Chevrolet Passenger Cars and Trucks 

Model Identification Charts, Serial Number & Cowl Tag Locations,

Paint, Trim & Engine Codes for U.S. Built 1939 - 1958 Models

Second Edition

 

1942 - 1952 Serial # Tag
1953 & 1954 Serial # Tag
 
 

1949 - 1952 Models location is on

Driver's Side Front Door Pillar

1953 - 1957 Models location is on

Driver's Side Front Door Pillar

1942 - 1948 Models location is under floor

mat forward of Passenger side of front seat

 

Serial Number Decoding Chart 1942 - 1957

 

1929 - 1939 Series Id Passenger Cars & Trucks

 

1940 - 1946 Series Id Passenger Cars & Trucks

 

1947 - 1949 Series Id Passenger Cars & Trucks

 

1950 - 1958 Series Id Passenger Cars & Trucks

 
1942 - 1957 Cowl (Body) Plate Tag
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Location for 1942 - 1957 Models is on Passenger Side Upper Firewall

   
Serial Number Decoding Chart 1942 - 1957 Cowl (Body) Plate Decoding Chart 1942 - 1957
   
Chevrolet Passenger Car Model Id Charts
 

1946

1949

1952  
 

1947

1950

1953  
 

1948

1951

1954  
 
Production Figures 1946 - 1957 U.S. Built Passenger Cars
 

    Interior Trim Codes

         Paint Codes

Series Id Passenger Cars & Trucks

         

1941 - 1952

1928 1947 1953

1929 - 1939

1953 - 1954 1939 1948 1954 1940 - 1946
1955 - 1956 1940 1949 1955 1947 - 1949

1957 - 1958

1941 1950 1956 1950 - 1958
  1942 1951 1957  
  1946 1952 1958  
         
  1935 - 1948 Paint Colors  
  1949 - 1954 Paint Colors  

 

1946 - 1954 Registry Database for U.S. Built Passenger Cars

  1946 - 1954 Collected Data

Questionnaire

 
       

 

Special Note 1 May 2007: Added  a new page for Hub Cap Identification.  This page is far from complete and will take time to gather photos and information on the various Hub Caps used on the many Chevrolet Models.

   

Engine Serial Number Information

 

1941 - 1946 1950 1954
1947 1951 1955
1948 1952 1956
1949 1953 1957
     

RPO Number Information

 

  1950  
     

1951 Regular Production Options

& 1951 RPO Price List

     

Acknowledgements & Thanks To the Good Folks at ChevyTalk.org

& David Hayward of England for some of this info.

Revised: 1 May 2007

12 March 2013

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