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09-13-2011, 11:30 PM | #1 |
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1948 Ford VIN ID
Can anyone help me break down the VIN on my 48 ?
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09-14-2011, 07:49 AM | #2 |
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Re: 1948 Ford VIN ID
Yeah,............but I can't quite make it out : ) Cars and trucks are different and neither of them tell you very much. It's really just a serial number, not a true vin in the modern sense.
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09-14-2011, 08:58 AM | #3 |
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Re: 1948 Ford VIN ID
http://www.vanpeltsales.com/FH_web/f...ialnumbers.htm
1948 Ford V8 - 100hp Ford 6 - 90hp Mercury V8 - 100hp Lincoln V12 89A 8GA 89M 899A-2,071,118 to 899A-2,374,315 87HA- 0,536 to 87HA- 073,901 (i) 899A-2,005,028 to 899A-2,374,315 8H-174,290 to 8H- see Van's site for placement and further info |
09-14-2011, 10:00 AM | #4 |
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Re: 1948 Ford VIN ID
Note the actual number is just a sequence number assigned in the particular series of engines...
the prefix has the only real info, 8 for '48 model year, 99 or 7H designates which engine, and the "A" following the prefix identifies the vehicle as Ford car. Merc, truck, commercial all had different letters there (M, T, C) but engines were numbered in same sequence. If a V8, your number sequence was actually started in 1939 with the first 239 engines and ended in 1948 as new engine families were started. Some '48's have a tiny box on the patent plate on firewall giving assembly plant...my export Ford has "ED" for Edgewater. |
09-15-2011, 11:38 AM | #5 |
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Re: 1948 Ford VIN ID
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