Chevrolet Passenger Car Model Identification Charts

Serial Number Decoding Chart for U.S. Built 1942 - 1957 Models

 

1942 - 1952 Serial # Tag
1953 & 1957 Serial # Tag
 
 
Serial Number Tag Location

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

*NOTE:

In the 1953 - 1957 Models,

The 2nd & 3rd Characters

in the Serial Number

Depicted the Year of Manufacture.

 

             SERIAL NUMBER & U.S. ASSEMBLY PLANT CODE DESIGNATIONS:

1942 - 1952

PLANTS: 1953 - 1957  

YEAR:

 

MONTH:

 

MODEL SERIES:

1

Flint, Michigan

F

 

B

1942  

A

JANUARY     1942

2

Terrytown, New York

T

 

D

1946  

B

FEBRUARY  

H

Fleetmaster / Fleetline

3

St. Louis, Missouri

S

 

E

1947  

C

MARCH  

G

Stylemaster / Sedan Delivery

5

Kansas City, Missouri

K

 

F

1948  

D

APRIL     1946 -1948

6

Oakland, California

O

 

G

1949  

E

MAY  

K

Fleetline / Fleetmaster

8

Atlanta, Georgia

A

 

H

1950  

F

JUNE  

J

Stylemaster

9

Norwood, Ohio

N

 

J

1951  

G

JULY     1949 - 1952

14

Baltimore, Maryland

B

 

K

1952  

H

AUGUST  

K

Fleetline Deluxe / Styleline Deluxe

20

Los Angeles, California

L

 

*53

1953  

I

SEPTEMBER  

J

Fleetline Special / Styleline Special

21

Janesville, Wisconsin

J

 

*55

1955  

J

OCTOBER     1953 -1957
       

*56

1956  

K

NOVEMBER  

A

Special Series 150
       

*57

1957  

L

DECEMBER  

B

Deluxe Series 210
                   

C

Bel Air Series
 Sequence Number:          

D

Sedan Delivery
All Assembly Plants Start With "1001"          

E

Corvette
                     
                    MODEL SERIES IDENTIFICATION
                    1929 - 1939
                    1940 - 1946
                    1947 - 1949
                    1950 - 1958
                       

Revised: 26 September 2004

MODEL ID CHART INDEX

 

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