Re: Where can one research serial numbers, etc?Thanks for the info but not really what I had in mind.

Posted by Marco on August 04, 1998 at 23:48:36

In Reply to: Re: Where can one research serial numbers, etc?Thanks for the info but not really what I had in mind.
posted by Gary MacRunnel on August 04, 1998 at 23:23:37

Gary,
It would make sense for such a correlation to be recorded.However, I've never found a reference to any such records.Even retired Ford engineers I've met that were researching A's in the fifties found nothing.In addition many records were destroyed by fire (in the sixties I believe) so if any such records ever existed, they don't anymore.
For identification purposes we must rely on the dating of all the various components which make up a car and it is usually possible to date the actual production of a car within approximately two weeks.Unfortunately we can never be certain that a Sport coupe (for example) is on it's original chassis once it is restored, if it is combined with components that match the possible production period of the body.

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