Re: [FWDLK] Serial number question

[Kit Foster <foster@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Bill,

The "serial" part of the VIN, the last six digits, is "shared" among all
cars built in a given plant. At Jefferson Avenue in the 1961 model
year, for example, Chryslers, DeSotos and big Dodges are sprinkled
into the mix. A car's serial depends more on its date of manufacture
than the type of car it is.

The answer to your question below is yes!

Thanks to Dean Mullinax and Wayne Graefen, I've learned a lot about
1961 DeSoto numbers. I'd like to broaden this to cars built for the
whole model year, so if you have a non-DeSoto 1961 Jefferson
Avenue car and don't mind checking some numbers on your data
plate please email me off list.

Thanks,

Kit Foster

On 14 Mar 2004 at 21:26, Bill K. wrote:

> This leads to the question, did the sequential production numbers in
> the plant stretch across all the lines, IE the first '60 built is the
> only one with a 100001 serial number - the first Windsor wagon might
> have been say the 248th car built, for a VIN 8503-100249?