Where's my serial number?
- Late 1960s and later: usually on a small plate on the dashboard, visible through the windshield on the driver's side.
- Earlier cars: it varies by make and year. Common places are the driver's door pillar or hinge post, the steering column, the firewall, or near the glove box. Each make's page lists what our sources say.
- Paperwork: your title and registration also show it.
Example: 6154001 (an example DeSoto serial).
Years we cover
1946-1961.
What a DeSoto serial looks like, by year
Each example below is split into numbered groups of characters, with what each group means. Example numbers show the layout; they are not a specific car.
1946
Looks like 6154001 (7 characters)
| 1 Serial number in the published S11 DeLuxe range for Detroit (6,154,001 to 6,172,862) | 6154001 [DURICY] [NDC46] |
- This format is digits only, and many makers used plain numeric serials in these years. A match here does not by itself show the car is this make; check the make on the car and its paperwork.
DeSoto numbers run in blocks by plant and series (series codes as printed in the cited table). Taxi blocks and Windsor, Ontario blocks in the table are not encoded.
Numeric serial number with no year character: the year is implied only by which published range the number falls in. The plant is named in the label of the matching field.
1946
Looks like 5784001 (7 characters)
| 1 Serial number in the published S11 Custom range for Detroit (5,784,001 to 5,825,784) | 5784001 [DURICY] [NDC46] |
- This format is digits only, and many makers used plain numeric serials in these years. A match here does not by itself show the car is this make; check the make on the car and its paperwork.
DeSoto numbers run in blocks by plant and series (series codes as printed in the cited table). Taxi blocks and Windsor, Ontario blocks in the table are not encoded.
Numeric serial number with no year character: the year is implied only by which published range the number falls in. The plant is named in the label of the matching field.
1947
Looks like 6172863 (7 characters)
| 1 Serial number in the published S11 DeLuxe range for Detroit (6,172,863 to 6,190,369) | 6172863 [NDC46] [DURICY] |
- This format is digits only, and many makers used plain numeric serials in these years. A match here does not by itself show the car is this make; check the make on the car and its paperwork.
DeSoto numbers run in blocks by plant and series (series codes as printed in the cited table). Taxi blocks and Windsor, Ontario blocks in the table are not encoded.
Numeric serial number with no year character: the year is implied only by which published range the number falls in. The plant is named in the label of the matching field.
1947
Looks like 5825785 (7 characters)
| 1 Serial number in the published S11 Custom range for Detroit (5,825,785 to 5,885,815) | 5825785 [DURICY] [NDC46] |
- This format is digits only, and many makers used plain numeric serials in these years. A match here does not by itself show the car is this make; check the make on the car and its paperwork.
DeSoto numbers run in blocks by plant and series (series codes as printed in the cited table). Taxi blocks and Windsor, Ontario blocks in the table are not encoded.
Numeric serial number with no year character: the year is implied only by which published range the number falls in. The plant is named in the label of the matching field.
1948
Looks like 6190370 (7 characters)
| 1 Serial number in the published S11 DeLuxe range for Detroit (6,190,370 to 6,205,975) | 6190370 [NDC46] [DURICY] |
- Year labelling: Duricy files the S11 numbers through 5,962,601 / 6,209,494 / 62,003,000 under 1948; the National DeSoto Club splits the same numbers into 1948 and 1949-1 (first series). Same numbers, different year label.
- This format is digits only, and many makers used plain numeric serials in these years. A match here does not by itself show the car is this make; check the make on the car and its paperwork.
DeSoto numbers run in blocks by plant and series (series codes as printed in the cited table). Taxi blocks and Windsor, Ontario blocks in the table are not encoded.
Numeric serial number with no year character: the year is implied only by which published range the number falls in. The plant is named in the label of the matching field.
1948
Looks like 5885816 (7 characters)
| 1 Serial number in the published S11 Custom range for Detroit (5,885,816 to 5,948,452) | 5885816 [NDC46] [DURICY] |
- Year labelling: Duricy files the S11 numbers through 5,962,601 / 6,209,494 / 62,003,000 under 1948; the National DeSoto Club splits the same numbers into 1948 and 1949-1 (first series). Same numbers, different year label.
- This format is digits only, and many makers used plain numeric serials in these years. A match here does not by itself show the car is this make; check the make on the car and its paperwork.
DeSoto numbers run in blocks by plant and series (series codes as printed in the cited table). Taxi blocks and Windsor, Ontario blocks in the table are not encoded.
