Ok whoever knows here is the vin number and production number off my 54.

vin: f10v4h53500

Production : 2hc14641

thanks

also is there a book or something i can get more info on this from?? thanks

 

It should start F10 not F19

F10 is the series ID code
V is the engine code 239
4 last digit of the model year
H is the assembly plant of Highland park MI
53500 is the consecutive sequence number

Kevin Bigwin

 

thanks for the info

 

does the production number mean anything or was that something that was internal? thanks

 

Okay okay, this is really trivial...

VIN stands for Vehicle Identification Number. So a "VIN number" is a Vehicle Identification Number Number

Sort of like beef with au jus

 

That's OK, we can't pronounce where you live either

Redundancy is usually a good thing - we need to hear something 7 times before it starts to sink in......at least I think I heard that once......

Production code is the day, month and vehicle produced. Are you sure you got it right? There should only be one letter.......

2 is the day
H is August '53

I use Cars & Parts Magazine's "Catalog of Ford Truck ID Numbers, 1946-1972"

 

i think that is right. i would check it but i am no where close now( 122 miles away) but that kind of seems werid to be 53500 in the vin but 1953 as a manfacture date?? anyone?? also does the rest of the production number mean anything?? thanks

 

What the book actually says is H would be August 'first year' - meaning the model year is split and production reaches the showroom floor in the fall of the year prior to the model year, right? You can now buy an '06 vehicle........

Production and serial number differences? From what I've seen, serial number is arbitrarily designated by Ford for overall production in all plants. Production number is a more accurate count of vehicles produced in a particular plant. Likely the string of numbers began back in the summer of '52 when the new model ('53) trucks hit the line.

On the other hand I could be all wet - Ford has more exceptions than rules.

 

so it is a early 54 made in late 53? does the rest of the production number mean anything?

thanks


Also the dso code is *** does that mean anything?? thanks

 

Kevin and Tim got me on information overload - I need a brain reset.

Lessee, Kevin got the VIN decoded.

The Consecutive Unit Number of 53,500 means that your truck was the 43,500th truck produced that year. The number started with 10,001 instead of 1 - don't know why that is. Maybe they wanted to make their production numbers appear larger than they were? There were some 115,000 light trucks of all types produced by Ford in 1954.

Tim got the production code date for you. I haven't been able to find a definitive explanation of what the numbers/letters after the date values in the production code mean. One source says that part of the production code is supposed to be the district code where the truck was ordered or produced - whatever that means. On my truck, the production code is 12L-1262P-32. The 12L means it was produced on the 12th or November, I have no idea what the 1262P means, and the 31 supposedly is the district code for the Cincinnati District. Folks have posted their production codes a number of times and there seem to be many different formats. I think Tim is probably close to the truth - the production code was some number put on the truck that meant something at a particular plant. I doubt you can come up with a rule that would let you decipher any production code from any plant.

The DSO is the Domestic Special Order code. If yours is blank or asterisks (***), it means it did not have any special order code. DSOs were used to designate fleet vehicles with custom colors, special orders for military trucks, etc.

As far as a book goes, I got a copy of "Standard Catalog of Light-Duty Ford Trucks" by John Gunnell on the recommendation of folks here on the forum. My edition has interesting information like production numbers, etc. for every year from 1905 through 2002.