32 Ford Serial Number info

Can anyone here decode or is there any info to be found within an original serial number?

 

Does this help?

http://www.vanpeltsales.com/FH_web/flathead_serialnumbers.htm

 

Thanks for the link but it doesn't look like they can tell ya much. I don't know if the vin ment anything other than a number in 32.

 

The numbers are just serial numbers. The prefix dictates which motor came in ch***is from factory. 18 was the flathead V8, B was the 4 banger. I remember seeing an AB prefix also.....truck or pickup maybe. Steve

 

It wasn't a VIN number; rather is was a serial number of the engine/transmission ***y-***igned when that ***y was built at the Rouge. The number was transferred to the ch***is when the engine/trans was installed on the car ***embly line. Given the numerous ***embly plants, the size of the inventory float, and Ford's propensity for installing leftover parts in later cars, the number cannot be considered "intelligent"-meaning it ain't gonna tell you a whole lot about when or where the car was built.

 

The number on my frame is AB5094517

 

The AB means it was an early production 4 cyl car (or PU). Somewhere along the line they dropped the A from the front of the numbering scheme. The number was just a continuation of the numbering on the Model A engines. I don't know exactly what the cutoff number was though.

Do you have more of the car or just a bare frame? There were some early parts that can help ID the car as early too. The Front crossmemebr is one of those early features.

 

I only have the frame. It was a hot rod in the 50's/60's and has had the front crossmember changed to an A already. Oh well at least I learned something.

 

Where on the frame is the number for a '32? Thanks

 

It is on the driver side rail. In 3 spots. At the firewall, in the middle and just ahead of the rear crossmember.