BUILD RECORDS - Ever been put on CD? Available Anywhere else?

[Guest Rob1960]

I would very much like to find out my 1936 Dodge's original Serial Number, and thus get a copy of the original Build Records. Are the BUILD RECORDS at the Walter P. Chrysler Museum available anywhere else? Have they ever been scanned to a CD or published in a book that could be purchased? Has any list ever been published correlating the original engine numbers and serial numbers? I have a 1936 Dodge 2 door Touring Sedan, which lost its Serial Number plate somewhere in the distant past. The number is NOT stamped anywhere on the frame, as some have suggested. [That was done on Canadian Dodges, I think] My car is believed to have its original motor, and is today titled with that number. It is also believed the car was originally purchased in south western Illinois, and stayed there most of it's life. I also believe the Avon green color was original to my car.

Given the fact that relatively few 36 TWO door TS were built, I think with allot of personal research, I could eventually find my missing information. I've submitted a request twice to the archivist at the WPC Museum, accompanied with a check. Both times he's returned the check

indicating he cannot perform any sort of search without knowing the original Serial Number. I can understand his time limitations. And the state of Illinois purges all DMV records older than 5 years. Does anyone have any other suggestions? Thanks.

[nearchoclatetown]

I assume you've gone back through all the previous owners that can be found?

[Guest Rob1960]

Yes. The previous owner had it for about 30 years. He moved several times during that period and says he does not still have any papers related to his purchase of the car in the 1970's. The Illinois DMV states they keep records only for the most recent five years.