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DavidG · 09-02-2019, 10:57 PM

18-500XX is a legitimate '32 engine number, which Ford used as a VIN. Normally on the stamping on the frame would include a star preceding the 18 and following the last digit as Charlie indicates and there would normally be a dash between the 18 and the rest of the numbers.

If the VIN you are reciting is off the paperwork and not read from the chassis frame, there would be no stars and sometimes no dash included.

There were a fair number of Model A parts carried over into '32 model production, but no body sheet metal.

Tinker,

CA? I assume you meant one of the two Canadian '32 V8 engine number prefixes of C18D or C18R as CA was not a '32 engine number prefix.

09-02-2019, 10:57 PM	#49
DavidG Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: southeastern Michigan Posts: 10,101	Re: 1932 serial number starts with D5 18-500XX is a legitimate '32 engine number, which Ford used as a VIN. Normally on the stamping on the frame would include a star preceding the 18 and following the last digit as Charlie indicates and there would normally be a dash between the 18 and the rest of the numbers. If the VIN you are reciting is off the paperwork and not read from the chassis frame, there would be no stars and sometimes no dash included. There were a fair number of Model A parts carried over into '32 model production, but no body sheet metal. Tinker, CA? I assume you meant one of the two Canadian '32 V8 engine number prefixes of C18D or C18R as CA was not a '32 engine number prefix.