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Old 01-13-2022, 08:36 PM   #1
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Default 1950 Ford Woodie Vin

Can anyone tell me if the vin numbering of the woodies was different than regular productions cars? I have Van Pelts detail in regards 1949-53 vin numbering, but I am looking to buy a 50 Woodie with a vin that is only 5 digits with a "A" prefix. I haven't seen the car yet only a photo of the California title the seller has sent me.
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Old 01-14-2022, 12:21 AM   #2
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Default Re: 1950 Ford Woodie Vin

That sounds like the body number and not the sequential numbering of the vehicles as they were assembled down the assembly line.
The 'shoe box' woodies all had build numbers stamped into the cowl.
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Old 01-14-2022, 12:34 AM   #3
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Default Re: 1950 Ford Woodie Vin

I looked in the "The V-8 Album" by the Early Ford V-8 Club of America. I t does not discuss your question at all.
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Old 01-14-2022, 08:33 AM   #4
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The A number is stamped into the firewall and is the body number assigned at the Iron Mountain plant when the body was built. That number will tell you what month the body was built. The A numbers are listed in Loren Sorensen's book on the '49-'51 station wagons. The A number is not the vehicle serial number which is on a rectangular plate that is riveted to the firewall. That number will tell you which plant the car was assembled in.
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Old 01-14-2022, 09:29 AM   #5
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Default Re: 1950 Ford Woodie Vin

Mac's link is a good one. It explains some of it.
http://www.vanpeltsales.com/FH_web/f...9VINdecode.htm
another one
http://www.vanpeltsales.com/FH_web/f...ialnumbers.htm
and one more.
http://www.vanpeltsales.com/FH_web/f...entplate-1.htm

Some models vary due to the assembly plant where they were put together. Uniformity in body tags started in 1951 and evolved several times in the 1950s.

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Old 01-14-2022, 10:16 AM   #6
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The body numbers for 1949-1951 Ford Station Wagon body numbers all start with the letter "A" beginning with the A-1 for the first car and ending with A-29411. The number is stamped into the drivers side firewall on the engine side. Mercury Station Wagons of the same era all start with the letter "M" and run from M-4 to M-3813. The body-build numbers are not on the "Body No." assembly plant tags. Body number and chassis number are a different animal.
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