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Old Jun 11, 2016 | 08:19 AM
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can anyone please explain my vin number CHEVROLET
E54SOO4553
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can anyone please explain my vin number CHEVROLET
E54SOO4553
Approximate birthday E54S004553: July 14, 1954 When you car was made
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Approximate birthday E54S004553: July 14, 1954 When you car was made
would you know the production line number on this vin
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E is Car series
54 is 1954
S is Build plant St. Louis, MO
004553 is numeric VIN suffix, approx build date: July 14, 1954

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can anyone please explain my vin number CHEVROLET
E54SOO4553
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Old Jun 11, 2016 | 08:57 AM
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E is Car series
54 is 1954
S is Build plant St. Louis, MO
004553 is numeric VIN suffix, approx build date: July 14, 1954

Paul
Which makes it the 3553 built. One of the last 100.
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VIN #s ran from E54S001001 thru E54S004640. Started at 1000. That system went thru 1956, then in 1957, first car was E57S100001
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