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dullchrome · 09-13-2011, 11:30 PM

Can anyone help me break down the VIN on my 48 ?

mtflat · 09-14-2011, 07:49 AM

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.

Capn John · 09-14-2011, 08:58 AM

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

Bruce Lancaster · 09-14-2011, 10:00 AM

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.

dullchrome · 09-15-2011, 11:38 AM

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Thanks for the info fellas.

09-13-2011, 11:30 PM	#1
dullchrome Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 148	1948 Ford VIN ID Can anyone help me break down the VIN on my 48 ?

09-14-2011, 07:49 AM	#2
mtflat Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Kalispell Montana Posts: 344	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.

09-14-2011, 08:58 AM	#3
Capn John Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: BIRTHPLACE OF SPEED, FLORIDA Posts: 531	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
Bruce Lancaster Member Emeritus Join Date: May 2010 Location: Madison, NJ Posts: 5,230	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
dullchrome Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 148	Re: 1948 Ford VIN ID Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Thanks for the info fellas.