Numeric serial number with no year character: the year is implied only by which published range the number falls in. The plant is named in the label of the matching field.
1949
Looks like 6205976 (7 characters)
| 1 Serial number in the published S11 first series DeLuxe range for Detroit (6,205,976 to 6,209,494) | 6205976 [NDC46] [DURICY] |
- Year labelling: Duricy files the S11 numbers through 5,962,601 / 6,209,494 / 62,003,000 under 1948; the National DeSoto Club splits the same numbers into 1948 and 1949-1 (first series). Same numbers, different year label.
- This format is digits only, and many makers used plain numeric serials in these years. A match here does not by itself show the car is this make; check the make on the car and its paperwork.
DeSoto numbers run in blocks by plant and series (series codes as printed in the cited table). Taxi blocks and Windsor, Ontario blocks in the table are not encoded.
Numeric serial number with no year character: the year is implied only by which published range the number falls in. The plant is named in the label of the matching field.
1949
Looks like 5948453 (7 characters)
| 1 Serial number in the published S11 first series Custom range for Detroit (5,948,453 to 5,962,601) | 5948453 [NDC46] [DURICY] |
- Year labelling: Duricy files the S11 numbers through 5,962,601 / 6,209,494 / 62,003,000 under 1948; the National DeSoto Club splits the same numbers into 1948 and 1949-1 (first series). Same numbers, different year label.
- This format is digits only, and many makers used plain numeric serials in these years. A match here does not by itself show the car is this make; check the make on the car and its paperwork.
DeSoto numbers run in blocks by plant and series (series codes as printed in the cited table). Taxi blocks and Windsor, Ontario blocks in the table are not encoded.
Numeric serial number with no year character: the year is implied only by which published range the number falls in. The plant is named in the label of the matching field.
1949
Looks like 6212001 (7 characters)
| 1 Serial number in the published S13 DeLuxe range for Detroit (6,212,001 to 6,232,740) | 6212001 [DURICY] |
- This format is digits only, and many makers used plain numeric serials in these years. A match here does not by itself show the car is this make; check the make on the car and its paperwork.
DeSoto numbers run in blocks by plant and series (series codes as printed in the cited table). Taxi blocks and Windsor, Ontario blocks in the table are not encoded.
Numeric serial number with no year character: the year is implied only by which published range the number falls in. The plant is named in the label of the matching field.
Sources: [DURICY]
1949
Looks like 50000101 (8 characters)
| 1 Serial number in the published S13 Custom range for Detroit (50,000,101 to 50,061,189) | 50000101 [DURICY] |
- This format is digits only, and many makers used plain numeric serials in these years. A match here does not by itself show the car is this make; check the make on the car and its paperwork.
DeSoto numbers run in blocks by plant and series (series codes as printed in the cited table). Taxi blocks and Windsor, Ontario blocks in the table are not encoded.
Numeric serial number with no year character: the year is implied only by which published range the number falls in. The plant is named in the label of the matching field.
Sources: [DURICY]
1950
Looks like 6233501 (7 characters)
| 1 Serial number in the published S14 DeLuxe range for Detroit (6,233,501 to 6,262,653) | 6233501 [DURICY] |
- This format is digits only, and many makers used plain numeric serials in these years. A match here does not by itself show the car is this make; check the make on the car and its paperwork.
DeSoto numbers run in blocks by plant and series (series codes as printed in the cited table). Taxi blocks and Windsor, Ontario blocks in the table are not encoded.
Numeric serial number with no year character: the year is implied only by which published range the number falls in. The plant is named in the label of the matching field.
Sources: [DURICY]
1950
Looks like 50062001 (8 characters)
| 1 Serial number in the published S14 Custom range for Detroit (50,062,001 to 50,148,412) | 50062001 [DURICY] |
- This format is digits only, and many makers used plain numeric serials in these years. A match here does not by itself show the car is this make; check the make on the car and its paperwork.
DeSoto numbers run in blocks by plant and series (series codes as printed in the cited table). Taxi blocks and Windsor, Ontario blocks in the table are not encoded.
Numeric serial number with no year character: the year is implied only by which published range the number falls in. The plant is named in the label of the matching field.
Sources: [DURICY]
1951
Looks like 6269001 (7 characters)
| 1 Serial number in the published S15 DeLuxe range for Detroit (6,269,001 to 6,283,459) | 6269001 [DURICY] |
- This format is digits only, and many makers used plain numeric serials in these years. A match here does not by itself show the car is this make; check the make on the car and its paperwork.
