Re: [FWDLK] '57 Plymouth facts & Q's

[Bill Watson <wwatson@xxxxxxxxx>]

1957 DeSoto Firedome (S-25) models built at the Wyoming Avenue plant in
Detroit had serial numbers from 55332001 to 55377868.   Your 55362153 falls
within that span, meaning it was the 30,153rd Firedome off the Wyoming
Avenue line.   As you can tell, a total of 45,868 Firedome models were built
at Wyoming Avenue for 1957.

Unlike US-built Chrysler and Imperial VINs from 1955 and all Mopar/Chryco
VINs from 1958, the older VINs cannot be decoded.  They are strictly numbers
that ran in sequence from the first Chrysler Model B in 1924  with its
"1001".  American-built DeSotos used VINs that started with either "5" or
"6" beginning around 1930.   But just to confuse everyone, American-built
Chryslers also used "6", along with "7".

Plymouth/Dodge/Fargo/DeSoto Trucks were "8".  while Dodge cars used  "3" or
"4" and Plymouth cars "1", "2" or "3".  The final digit, "9", was uised by
Chrysler of Canada along with LosAngeles-built Plymouths and Dodge trucks
during the 1930's.   Again, an exception to Chrysler of Canada were the
early 1930's Dodge Trucks that used "89".

Bill
Vancouver, BC


----- Original Message -----
From: MoparJackie@xxxxxxx
To: wwatson@xxxxxxxxx ; L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 11:08 AM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] '57 Plymouth facts & Q's


Hi everyone.As long as we are on vin numbers can some tell me what vehicle
number  55362153 decodes as?
I have waht appears to be a Hemi 4 door Desoto Firedome in my barn that is
pretty rusty but has a few savable parts on it.Thanks all        Jack in
Michigan  (formerly Arkye)

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