1942 MB delivery date

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1942 MB delivery date

Post by Dwight V » Sun Sep 24, 2017 12:40 pm

Hi folks, I have a 1942 MB project missing the data plate, the tag number is 156780.
I've gone thru lots of on line serial number information, and so far I've got the delivery date somewhere between July 3rd & 7th.
Anyone have a closer date, as I want to get a new data plate made.
Thanks, Dwight


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Re: 1942 MB delivery date

Post by Chuck Lutz » Mon Sep 25, 2017 8:27 am

Dwight....July 3rd was a Friday, so the 5th was a Sunday. No production/acceptance on Sunday as far as I know so you have only the 3rd, 4th, 6th and 7th left to choose from. I'd suggest you go to the Serial Number List and look there for MBs made on those dates that have original data plates to see if you can narrow down the search even further.
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Re: 1942 MB delivery date

Post by Dwight V » Mon Sep 25, 2017 10:01 am

Thanks Chuck, I've gone through the whole list of numbers on Ron's site and other sources, but I'm sure there are other numbers out there that I haven't found yet. Here are a few of the numbers that I've found that are close to mine & their delivery date :
155485-Fri. 7-3
155562- Tues. 7-7
155749- Thurs. 7-2
155785-Thurs. 8-2 could be a mistake ?
155792-Thurs. 7-2
155865-Thurs.7-2
155835-Thurs. 7-2
155897-Fri. 7-3
156198- Tues. 7-3
156780- My number, unknown delivery date
156970- Tues. 7-7
157361 Wed. 7-8
So far I haven't found delivery dates in the 4th - 6th time period, but they might be out there somewhere.
Thanks again for your reply!
Dwight

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Re: 1942 MB delivery date

Post by sjalbert » Mon Sep 25, 2017 10:57 am

Dwight V wrote:
Mon Sep 25, 2017 10:01 am
Thanks Chuck, I've gone through the whole list of numbers on Ron's site and other sources, but I'm sure there are other numbers out there that I haven't found yet. Here are a few of the numbers that I've found that are close to mine & their delivery date :
155485-Fri. 7-3
155562- Tues. 7-7
155749- Thurs. 7-2
155785-Thurs. 8-2 could be a mistake ?
155792-Thurs. 7-2
155865-Thurs.7-2
155835-Thurs. 7-2
155897-Fri. 7-3
156198- Tues. 7-3
156780- My number, unknown delivery date
156970- Tues. 7-7
157361 Wed. 7-8
So far I haven't found delivery dates in the 4th - 6th time period, but they might be out there somewhere.
Thanks again for your reply!
Dwight
I have 155785 as 7/2. From Jim Kilbourne's data I have 156498 7/6/1942. I'd go with 7/7 for your Jeep.
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Re: 1942 MB delivery date

Post by Dwight V » Mon Sep 25, 2017 3:05 pm

Thanks Seth, I had a feeling that I had probably misread that Aug.42 date


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