DeSoto numbers run in blocks by plant and series (series codes as printed in the cited table). Taxi blocks and Windsor, Ontario blocks in the table are not encoded.
Numeric serial number with no year character: the year is implied only by which published range the number falls in. The plant is named in the label of the matching field.
Sources: [DURICY]
1951
Looks like 50155001 (8 characters)
| 1 Serial number in the published S15 Custom range for Detroit (50,155,001 to 50,230,003) | 50155001 [DURICY] |
- This format is digits only, and many makers used plain numeric serials in these years. A match here does not by itself show the car is this make; check the make on the car and its paperwork.
DeSoto numbers run in blocks by plant and series (series codes as printed in the cited table). Taxi blocks and Windsor, Ontario blocks in the table are not encoded.
Numeric serial number with no year character: the year is implied only by which published range the number falls in. The plant is named in the label of the matching field.
Sources: [DURICY]
1952
Looks like 6283601 (7 characters)
| 1 Serial number in the published S15 DeLuxe range for Detroit (6,283,601 to 6,288,250) | 6283601 [DURICY] |
- This format is digits only, and many makers used plain numeric serials in these years. A match here does not by itself show the car is this make; check the make on the car and its paperwork.
DeSoto numbers run in blocks by plant and series (series codes as printed in the cited table). Taxi blocks and Windsor, Ontario blocks in the table are not encoded.
Numeric serial number with no year character: the year is implied only by which published range the number falls in. The plant is named in the label of the matching field.
Sources: [DURICY]
1952
Looks like 50230101 (8 characters)
| 1 Serial number in the published S15 Custom range for Detroit (50,230,101 to 50,261,940) | 50230101 [DURICY] |
- This format is digits only, and many makers used plain numeric serials in these years. A match here does not by itself show the car is this make; check the make on the car and its paperwork.
DeSoto numbers run in blocks by plant and series (series codes as printed in the cited table). Taxi blocks and Windsor, Ontario blocks in the table are not encoded.
Numeric serial number with no year character: the year is implied only by which published range the number falls in. The plant is named in the label of the matching field.
Sources: [DURICY]
1952
Looks like 55000001 (8 characters)
| 1 Serial number in the published S17 FireDome range for Detroit (55,000,001 to 55,040,155) | 55000001 [DURICY] |
- This format is digits only, and many makers used plain numeric serials in these years. A match here does not by itself show the car is this make; check the make on the car and its paperwork.
DeSoto numbers run in blocks by plant and series (series codes as printed in the cited table). Taxi blocks and Windsor, Ontario blocks in the table are not encoded.
Numeric serial number with no year character: the year is implied only by which published range the number falls in. The plant is named in the label of the matching field.
Sources: [DURICY]
1953
Looks like 55050001 (8 characters)
| 1 Serial number in the published S16 FireDome range for Detroit (55,050,001 to 55,127,622) | 55050001 [DURICY] |
- This format is digits only, and many makers used plain numeric serials in these years. A match here does not by itself show the car is this make; check the make on the car and its paperwork.
DeSoto numbers run in blocks by plant and series (series codes as printed in the cited table). Taxi blocks and Windsor, Ontario blocks in the table are not encoded.
Numeric serial number with no year character: the year is implied only by which published range the number falls in. The plant is named in the label of the matching field.
Sources: [DURICY]
1953
Looks like 50266001 (8 characters)
| 1 Serial number in the published S18 Powermaster range for Detroit (50,266,001 to 50,304,981) | 50266001 [DURICY] |
- This format is digits only, and many makers used plain numeric serials in these years. A match here does not by itself show the car is this make; check the make on the car and its paperwork.
DeSoto numbers run in blocks by plant and series (series codes as printed in the cited table). Taxi blocks and Windsor, Ontario blocks in the table are not encoded.
Numeric serial number with no year character: the year is implied only by which published range the number falls in. The plant is named in the label of the matching field.
Sources: [DURICY]
1954
Looks like 55130001 (8 characters)
| 1 Serial number in the published S19 FireDome range for Detroit (55,130,001 to 55,182,504) | 55130001 [DURICY] |
- This format is digits only, and many makers used plain numeric serials in these years. A match here does not by itself show the car is this make; check the make on the car and its paperwork.
DeSoto numbers run in blocks by plant and series (series codes as printed in the cited table). Taxi blocks and Windsor, Ontario blocks in the table are not encoded.
Numeric serial number with no year character: the year is implied only by which published range the number falls in. The plant is named in the label of the matching field.
