Reaching out to the community to ID my speedster

Welcome to the madness, Krusty.  That's a very nice car .  Now you know about the madness.  Yours starts here.....and it could be much worse

You can't get a more reliable sorce than Carey.

> On Feb 10, 2016, at 1:44 PM, SpeedsterOwners.com <**************> wrote:
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Did you try pulling up the shift coupler cover at the back of the tunnel inside the car?  There is supposed to be a chassis number plate welded to the frame under that cover.  The number is usually something like 356000xxx.

Hello, with the advises of M. Carey I did pulled a lot of stuff back there since I had no idea what I was looking for :->

 

I used my inspection camera in the center hole and under the carpet all the way to the parking brake to find that plate with no luck. see attachments. 

 

Any tips welcomed if I missed something.

 

jc

Interesting.  I see that they've changed things up a bit.  I also don't see the number plate.  I have the pictures I put in the owner's manual at home and will look and see if I can find a clue (so many jokes, so little time).

Cool !

Any documentation you can share will be appreciated.

 

thanks

jc

Must be a CMC,,,

 

Just kidding!

Yer an evil man, Bill! 

Ok Krusty (what IS your name?), it looks like I lost all of the pictures from the manual when our disk controller crashed a couple of years back.  I know, I know...  As a computer geek I should have had a backup.  We actually did, but the disk controller trashed it as well.  Anyway, on later model Becks there was a strip of metal welded to the top of the tunnel just ahead of the opening where you see the shift rid in your car. That strip has the chassis number on it.  If there isn't one there or a plate up in the trunk just behind the spare tire well then I am afraid I can't help you.  Sorry.

Does the top of the coil read 'points .40'?

 

For Bill : i got a fake of a fake ... My head hurt ;-)

 

For  Lane : my real name is Jean-Claude but in english i go by JC (french canadian from Montreal). Plates were either removed or never installed since this is an early one. Unless sombody recognise the interior & style ... I don't think we can tell for sure which one it is

 

for TRP : yes it does.

 

thanks all for helping me through that quest.

 

jc

JC... Where in WA stat are you located?  I'm in Seattle.  Not many of these cars arrounds these parts, so I would be happy to meet up sometime if you are interested.

cheers

JC - The added-on turn signal setup indicates an early car, but otherwise it looks like a regular Beck with the exception of the shift coupler cover area.  In SC the chassis number is my VIN.  Does any of your paperwork have a 9-digit number starting with 356 on it?

For Lane : No paperwork statement with a 356 starting number. I guess I am SOL :->

For Lfepardo : I am in Montreal Canada (east coast) it would be a fun trip to go across but I will have to wait a bit for snow to melt a bit.

JC, you're not to far away to join us for Carlisle in May.  Carey Hines will be there and between the bunch of us I'm sure we can look the car over and figure it out.

awesome  ! I will look into that for sure.

Don't dilly dally.  Hotel rooms are going fast.

Here is the Hotel Info:

Courtyard Harrisburg West/Mechanicsburg

+1 (717) 766-9006

4921 Gettysburg Road
Mechanicsburg PA 17055
United States

Reserve under "Speedster Owners"

 

JC;

You ought to be able and identify, what engine you have. On the base of the alternator stand, there should be a series of stamped letters numbers. Many sites have charts showing the engine date.  That of course could be of little help, as by now these have been modified.