Attention: Murray sedan owners! Body plate...

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Marshall V. Daut

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Would some kind soul please post a close-up photo of his Murray sedan's body number plate showing the numbers themselves? My Murray Town Sedan is missing this plate. The wood flooring had been replaced before I bought the car. Consequently, any Murray identifying numbers branded/stamped into the wood crosspieces are gone. I am replacing the missing body plate with a repo and would like guidance how the numbers were placed onto/into this plate: Painted? Stamped? Neatly and orderly painted/stamped or haphazardly like on the engine number pad?
Thanks in advance.
Marshall
 
Might be the same, this one is for 29 station wagon;
 

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Thank you, "Red". I found similar station wagon Murray tags on-line, but I am looking specifically to determine whether the 1929 Murray Town Sedan body style number (155-A) was also included, or just the "155" minus the letter. That's why it would be helpful to me if someone could post a photo of his Murray sedan's body tag, whether it be 155-A, -B, -C or -D. That will answer my question so that I can "fake" this new tag properly. :) As the body tag is not a legally defining number, only a factory reference, no transgression against the law is being committed here by re-stamping a new body tag.
So, any 155-x Murray sedan owners out there with an original body tag on the firewall?
Marshall
 
Thanks, Bob C. I think this is just what I need. Interesting that "M601" would precede the body number instead of the 155 body style designation number. 'Must have meant something to the folks at Murray, though.

Boy, I sure do miss Marco and his expertise on this site!!! :( :( :( Come back to us, Marco! We need you now more than ever!!!

Marshall
 
"Painted? Stamped? Neatly and orderly painted/stamped or haphazardly like on the engine number pad?"
Your question was how they were applied not about the actual body number, so I posted a sample of a body tag that I found.
Briggs used their factory body number not Fords. Don't know about Murray.
 
Yes, thank you, "Red". Your posting and photo answered a couple nagging questions for me.
Now to find a local trophy shop that doesn't charge $5.00 per character to engrave. That could get expensive REAL fast with 3 (body designator) + 5 (chosen body number) characters to engrave on the repo plate.
M.
 
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the plates would be stamped not engraved, that would take too long, the originals I have seen were stamped
 
We have a local sign shop that makes the tags for $5 per plate. Give me a call. 740 658 3495.

Thanks for the offer, but we just dropped off the plate today at a local trophy shop for imprinting the number. Their $15 quote seems fair to me, although that $5.00 figure you quote sounds better. :)

M.
 
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