Sources: [DURICY]
1954
Looks like 50306001 (8 characters)
| 1 Serial number in the published S20 Powermaster range for Detroit (50,306,001 to 50,322,514) | 50306001 [DURICY] |
- This format is digits only, and many makers used plain numeric serials in these years. A match here does not by itself show the car is this make; check the make on the car and its paperwork.
DeSoto numbers run in blocks by plant and series (series codes as printed in the cited table). Taxi blocks and Windsor, Ontario blocks in the table are not encoded.
Numeric serial number with no year character: the year is implied only by which published range the number falls in. The plant is named in the label of the matching field.
Sources: [DURICY]
1955
Looks like 55185001 (8 characters)
| 1 Serial number in the published S22 Firedome range for Detroit (55,185,001 to 55,256,392) | 55185001 [DURICY] |
- This format is digits only, and many makers used plain numeric serials in these years. A match here does not by itself show the car is this make; check the make on the car and its paperwork.
DeSoto numbers run in blocks by plant and series (series codes as printed in the cited table). Taxi blocks and Windsor, Ontario blocks in the table are not encoded.
Duricy's 1955 Fireflite S21 rows have mismatched start and end prefixes (Detroit 50,330,001 to 55,364,093; Los Angeles 64,045,001 to 62,047,586) and are not encoded.
Numeric serial number with no year character: the year is implied only by which published range the number falls in. The plant is named in the label of the matching field.
Sources: [DURICY]
1956
Looks like 55258001 (8 characters)
| 1 Serial number in the published S23 Firedome range for Detroit (55,258,001 to 55,329,506) | 55258001 [DURICY] [NDC56] |
- This format is digits only, and many makers used plain numeric serials in these years. A match here does not by itself show the car is this make; check the make on the car and its paperwork.
DeSoto numbers run in blocks by plant and series (series codes as printed in the cited table). Taxi blocks and Windsor, Ontario blocks in the table are not encoded.
Duricy and NDC agree on these 1956 ranges.
Numeric serial number with no year character: the year is implied only by which published range the number falls in. The plant is named in the label of the matching field.
1956
Looks like 50366001 (8 characters)
| 1 Serial number in the published S24 Fireflite and Adventurer range for Detroit (50,366,001 to 50,392,114) | 50366001 [DURICY] [NDC56] |
- This format is digits only, and many makers used plain numeric serials in these years. A match here does not by itself show the car is this make; check the make on the car and its paperwork.
DeSoto numbers run in blocks by plant and series (series codes as printed in the cited table). Taxi blocks and Windsor, Ontario blocks in the table are not encoded.
Duricy and NDC agree on these 1956 ranges.
Numeric serial number with no year character: the year is implied only by which published range the number falls in. The plant is named in the label of the matching field.
1957
Looks like 58001001 (8 characters)
| 1 Serial number in the published Firesweep, Detroit range (58,001,001 to 58,038,408) | 58001001 [NDC57] [DURICY] |
- Fireflite Detroit start: DURICY 50,306,001 versus NDC57 50,396,001 (the Adventurer start in DURICY). NDC57 used. Firedome Los Angeles start: 64,035,001 (NDC57) versus 64,035,005 (DURICY).
- The DeSoto 1956 formats in mopar-early.json use nearby 50,3xx,xxx and 55,2xx,xxx numbers; check the 1956 ranges there for overlap.
- This format is digits only, and many makers used plain numeric serials in these years. A match here does not by itself show the car or truck is this make; check the make on the vehicle and its paperwork.
- An eight-digit number starting 1 to 7 also matches the generic Buick 1946-1953 eight-digit format in gm-other.json; check the make on the vehicle.
- This format is digits only, and many makers used plain numeric serials in these years. A match here does not by itself show the car is this make; check the make on the car and its paperwork.
Firedome (64,035,001 per NDC57; 64,035,005 per DURICY) and Fireflite (62,053,001 in both) Los Angeles blocks have no published end and are not encoded.
Duricy gives all 1957 end values as NA; the end values here are from the National DeSoto Club only.
Numeric serial number with no year character: the year is implied only by which published range the number falls in. The plant is named in the label of the matching field.
1958
Looks like LS1L1001 (8 characters)
| 1 Series | 1: Firesweep (LS1) [DURICY] |
| 2 Assembly plant | L: Los Angeles [DURICY] |
| 3 Sequence number (starts at 1001) | 1001 [DURICY] |
Written LS1L-1001 on the car; the dash is removed before matching. Duricy gives only start numbers; the sequence length (4 or 5 digits accepted) is not sourced.
