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Originally Posted by jimi

"LO23M8B297XXX" wouldn't this be #XX ?

See this is where some of the #'s are controversal.This is where some of the problems arise from.
Chrysler did not SERIAL OR SEQUENCE NUMBER these cars in to be specific SS cars. All the SS cars were LO23M8B, but the SEQUENCE NUMBERS started after the last regular production car. IE: the car before the SS run, 297852 could have been a slant six 4 door car.
The first SS car did not have a serial number of 297800. They made a run of 50 cars for the first batch & started with the last regular regular production car which could have been 297852,3 or 4. My guestimation on calling my car the #7 car is derived from the earliest SS car known to exist. My car could be the #8 car, depending on the numbers of Gene Snows car.All the LO23M8B2978_ _ cars are sequential in serial numbers starting after THAT first car,whatever it is .
Here is another couple of shots of Castaldo's stick car. As you can see, it's twisted up pretty good. Doors are not salvageable, even by todays market.

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