1951 Mercury 4 door sport sedan & where can I locate this number?
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October 30, 2010 at 11:52 am #1309
Jerry RobbinKeymaster<div id=”:12y” class=”ii gt”>
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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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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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