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Mon Jul 25, 2011 6:57 am

nice! looks real complete....

wish you brought more goodies back east...lots of room to spare!

Mon Jul 25, 2011 7:12 am

Thank you. I will surely check the date stamped behind the unit. It does look like it is in fairly good condition. I may choose to leave it, ofcourse after a good cleaning and checking out. As far as the lighter I really do not like where it is located and will more than likely remove it. If I keep the fuel gauge where would it be in relation to the steering wheel? Thanks for any advise you guys have.

Mon Jul 25, 2011 8:58 am

Ok so I had a few minutes and jumped in the back of the trailer and took a bunch of pictures. With this post I am concentrating with the interior. The color of the car was origionally black and I was told with a red interior. The door cards are red but once the old seat covers were removed this is what I found. The only thing I can come up with are the seats are not origional to the car, yet they look right. Any thoughts.

This is the swatch I removed from the seats.

Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:03 am

The rear was cut to accept a later model engine. Was glad to see it was origional but sad to the fact that someone decided to cut it. Also there are cuts on each side on the lower fire wall, I have not idea what the object was for these cuts.

Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:57 am

I think the firewall was cut to clear the heater boxes of a later motor.

Great post, keep up the good work!! :wink:

Mon Jul 25, 2011 2:03 pm

As everyone else said, great find!

My car had a very similar thing done to the firewall, which were bent back to help fit a later 1200 motor!

Mon Jul 25, 2011 6:00 pm

Lili Marleen is finally east of the Mississippi. Who is Lili Marleen you ask? That is the name for this Oval.

Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:13 pm

I find myself in the back of that trailer alot. Had to snap off a few more photos today. Some belly shots are in order here. I believe this pan is in fairly good shape, ofcourse a good cleaning will give away many secrets.

Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:16 pm

What is the meaning of the body stamping 722 915?

Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:20 pm

And ofcourse lets us not forget the dreaded bent hood.....

Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:22 pm

Trying to figure this one out. It is a clean tear in the door skin.

Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:29 pm

There is alot of dirt in there, but from the looks of it, it is solid as well. Opps sorry, spare tire well.

Picture shot from above.

This one is from outside underneath.

Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:40 pm

Door jams as well as the front of the heater channels. The drivers side front is a bit crusty but the channels do not need to be replaced, well as far as I can see. Just a patch or two. Do they make patch panels for heater channels?

I think I got pretty lucky here. :wink:

Mon Jul 25, 2011 10:28 pm

kdfwagon wrote:
What is the meaning of the body stamping 722 915?

Okay.. Nice.. Its crack the caper time..

Your VIN# (Number on the pan) 1-0 810 984

Total of 1955s Made in February: 20,981

Starting VIN#: 1-0 802 623
Lili Marleens#: 1-0 810 984 12,620th February of 1955 Made
Ending VIN# : 1-0 823 604

Total Bodies Made in 1955: 18,676
Lili Marleens Body#: 722 915

Start of February Body#s: 721 033
Lili Marleens Body#: 722 915 16,794th Body Made in February 1955
End of February Body#s: 739 709

Frame# (Should be between these digits)
Starting: 830 298
Ending: 851 138

Front Axle# (Your Beam Number on the Right Side Snubber Area)
Starting: 818 070
Ending: 839 069

February 1955 Engines#
Starting: 1-0970-182
Ending: 1-0994-884

Mon Jul 25, 2011 10:52 pm

kdfwagon wrote: I have since aquired a correct engine manufactured within 2 months of the car. The engine was found in the woods near Winchester, Virginia. I am including pictures. I plan on tearing it down to the bare case and taking it along with me the next time I travel to southern Cal to make a visit to Rimco. Have the case machined as well as the one head to try to aquire a match. Case savers are a must. Gotta alot to do her

You have a September of 1954 Engine.. Nice Engine though..

September of 1954 Engine# 19,138 Made
Start: 1-0 850 933
Yours: 1-0 866 955 16,022nd Made in September of 1954
End: 1-0 870 071

Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:13 am

Ok Valentinesr, now I am totally confused about the year. The title says 1954, the car has semaphores and a batwing steering wheel...could this be 1955? Are you suppose to ignore the 1-0 and look at just the 810984? Looking at the VIN chart the body stamping does match Feb. 1955. I am totally confused. Both body and pan match though.

Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:24 am

Interesting you have an oval "speaker delete" in your spare tire area. It looks like the previous owner made their own access panel or perhaps lost the original access panel. The correct panel is fairly reasonable to pick up.

Now, the speaker delete is a very cool item not often seen. Its used to fill the void in the dash when a radio is not ordered. Look towards the bottom of your spare tire well for the panel with a large "X" stamped on it, thats the speaker delete. What should be there is a much smaller round panel. Very cool! Trade you? :) (I have the correct panel that you need)

Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:39 am

Now you got me wondering, think I will get out and have a look back there Schwing and see if you are correct. Be right back....

Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:53 am

kdfwagon wrote: Ok Valentinesr, now I am totally confused about the year. The title says 1954, the car has semaphores and a batwing steering wheel...could this be 1955? Are you suppose to ignore the 1-0 and look at just the 810984? Looking at the VIN chart the body stamping does match Feb. 1955. I am totally confused. Both body and pan match though.

1955s are a special good year to have.. Yes your 1955 is considered an early.. Pretty much the same configuration as a 1954.. with a few minor changes that you will have to look out for.. Such as the infamous "Tail Lights".. Which ones to run for the month of February.. Theres Hearts or Eggs.. Im sure one of the guys will square me away on which is which to run in February.. but still a nice score brotha.. What information does the title say? I mean.. as long as you can register it.. Roll with it..

Tue Jul 26, 2011 7:20 am

Ok Schwing...looks like you were right. The hole is alot smaller that the cover plate.

You plan on deleting your radio on Herman?