1951 Mercury 4 door sport sedan & where can I locate this number?

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    Jerry Robbin
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    <div>I own a 1951 Mercury 4 door sport

    sedan.</div>

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    <div>I have received a form to be completed.  Among

    the questions I am to provide the Body Serial Number for my car.</div>

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    <div>Where can I locate this number?  Is it

    somewhere on the car or among the numbers required for registration i.e. VIN

    number?</div>

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    <div>Thank you for your help in assisting me to locate

    the Body Serial Number on my car.</div>

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    <div>Bill Webb</div>

    <div>billdonnawebb@grics.net</div>

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    Vehicle Identification Number Explanation

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    <td width=”100%” align=”center”>Positions #1 and #2 are the Year

    Identification

    50 = 1950, 51 = 1951, 52 = 1952, 53 = 1953

    54 = 1954, 55 = 1955, 56 = 1956, 57 = 1957

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    <p style=”margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;”>Positions #3 and #4 are

    the Assembly Plant Identification

    <p style=”margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;”>DA = Dearborn, Michigan

    <p style=”margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;”>LA = Los Angeles, California

    <p style=”margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;”>LP = Lincoln Plant, Detroit,

    Michigan

    <p style=”margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;”>ME = Metuchen, New Jersey

    <p style=”margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;”>SL = St. Louis, Missouri

    <p style=”margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;”>WA = Wayne, Michigan

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    <td width=”100%” align=”center”>Positions #5 through #10 are the

    Consecutive Unit Number

    Consecutive Unit Numbers begin at 10001

    for 1950-1957 Mercurys

    at each Ford Motor Company assembly plant, and begin at 5001 for 1950-1957

    Lincolns. This number represents the

    scheduled sequence order. When a car was ordered, it was immediately

    assigned a VIN with a Consecutive Unit Number. It was then assigned a

    scheduled production date based on availability of trim, parts, other

    components, and taking into account downtime and production workloads at

    the assembly plant.

    A scheduled production date was very often out of sequence with the

    Consecutive Unit Number. And more often than not, the actual production

    date (the day the car rolled off the line) was earlier or later than what

    was originally planned. Therefore, a Mercury with a Consecutive Unit

    Number of 95678 may have actually been produced and ready for shipping

    before a Mercury with a Consecutive Unit Number of 95432. The

    Consecutive Unit Number should be considered to be a unique identification

    that shows when the order was received and when it was planned for

    production.

    Positions #11  indicate the car series:

    H – Lincoln Cosmopolitan series (1950-1951)

    L – Lincoln series (1950-1951)

    L – Lincoln (1952-1957)

    M – Mercury (1950-1957)

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    <td width=”100%” align=”center”>Location of the Data Plate which

    contains the Vehicle Identification Number:

    1950 and 1951

    Lincoln (except Cosmopolitan models): Located on the right front body

    hinge pillar

    1950 and 1951 Lincoln Cosmopolitan models: Located to the left of the

    windshield wiper motor

    1952 – 1954 Lincoln: Located on the right front body pillar

    1950 – 1952 Mercury: Located on the right front body pillar

    1953 – 1957 Mercury: Located on the left front body pillar

    1955 – 1957 Lincoln – Located on the left front body pillar

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