Mr. Nostalgia
Junior Member
A friend of mine just picked up a '32 Ford 4 Cylinder, Serial Number AB5137493. Can anyone tell us when this car was built besides 1932 or anything else about the car from the Serial Number???? Thanks.
'32 Serial Numbers
- Thread starter Mr. Nostalgia
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Vince's site shows the last AB number as 5062386 April 32. B5137493 is
July 32. Look here http://www.fordgarage.com/pages/ABenginenumbers.htm
July 32. Look here http://www.fordgarage.com/pages/ABenginenumbers.htm
David J
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The sequence # 5137493 is July 1932 production . { DeAngelis p-32 } . The 32 folks can pickup on the rest as my info shows the AB prefix being changed to just B before your car was built .
DavidG
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The number is, of course, that of the engine/transmission assembly and when it was placed into a chassis could be weeks or even months later in the production year.
Ford's Rouge engine log shows #62386 as the last '32 four to carry the AB prefix and there are lots of fours around numbered well below #137493 that carry only the B (or BB if bound for a truck) prefix. The 'A' could be an unintended exception or perhaps the star before the prefix was read as an 'A'.
Ford's Rouge engine log shows #62386 as the last '32 four to carry the AB prefix and there are lots of fours around numbered well below #137493 that carry only the B (or BB if bound for a truck) prefix. The 'A' could be an unintended exception or perhaps the star before the prefix was read as an 'A'.