1940 Ford convertible body tags

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Originally Posted by 40larry

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You are saying that the number on the tag is the VIN number for that vehicle? The number on the tag is same as stamped into the frame up front starting with 18- for car with 221cubic inch engine or 99- for a car built with the 239 cubic inch Mercury or truck engine? Never saw that before.......40larry

Yes sir. The three along the frame as well as the title all match.
I'd never seen this before or since either. Nor, to reiterate, could I find a thing that would help figure out why this happened. ONLY a theory, but in 1940, these cars (with Mercury engines) were not a "mainstay" offering and the "program" to build such cars was in it's first year.
There were anomalies for certain in the numbering system of these special vehicles. Communication issues between assembly plants??? No defined method of numbering???

This particular coupe had been in the same family since new. It was passed to the son when the man that had ordered it passed in about 1972ish.
The documents that were saved was a treasure trove for weird guys like - I love this kind of stuff.