de-coding ID tags

rogerh
Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:01:03 +0000

Hi Guys,
I can read the 1959 Mopar Parts Book, and relay its inforation to you all, but sometimes I don’t understand it.
Bernie Broulliet got me thinking about ID numbers.
ALthough I cannot find my Belvedere convertible’s ID tag, I do have the 1994 Bill of sale with ID #. IT is as follows:
M253113862
The Book says M253 translates as follows:
M=1959
2=Plymouth 8 cyl.
5=Belvedere
3=Evansville Assembly Plant
The last 6 digits are the actual production #.
Ignoring the first of those digits (they all start with the number 1), I am left with 13862.
Since there were only 5,063 Belv cvts made, I am befuddled.
(There were 169,913 Belvedere/Custom Suburbans manufactured.)