 6:52 pm
by Phil P
Hi Divingrocks.
325!!? Did you ever think what you might have started? Only another 167,000 WC51 and 52 or so to go according to the data I've got.
Phil
Re: 3/4 Ton Database of 325 known
Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 7:00 pm
by divingrocks
well, I have only collected info on survivors, not full production...a mere .01 percent of the 300,000 produced ain't bad!
Re: 3/4 Ton Database of 326 known
Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 12:47 pm
by Newton
Hi there..
Only just got around to posting my details....oops!!
Type - WC51
Chassis - 8160468
Reg. no - 2113889 (stamped onto chassis under chassis number)
Engine - T214-207559 (with further rebuild stamps/plates of 3361-52-22 and 461-00 RA / date of delivery 12-52
Personally I think it is either VERY late Dec 1942, or VERY early Jan 1943.
Hope this is of use..
Gareth
Re: 3/4 Ton Database of 326 known
Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 3:29 pm
by GoranWC51
Hi Gareth,
You wrote: "Chassis - 8160468" - there seems to be a number missing there. My frame number 81741448, 8 digits long.
The best way to get an exact production date is to send 25 USD (Cash in an envelope is OK, I sent money that way. There's a minute risk that the cash will disappear on the way, but it's never happened to me) to Chrysler Corp and get the build card for your vehicle. Link here:
http://wpchryslermuseum.org/newsroom.do ... 90&mid=135
Goran N
Re: 3/4 Ton Database of 326 known
Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 7:07 pm
by divingrocks
Newton,
Yes, please provide the eight digit!
Re: 3/4 Ton Database of 327 known
Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 10:24 pm
by Newton
Oooops!!!
Sorry guys... you spotted the 'intentional error'!!!!
The 8-digit number is 81604608
Cheers all,
Gareth