can anybody decode a VIN for a '54 Ford Coupe? vin #A4KG141481... just want to know what model it is. etc. THANKS!
Ford passenger car last-six starts at 100001 at each assembly plant. Assembly plant code is position #3 in a 1954 Ford VIN A4FG100001 = the 1st Ford passenger car scheduled for production at Dearborn for the 1954 model year. Position #1 is the engine code (A = 223 Six, U = 239 V-8); Position #2 is always 4 for the year 1954. Position #4 is the product series code (G = Customline and Mainline, F = Crestline Skyliner; C = Crestline Sunliner; V = Crestline Victoria; T = Crestline sedans; R = Mainline Ranch Wagon; W = Customline Ranch Wagon; X = Country Sedan; Y = Country Squire) Production started January, 1954 Highs are listed: Atlanta (A) 165959 Buffalo (B) 161398 Chester (C) 165497 Chicago (G) 196269 Dallas (D) 202233 Dearborn (F) 235822 Edgewater (E) 188571 Kansas City (K) 173157 Long Beach (L) 162069 Louisville (U) 166654 Memphis (M) 168505 Norfolk (N) 174160 Richmond, California (R) 149189 Somerville (S) 172860 Twin Cities (P) 178501 heres the site http://forum.love-fords.org/content.php?182-1954-Ford-Mercury-Lincoln-VIN-highs
Mainlines do not have any stainless side trim,Customlines do, also most Mainlines do not have the stainless trim in the rubber around the windshield.This will help more than anything just click this and scrolldown: www.oldcarandtruckpictures.com/Ford/1950-1958.html Also if you are now a '54 Ford owner you should join the 1952-56 Ford owners social group,we are very active with lots of info to share('54 Customline owner myself) and group moderator.
VIN Format: 1953-1959 Ford (+1958 & 1959 Lincoln) Decoding: A4KG141481 <TABLE border=1 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1><TBODY><TR><TH>Digit</TH><TH>Usage</TH><TH>VIN</TH><TH>Decoded</TH></TR><TR><TD>1</TD><TD>Engine</TD><TD>A</TD><TD>L6 223 OHV 115hp</TD></TR><TR><TD>2</TD><TD>Year</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>1954</TD></TR><TR><TD>3</TD><TD>Plant</TD><TD>K</TD><TD>Kansas City MO</TD></TR><TR><TD>4</TD><TD>Body</TD><TD>G</TD><TD>4-door, 2-door, Mainline, & Customline</TD></TR><TR><TD>5-10</TD><TD>Sequential Serial #</TD><TD>141481</TD><TD>141481</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> From a decoder that I use.
Just acquired a 54 Wagon. Vin shows A4FX but she surely has a V8 in it. Must be a transplant from a 6 cylinder, right?! 1956 Fairlane Victoria Factory 292
Post a pic of the radiator support. That is the biggest difference between the V8 and strait 6 models of the 52-54 cars.