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Decode your 1949-1952 Pontiac Serial Number

Posted by Dave

How to decode your 1949-1954 Pontiac Serial Number

Serial Number

The serial number is composed of:

1st: A letter indicating the factory of origin. (Shown in chart)

2nd: A figure indicating the number of cylinders, six or eight. (6-Six Cylinder;
8-Eight Cylinder)

3rd: Two letters indicating first the year of manufacture and the transmission
used. (Shown in chart)

4th: The sequence in which your car was built starting with 1001

1st: The first letter in the serial number indicates the factory of origin.
Letter: Assembly Plant:
A Atlanta
C South Gate
L Linden
W Wilmington
K Kansas City
F Framingham
P Pontiac, Michigan
3rd – The two letters indicating
the year of manufacture and the transmission used (S-Manual; H-Hydramatic)
between 1949 and 1954 are as follows
Year: 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954
Manual RS TS US WS XS ZS
Automatic RH TH UH WH XH ZH

Now for a complete example, if your cars serial number
is W8WH14479 the decode would be; W-Wilmington, 8-Straight Eight, W-1952,
H-Hydramatic, 14479-13,478th car built at the Wilmington plant.

3 Comments For This Post

  1. SHORTDOG Says:

    My previous reply was deleted for some reason, but my question was in reference to the Body tags (Cowl Plates) that are riveted to the firewall in the motor compartment…. Is there a resource i could use to decode mine? I’d like to know all the original trim, paint, accessories, etc that were on on my car when it rolled off the assembly line but can’t seem to find any sites that decode 52 Pontiac Tags… Your help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, SHORTDOG

  2. Dave Says:

    Your comment didn’t get deleted, I just haven’t gotten it approved yet. All of that body tag information is available in the Master Parts Catalog and by using those paint chips posted on the site. I’ll try to link you directly to everything for your car as soon as I get time to find it for you. Thanks,
    Dave

  3. SHORTDOG Says:

    Thanks Dave, I really appreciate it.

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