Serial number plates (Kaiser, Frazer, Henry J and Allstate)

[xkssfrank]

just a few comments come to mind about Allstate, after WW2 my Dad and I went to the Giant Sears wearhouse/ store on 16th and Homan ave in Chicago. while waiting for our order to come down, I saw a Henry J, now rebadged as an Allstate on the floor there, dont know what yr this was. 

[Fid]

aeroj, Post the codes or pictures of your tags and we can decipher them for you.

[aeroj]

I found a site where I could break the I,d plate down thanks..

[mark leigh]

Is there another place to find the links to serial numbers that currently works ? Thanks

[Gordie]

Kaiser announced when the 1952 Henry J cars came out that Continental Kits  would be included as factory equipment on the new cars but quickly changed their minds and made the Continental kits an extra cost accessory.

[kaiserfrazerlibrary]

Mark,

When you joined the KFOCI (not the Forum) did you recieve a CD marked KFOCI HANDBOOK.  There arfe hundreds of .pdf files on it including how to decode your Body  Information Tag (the larger tag on the firewll area)  and the significance of the body number tag (smaller tag on  the firewall area).   There is also producton information on it that can tell you what month your car was built bsed on car serial number.

[mark leigh]

I didn't get a CD back then -- I did get this large shop manual with all the car info in the back section --- I assume I bough it from someone , just can't recall who ?

[kaiserfrazerlibrary]

If you can post all the numbers and headers by these numbers (off the Body information tag) and a translation should follow shortly after.

[mark leigh]

Here’s my info

[mark leigh]

Here’s the rest

[mark leigh]

Damm apple phone -- everything looks right side up when I send them ---- sorry

[mark leigh]

Mark,

When you joined the KFOCI (not the Forum) did you recieve a CD marked KFOCI HANDBOOK.  There arfe hundreds of .pdf files on it including how to decode your Body  Information Tag (the larger tag on the firewll area)  and the significance of the body number tag (smaller tag on  the firewall area).   There is also producton information on it that can tell you what month your car was built bsed on car serial number.

 who can I contact to purchase one of these CD 's ?

[joefrazer]

Trim tag breakdown

Body 4 = two door sedan
Paint 310 = Claypipe Gray
Trim 4812 = (not shown on my list, probably unique to Sears/Allstate)
IP (Interior Paint) 16 = Willow Gray
DR (Delivery Region) 1 = US
TR (transmission) 2 = three speed
SCHED (Schedule) = production schedule
ITEM (item number) = sequential item number on the production schedule

A handy reference to quite a bit of information is the book 'Last Onslaught on Detroit' by Richard Langworth. Copies usually pop up for sale on places like eBay and Amazon.

[mark leigh]

Thank you Joe !

[kaiserfrazerlibrary]

The CD's started going out in 2009 because it was costing too much to print the Handbook, especially as more information became available to put in it.  Version 7.0  has been ready for release for some time now and would go out to existing members as an issue of the QUARTERLY club magazine.  Problem is cost vs. available money.   The item costs almost double to be run off in the Seattle/Tacoma area than it does in Cleveland Ohio where it used to be done.  The other question is with regard to flash drive vs. CD now that more and more new computers were designed without them so they could be made smaller.   I have been quoted around $5.00 each for 1500 (1 for each regular or holdover Life Member plus about 4-5 years of extras for new members when they join).