number dummy please read.
Posting Guru
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 1,836
Likes: 3
From: Elizabethtown, PA
You've got 3 posts about your VIN started. Please try to keep all the posts about the same subject together in the future. Makes for less clutter, and more helpful for doing searches later.
Ford Parts Specialist
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 88,826
Likes: 787
From: Simi Valley, CA
This is not a VIN for any US or Canadian Ford truck. I have no clue what it is. Where did you find it?
US: The VIN is 11 digits. Example of a 1965 F500 VIN: F50AE636543
F50 = F500
A = 330 2V
E = Mahwah NJ Assembly Plant
636543 = Numerical Sequence of Assembly (Serial Number): 1965, assembled February 1965.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Canada: The VIN is 15 digits.
Whatever the VIN is on the registration, the same VIN will be stamped on the frame.
What is the VIN on the registration?
US: The VIN is 11 digits. Example of a 1965 F500 VIN: F50AE636543
F50 = F500
A = 330 2V
E = Mahwah NJ Assembly Plant
636543 = Numerical Sequence of Assembly (Serial Number): 1965, assembled February 1965.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Canada: The VIN is 15 digits.
Whatever the VIN is on the registration, the same VIN will be stamped on the frame.
What is the VIN on the registration?
Ford Parts Specialist
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 88,826
Likes: 787
From: Simi Valley, CA
F500: The VIN begins with F50. The 4th digit is a letter for the engine code.
The 5th digit is a letter for the assembly plant. The last six digits is the serial number.
See the F500 VIN example in Post #3.
Postmaster
Joined: Nov 2001
Posts: 3,351
Likes: 1
From: Escondido, CA
Bill do you think he found the part # located on the outside of the right frame rail like the illustration on page 2 section 50 of the master list catalog? I know the #'s don't make sense but if they are filled with paint and dirt it may look like what he has them listed as just not broken apart like the illustration depicts.
Trending Topics
Ford Parts Specialist
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 88,826
Likes: 787
From: Simi Valley, CA
Bill do you think he found the part # located on the outside of the right frame rail like the illustration on page 2 section 50 of the master list catalog? I know the #'s don't make sense but if they are filled with paint and dirt it may look like what he has them listed as just not broken apart like the illustration depicts.
The VIN is stamped at the top of the frame rail, not on the side.
There is no Ford part or ID number that begins with a number.
5406P2DM321: I looked at it straight-away, sideways, backwards...
The only thing I see I recognize is...5406, the chassis code from a 1954 Packard!
FTE Stories
Ford Trucks for Ford Truck Enthusiasts
3 Best / 3 Worst Parts of Modern Ford Ownership
Brett Foote
10 Amazing Upgrades That Solve Common Ford Truck Owner Headaches
Pouria Savadkouei
Every 2026 Ford Engine Explained
Brett Foote
10 Ugly Ford Trucks That We Still Kinda Love
Joe Kucinski
10 Things Every Truck Owner NEEDS (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
Rezvani's Latest Post-Apocalyptic Monster Is a Ford F-150 Raptor Underneath
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Most Expensive Ford Trucks Ever Sold on Bring a Trailer
Joe Kucinski
2027 Ford Super Duty Buyer's Guide (Every Model, Engine, & Package)
Brett Foote
Top 10 Ford Truck Tragedies
Joe Kucinski
Postmaster
Joined: Nov 2001
Posts: 3,351
Likes: 1
From: Escondido, CA
LOL well we know this isn't a packard. I tried invane to come up with different characters of the # posted as well. I even went looking at the different brackets and cross memebers to see if he pulled one of those by accident. Hence how I stumbled across the illustration in the first place. Now where did I put my beer goggles... Those might help a little.
