stranger

Crazy, You know yourself that pics can be misleading. Only one way to find out and that's to start payin' the piper.

garagebuilt

it has rust through on some of the door bottoms and the rockers are bad. driver floor has a 3" hole. the spare tire tub is gone. it was in new mexico but the rear window was out for a long time.

the tag on top of the fire wall is different because it was a body by fisher car.

sleeper

Yes, so was mine..Fisher Body was in Penna.. Friends live not far from where it used to be..

& Kid- that motor can be rebuilt many, many times if needed..& cost a whole lot less doing it too..

garagebuilt

What exactly did fisher do? Did they just do the interiors or more than that?

And I am not sure exactly what's wrong with the motor but I would rather rebuild the origional. If not maybe put a straight six that's not splash lubricated

sleeper

The Fisher Bros stamped bodies & did other things as well for Auto Makers including GM...Long history.. Later GM bought into them, & continued the union of them, AFIK to this day, or at least into the 80's. (not sure on that part).. But they had plants in many places.

http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/f/fisher/fisher.htm

As to the 216", good motor... but agree a non dipper/splash 6 would be a good up-grade..

garagebuilt

ok i had time to clean the motor plate and thats where the JAM # is that matches the title. what do i do if i swap the motor? do i make a tag with that # and put it somewhere on the car? otherwise no number on the car will match the title

Greybeard999

That would be up to your local DMV as to what is proper if you swap motors......

harleysshhr

You know on that old of car if you just took a flat piece of the proper thickness thin and recreated a new plate no one would be the wiser. I have used that a few times over the years. Once, I even bought a aluminum plate from Bob Drake Ford and used it on an old Ford and it was never, never questioned.

garagebuilt

thats what i figured. i just know after trying to get the bike i built legal in texas that they are picky

schlangk

What if you can't make out your VIN?
Mine looks like 5KKY (or I, if not Y) then 5500 ... more?
Am I getting close?
FYI, don't get too excited. It's a rusted heap. People have scanned it for parts, I'm pretty sure it's picked CLEAN. Best thing is the bullet holes. Could have value as a "Bonnie and Clyde" decoration.