Posted By: Super Coupe
Rim ID serialized #s? - 12/02/12 10:49 PM
I'm looking for some confirmation on my observations of rim numbers and answers to my question at end.
I'm sure most all restorer's know the JJ code for Hemi car rims. I actually have 3- of them and don't know what I'll ever do with em. I had four, but that's another story.
I've got a question about a later set of rims I've accumulated, and what the numbers on them mean. They are Steel Slots from 78/9 Dodge Trucks. Could these be serialized to a production unit? There are 3-sets of numbers on them.
They all have a "Pentastar" followed by 40360 91, and that is marked the same, from outside toward middle on every rim. I figure that's the PN.
They also have marked in various directions what I figure is a date and shift code. It's marked 3 26 79 2 on one, 3 3079 1 on another. I have two marked 5 31 791 What I believe is the shift code is marked more lightly than the other numbers.
The final set of numbers had me wondering if they were individually serialized rims until I got two with the same final set of numbers, having mfg dates 4-days apart. So now I'm wondering if anybody knows if they were possibly stamped to a line production (job) number? The first two dates I gave have the same final number. S190214. However, the other two which were built on same day and shift if my date coding guess is correct, have a different final number. One is S190306, the other S190329. That would lead me to guess they were sent to the line only twenty three jobs apart.
Can I get any confirmation on my guesswork?
I know I got a pair of these rims from one truck, and over a couple years managed to get two straight and decent rims from maybe two other trucks. For certain I got one off a 79 TrailDuster. Seems pretty odd that it would have been built the same day as the other rim. Or am I all soaking wet and the numbers mean something else entirely? I can't verify which rims were the pair and which were the later additions, only guess by the numbers that match.
I'm sure most all restorer's know the JJ code for Hemi car rims. I actually have 3- of them and don't know what I'll ever do with em. I had four, but that's another story.
I've got a question about a later set of rims I've accumulated, and what the numbers on them mean. They are Steel Slots from 78/9 Dodge Trucks. Could these be serialized to a production unit? There are 3-sets of numbers on them.
They all have a "Pentastar" followed by 40360 91, and that is marked the same, from outside toward middle on every rim. I figure that's the PN.
They also have marked in various directions what I figure is a date and shift code. It's marked 3 26 79 2 on one, 3 3079 1 on another. I have two marked 5 31 791 What I believe is the shift code is marked more lightly than the other numbers.
The final set of numbers had me wondering if they were individually serialized rims until I got two with the same final set of numbers, having mfg dates 4-days apart. So now I'm wondering if anybody knows if they were possibly stamped to a line production (job) number? The first two dates I gave have the same final number. S190214. However, the other two which were built on same day and shift if my date coding guess is correct, have a different final number. One is S190306, the other S190329. That would lead me to guess they were sent to the line only twenty three jobs apart.
Can I get any confirmation on my guesswork?
I know I got a pair of these rims from one truck, and over a couple years managed to get two straight and decent rims from maybe two other trucks. For certain I got one off a 79 TrailDuster. Seems pretty odd that it would have been built the same day as the other rim. Or am I all soaking wet and the numbers mean something else entirely? I can't verify which rims were the pair and which were the later additions, only guess by the numbers that match.