58 vs 60 VIN

[Richard H.]

I finally was able to locate and read the VIN on the frame. Lo and behold it is a 58 and the VIN on the frame matches the VIN on the title and car. I can only speculate but maybe someone dropped a 60 body on the frame. Also, perhaps someone welded the anti-roll bar characteristic of the 60 on the frame, I don't know. But now I do have a restoration direction once again.

[Terry Payton]

Re: 58 vs 60 VIN

Richard- that must have been quite the discovery! I've been trying to get at the vin on my '58 (I hope it's a '58) If you didn't lift the frame, how did you do it??

[Verle R.]

Re: 58 vs 60 VIN

I just verified the VIN number on my 57 frame without removing the body.

I wedged up the fiberglass floorboard to make room for my fingers and a scratchie pad, scrubbed briskly for about a minute, rubed the dust off and used a mirror and droplight to read the (correct) VIN for my car.

It was about four inches or so in front of the drivers seat, about 1/2 to 1 inch in from the outside and approximately parallel to the side of the frame.

Good luck,

Verle

[John H.]

Re: 58 vs 60 VIN

After you clean it with a scratchie pad, put some white shoe polish on a rag and rub it across the area, then take a wipe or two across the area with a clean rag to remove the excess, and the number will be a lot easier to read, especially in a confined area with a mirror.

[Al C.]

Re: 58 vs 60 VIN - relayed from Richard

Terry: I found that there was about an inch between the frame and the body. However, the number was right on the frame where the body has the section which contains the mounts for the seat frame. As a consequence, there wasn't as much space where the number actually was...perhaps 1/2". I placed a 2X4 underneath the exterior edge under the door and jacked the car about 2-3 inches. I now had the space to clean and read the number. I almost felt like it was an archeological dig in that I had undercoating on top of the frame and it took a long time to even locate the number and then clean the frame to bare metal to read it. The number came into view very slowly...like a soap opera. When I finally read it I was really surprised and pleased. Richard.