Trulyvintage Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Please help decipher this tag: Thanks ! Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trulyvintage Posted April 21, 2017 Author Share Posted April 21, 2017 OK ... I believe the M8-24 identifies as a 1929 Stutz Roadster ... Anyone know what the next 5 digits mean from Stutz records ? Other than those numbers being a federal vin regigistration ? Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K8096 Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 (edited) It was a 1929 or 1930 car. 134 1/2 inch wheelbase. The other 5 digits are from the FEDCO system. If you do a forum search you can find other threads explaining it. There is no meaning to it other than when the letters are decoded it will match the engine #. Edited April 21, 2017 by K8096 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trulyvintage Posted April 22, 2017 Author Share Posted April 22, 2017 (edited) Thank You ! Did the 5 digit FEDCO system interchange with any Stutz records that might still be available ? This Stutz appears to be a 1929 Roadster base model with a rear bumper - not front fender - continental kit. Jim Edited April 22, 2017 by Trulyvintage (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pughs Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 M8-24 is a Two-passenger Speedster with Rumble Seat (134 1/2 inch wheelbase). SY32H translates to 30325. 30325 is a 1929 serial number. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Pack Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 I physically looked at this car this morning. It is locat d in Suffolk, Va does any one know ownership history Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K8096 Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 You need to post a picture of it so we know which car it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Pack Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Will post a pix. They car IDplate that is posted above by truly vintage is identical to one I took this morning the car is partially apart but easy to see with pix. It is a roadster with 8 cylinder. Not DOHC. Has a rumble seat. Doors are cut down has continental kit with double spare tires. May not get pix until weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 10 hours ago, Ron Pack said: Will post a pix. They car IDplate that is posted above by truly vintage is identical to one I took this morning the car is partially apart but easy to see with pix. It is a roadster with 8 cylinder. Not DOHC. Has a rumble seat. Doors are cut down has continental kit with double spare tires. May not get pix until weekend Flathead or OHC will make a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Monopoli Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 (edited) Can anybody tell me what we have here on a 1929 Stutz M8-46-C v 82C Edited February 6, 2018 by T Monopoli (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smile Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 I'll have a go: M8-46-CV820: M8 is a 1929 designation 46 was the code for a standard Cabriolet Coup body which went on the longer 145 inch chassis. This style of car cost $3,995 new. CV820 ... hmm. This isn't quite right. Stutz used the chassis number with a couple of digits coded into letters. There was no letter 'V', in the replacement code, but there was a 'W' and a 'Y' It can't be a 'W' because 'W' = 6 and less than 6,000 145 inch frame Stutz cars were made in 1929, so it is definitely a 'Y', which = '0'. The last stamping should also be a letter, not a number, so the '0' is probably a 'D' or a badly stamped 'C' In all probability 'CV820' is actually 'CY82D' or 'CY82C'. This would give it frame number 40821 or 40824 The first numeral, the '4' was only assigned to 145 inch frames, so that matches with the body type. Interestingly enough, chassis number 40894 - which is a few cars away - still exists. It has a Weymann body. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Speedster implies it’s a Roadster. Much more deseriable than a Convertible. A rear mounted spare is NOT a Continental Kit, it is the standard basic set up the car was sold with. Dual sidemounts or a dual rear spare would be a factory extra. Some like the rear spare, some don’t. Basically whatever makes the car have a better profile would be more deseriable, and the appearance of a longer hood usually makes a rear spare on a 1929 car look better. Doors are probably factory and not cut down, as Stutz used that style door on both the roadsters and pheaton. Does the car have a folding windshield? Wind wings? They are a fun car and decent drivers. There is currently a new run of high speed gears for the worm drive rear end in production, if you are seriously intrested in the car I would buy a set NOW, as they aren’t making any extras and production should be finished in less than a week. Don’t let the car slip through your fingers, good open Stutz cars are a rare find in any condition, and almost impossible to find a Roadster today. Post a few photos please. Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smile Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 (edited) Thanks for adding the photograph of the VIN plate. Yup! That's M8-46-CY82C, not M8-46-CV820. Edited February 6, 2018 by Smile (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksparks Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 i was asked about this one also...thanks for letting me tag on to your thread...1928 model bb but not sure on the rest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smile Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 (edited) It is a bit hard to read: BB-C8-A?5?? That is indeed a 1928 car, and a big one at that. It was bodied with a '8C' which was the code for a 7 place sedan or limousine. That body style was built by Robbins and sold for $3,995.00. The finished car weighed in at 5,159 Lb, so it was the heaviest thing Stutz sold that year. Robbins, by the way, pretty much got out of the car body business by the end of '28. They were basically a joinery company, so Robbins re-deployed the workforce's existing skills and went into radio cabinet production. The serial number is a bit hard to read after the 'C8'. The letter 'A' indicates that the car's chassis number should start with a '7', which is correct for the 1928 long-wheelbase 145 inch chassis that wore this limousine body. The next letter looks like an up-side-down 'C' but is probably a 'D' which is code for a '1'. Next up is a '5' After that is a ? - It is a round looking number, so either an '8', or '0'. It can't be a '3' because the font used had a '3' with a flat top. The final stamping is again a letter. It looks like either a 'B' or a 'H', with the latter being the front runner to my eyes. The 'B' indicated '9' while 'H' is code for '5'. This then gives us four permutations: ID plate = chassis number BB-C8-AD50H = 71505 BB-C8-AD58H = 71585 OR BB-C8-AD50B = 71509 BB-C8-AD58B = 71589 The answer should lie behind the rear right bumper, stamped on the chassis. That's where you should find the matching number to one of the above. Please, if you can, post a picture of the car. It would be interesting to see. Edited May 5, 2018 by Smile Thought a bit more. (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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