All series codes (3)
| 1 | Firesweep (LS1) [DURICY] |
| 2 | Firedome (LS2) [DURICY] |
| 3 | Fireflite and Adventurer (LS3) [DURICY] |
Sources: [DURICY]
1959
Looks like M412100001 (10 characters)
| 1 Car line | 4: DeSoto [TURB] [DURICY] |
| 2 Price class / trim level | 1: Low unconfirmed [TURB] |
| 3 Assembly plant | 2: Dodge (Hamtramck, Detroit) [TURB] |
| 4 Sequence number (each plant numbers all makes consecutively from 100001) | 100001 [TURB] |
- TURB gives the 1959 plant list only in a compact two-column chart; plant names are as transcribed there.
1959 layout (TURB): year letter M, car line, price class, assembly plant, six-digit sequence; M means 1959. From 1960 the year moves to the third position (see the main Mopar file).
Canadian-built cars are not decoded.
DURICY lists 1959 DeSoto starting numbers M412-100001 (Firesweep, Detroit), M414-100001 (Firesweep, Los Angeles), M471-, M43-, M451- and M491-; the first two agree with plant 2 = Dodge/Hamtramck Detroit and 4 = Los Angeles here.
All price class / trim level codes (10)
| 0 | Fleet unconfirmed TURB gives this list as a general summary for 1960-65 and refers to its models section for 1959. [TURB] |
| 1 | Low unconfirmed TURB gives this list as a general summary for 1960-65 and refers to its models section for 1959. [TURB] |
| 2 | Medium unconfirmed TURB gives this list as a general summary for 1960-65 and refers to its models section for 1959. [TURB] |
| 3 | High unconfirmed TURB gives this list as a general summary for 1960-65 and refers to its models section for 1959. [TURB] |
| 4 | Premium unconfirmed TURB gives this list as a general summary for 1960-65 and refers to its models section for 1959. [TURB] |
| 5 | Low station wagon unconfirmed TURB gives this list as a general summary for 1960-65 and refers to its models section for 1959. [TURB] |
| 6 | Medium station wagon unconfirmed TURB gives this list as a general summary for 1960-65 and refers to its models section for 1959. [TURB] |
| 7 | High station wagon unconfirmed TURB gives this list as a general summary for 1960-65 and refers to its models section for 1959. [TURB] |
| 8 | Taxi unconfirmed TURB gives this list as a general summary for 1960-65 and refers to its models section for 1959. [TURB] |
| 9 | Police unconfirmed TURB gives this list as a general summary for 1960-65 and refers to its models section for 1959. [TURB] |
1960
Looks like 7103100001 (10 characters)
| 1 Car line | 7: DeSoto [TURB] [DURICY] |
| 2 Price class / trim level | 1: Low [TURB] |
| 3 Model year (last digit) | 0: 1960 [TURB] |
| 4 Assembly plant | 3: Jefferson, Detroit [TURB] |
| 5 Sequence number | 100001 [TURB] |
- This format is digits only, and many makers used plain numeric serials in these years. A match here does not by itself show the car is this make; check the make on the car and its paperwork.
DeSoto 1960 uses the 10-character 1960-65 layout. Duricy lists the 1960 Fireflite (PS1-L) start as 7103-100001 and the Adventurer (PS3-M) start as 7203-100001, both plant 3 (Jefferson).
All price class / trim level codes (9)
| 1 | Low TURB: general summary for 1960-65. [TURB] |
| 2 | Medium TURB: general summary for 1960-65. [TURB] |
| 3 | High TURB: general summary for 1960-65. [TURB] |
| 4 | Premium TURB: general summary for 1960-65. [TURB] |
| 5 | Low station wagon TURB: general summary for 1960-65. [TURB] |
| 6 | Medium station wagon TURB: general summary for 1960-65. [TURB] |
| 7 | High station wagon TURB: general summary for 1960-65. [TURB] |
| 8 | Taxi TURB: general summary for 1960-65. [TURB] |
| 9 | Police TURB: general summary for 1960-65. [TURB] |
1961
Looks like 6111100001 (10 characters)
| 1 Make / engine character | 6: DeSoto (1961) unconfirmed [FBO65] |
| 2 Series | 1: Series 1 (source lists, across makes and years: Valiant V100, Lancer/Dart 170, Belvedere I, Coronet Deluxe, 330, 880; source list is truncated) unconfirmed [FBO65] |
| 3 Model year (last digit) | 1: 1961 [FBO65] |
| 4 Assembly plant | 1: Lynch Road, Detroit [FBO65] [FBO64] |
| 5 Sequence number | 100001 [FBO65] |
- The first-character chart is a forum post attributing the data to Allpar; no second independent table for 1960-63 was found.
