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1940 V-16 Data plate

Started by KD, May 28, 2012, 12:51:45 PM

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KD

Was the data plate on the firewall painted with the firewall or was it unpainted and put on after the firewall was painted?.
This is for my 1940 9033
Ken Dennison CLC#26801
Ken Dennison

1935 Auburn S/C Cabroilet
1940 Cadillac V16 7 passenger Imperial Sedan (9033)
1929 Ford Closed Cab Pick Up
1960 Austin Healey Sprite

Doug Houston

The answer to this might be in the post I made in the "General Discussion" under "Familiar house" thread. I just hate to have to re-type it all over again.
38-6019S
38-9039
39-9057B
41-6227D
41-6019SF
41-6229D
41-6267D
56-6267
70-DeV Conv
41-Chev 41-1167
41 Olds 41-3929

Brad Ipsen CLC #737

It is painted black if your firewall is black or body color if your firewall is body color.
Brad Ipsen
1940 Cadillac 60S
1938 Cadillac 9039
1940 Cadillac 6267
1940 LaSalle 5227
1949 Cadillac 6237X
1940 Cadillac 60S Limo

KD

Thanks, I took it off when I had the body blasted.
KD
Ken Dennison

1935 Auburn S/C Cabroilet
1940 Cadillac V16 7 passenger Imperial Sedan (9033)
1929 Ford Closed Cab Pick Up
1960 Austin Healey Sprite

Brad Ipsen CLC #737

Exact rivets to put the data plate back on are available from the guy that does the repo data plates.
Brad Ipsen
1940 Cadillac 60S
1938 Cadillac 9039
1940 Cadillac 6267
1940 LaSalle 5227
1949 Cadillac 6237X
1940 Cadillac 60S Limo

Ross Morgan #22943

I checked my 40-9019 and sure enough, the data plate had been painted black (the same as the firewall) however, about half had peeled off.  I noted that in line with the "PAINT No" was "-6W" - does anyone know what this signifies?

Regards, Ross.

Bob Hoffmann CLC#96

#6
Hi Ross,
That 6W is for 6 wheel equipment; side mounts. If your car is an SO[special order]car, both the paint & trim codes are deleted. The original invoice will show what  the SO was, paint or trim. Many of the  38-40 V16's had SO interior trim.
HTH, Bob
1968 Eldorado slick top ,white/red interior
2015 Holden Ute HSV Maloo red/black interior.
             
Too much fun is more than you can have.

Doug Houston

That car was one, as I recall, that had the firewall painted black when it was assembled. My 39-90 coupe was shipped to Detroit with it, and the firewall on both cars happened to be blsck.

I must have said a hundred times that those cars were finished up to the point where interior and body color were added when a customer ordered the car. Finishing the car to that point made it possible to warehouse a few cars, ready for an order from the dealer. My 38-90 sedan was finished completely as itwas built, and had been painted the body color completely.

If memory serves, the body plate on the Bill Tite 90 sedan, now in Australia, had no paint code, as on my coupe. That was because the body was still in primer when the car was completed. As Brad Ipsen has already said, the invoice for the car DID tell what color the car was painted when delivered to the original owner.  I needed to see the invoice for my coupe before I knew for sure that the original color was Cavern Green.

Oh, BTW, in the days that our cars were built, the body plate was ALWAYS PAINTED the same color as was the firewall. It was never left polished aluminum.
38-6019S
38-9039
39-9057B
41-6227D
41-6019SF
41-6229D
41-6267D
56-6267
70-DeV Conv
41-Chev 41-1167
41 Olds 41-3929

Ross Morgan #22943

Hi Bob

Yes, the Paint No. is blank and the Trim No. has SO- in front of the number (8563).  I was driving to work and the penny dropped re: the 6W!  I thought that by the time I got back to the forum, someone would have answered my question!

Regards, Ross.