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VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

Located on a plate on the left front door pillar. The plate indicates the assembley plant and the production sequence number

FIRST DIGIT: Identifies the Series
SERIES CODE
Special (40)
Super (50)
Century (60)
Roadmaster (70)
4
5
6
7

SECOND DIGIT: identifies the model year (A = 1954)


THIRD DIGIT: identifies the assembly plant
ASSEMBLY PLANT CODE
Flint, MI
South Gate, CA
Linden, NJ
Kansas City, KS
Wilmington, DE
Atlanta, GA
Framingham, MA
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

LAST SIX DIGITS: Represent the basic production sequence