'54 Ford Vin Decode

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

 

Very cool, thank you... any way to tell a customline from a mainline?

 

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.