for starters :flipoff2: to all you newby smashers.


Ive looked at on the outer front side of the frame, no luck there, i looked on the dash panel, no numbers there, and i looked under the top right corner of the hood.......where are they ?:eek:

The complete plate should be rivited on the upper left corner of the fire wall (engine side). Another oblong plate, with the serial # only, should be on the outside of the left front frame horn. If they are both gone your jeep is probably registered already, somewhere.:cool:

im not worried so much about registration, but finding out the year of my jeep :) What exactly is the fram horn?

The frame horn is the front of the side frame rails between the front crossmember and the bumper basically the piece the bumper bolts to.

hmmm could it be possible that it was under the hood and got rusted over? cuz from what i remember seing, nothing anywhere on the frame, or dash panel.

What year is it supposedly? The reason I ask is the VIN is stamped in different locations depending on the year.

Originally posted by cmegoup
What year is it supposedly? The reason I ask is the VIN is stamped in different locations depending on the year.

from what i remember, my late stepfather said 1949, i can remember that rhyme with the 9s but that as sure as i am.

A Jeep that old is only going to have the serial number on one spot. A metal plate would have been attached to the engine side of the firewall on the passenger side. It wouldn't surprise me at all if it's not there anymore. I found two of them while cleaning out my toolbox from previous Jeep projects that I sold before they were completed. Check www.jeeptech.com for info to maybe help you identify the year and model. Since you're guessing that it's a '49 I'll assume that you're not that familiar with flatfenders. That site will help.

Do you even have the title for it? OR how about an old registration paper? Maybe an old insurance card? Any one of these should have something identifying it. OK, how about the license plate? The DMV should be able to tell you what you are looking for. Good Luck!