- This format is digits only, and many makers used plain numeric serials in these years. A match here does not by itself show the car is this make; check the make on the car and its paperwork.
US-built cars only; Canadian-built cars used different numbers and are not decoded here.
Only the 1961 footnote of the chart mentions DeSoto; DeSoto 1960 and the 1950s DeSoto numbers were not found in our sources (see mopar-sources.md gaps).
All series codes (10)
| 0 | Series 0: Fleet (1962), Fleet, 880 or 300 Pace Setter (1963), Belvedere and Coronet Super Stock (1964-65) unconfirmed [FBO65] |
| 1 | Series 1 (source lists, across makes and years: Valiant V100, Lancer/Dart 170, Belvedere I, Coronet Deluxe, 330, 880; source list is truncated) unconfirmed Model names depend on make and year. [FBO65] |
| 2 | Series 2 (source lists: Belvedere, 440, Coronet, Dart 330, 300 non-letter, Crown, Pioneer, Saratoga) unconfirmed Model names depend on make and year. [FBO65] |
| 3 | Series 3 (source lists: Valiant V200, Lancer 770, New Yorker, LeBaron, Dart 270, Belvedere II, Coronet 440, Fury, Polara, Phoenix) unconfirmed Model names depend on make and year. [FBO65] |
| 4 | Series 4 (source lists: Signet, Barracuda, Polara 500, Lancer GT, 300H, Dart GT, Satellite, Coronet 500, Sport Fury, 300 letter cars) unconfirmed Model names depend on make and year. [FBO65] |
| 5 | Series 5, wagons (source lists: Valiant V100, Dart 170, Lancer 170, Town & Country, 880, Belvedere I, Coronet; source list is truncated) unconfirmed Model names depend on make and year. [FBO65] |
| 6 | Series 6, Pioneer, Belvedere and Dart 330 wagons unconfirmed [FBO65] |
| 7 | Series 7, wagons (source lists: Valiant V200, Lancer 770, New Yorker Town & Country, Suburban, Dart 270; source list is truncated) unconfirmed Model names depend on make and year. [FBO65] |
| 8 | Series 8, taxi unconfirmed [FBO65] |
| 9 | Series 9, police unconfirmed [FBO65] |
All assembly plant codes (9)
| 1 | Lynch Road, Detroit [FBO65] [FBO64] |
| 2 | Dodge Main, Hamtramck unconfirmed A poster in FBO65 says the 1965 factory service manual lists 2 as Detroit, not Hamtramck; not resolved. [FBO65] [FBO64] |
| 3 | Jefferson Avenue, Detroit [FBO65] [FBO64] |
| 4 | Belvidere, Illinois (per the Allpar-derived chart) unconfirmed For Imperial 1960-64 the Imperial Club lists plant code 4 as Warren Avenue, Dearborn. Which meaning applies to which make/year is not settled by our sources. [FBO65] |
| 5 | Los Angeles [FBO65] [FBO64] |
| 6 | Newark, Delaware [FBO65] [FBO64] |
| 7 | St. Louis, Missouri [FBO65] [FBO64] |
| 8 | 'Clairpointe (MO)' as written in the source chart unconfirmed Meaning not confirmed by a second source. [FBO65] |
| 9 | Windsor, Ontario [FBO65] |
Sources: [FBO65]
What a serial number cannot tell you
It identifies what the factory recorded in the number: typically the model year, assembly plant, series or body and production sequence, and in some years the engine. It cannot confirm a car is original or numbers-matching. Compare stampings, body tags and documentation.
Sources
- [DURICY] Duricy.com, DeSoto Serial Numbers 1929-1961
- [NDC46] National DeSoto Club, 1946 thru 1949-1 (serial ranges)
- [NDC56] National DeSoto Club, 1956 (VIN ranges)
- [NDC57] National DeSoto Club, 1957 (VIN ranges)
- [TURB] turbinecar.com, 10 Digit Mopar VIN Format 1959-1965 (PDF)
- [FBO65] For A Bodies Only forum, '65 VIN plate' thread, post 13 (1960-64 chart credited to Allpar; 1965 footnotes)