Where on earth is "Chester"?


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By rgrove - 16 Years Ago
In decoding our vin plate, I found out that our 56 sunliner was born at the "chester" plant.  I know this will sound stupid, but Chester where?  What state?

Thanks!

By pintoplumber - 16 Years Ago
Chester PA, both my pickup and my 55 club sedan were made in Chester PA.Next county over from Lancaster.
By rgrove - 16 Years Ago
Ah ha!  Thanks!  That was the only Chester I could think of, but couldnt find any back-up.

Does anyone have any idea how to get any of the paperwork of history of the car by the vin?  I know you can (i.e. Marti report) for later fords, but anybody know how to do that for the '50's cars??

Cool truck, BTW!

By pintoplumber - 16 Years Ago
Are you in the east,that your car is from Chester?

I have an electrician buddy that had a tour of the plant when he was in school.Ill have to ask what year.I think Chester closed in the 60's
By rgrove - 16 Years Ago
Actually, Im north of Chicago.  We bought the car from someone in wisconsin, who had it stored in a barn in Indiana for about 20 years before we bought it in 1989......Part of the reason I want to try to find some more about the history of the car...

Thanks!

By 55Birdman - 16 Years Ago
e-mail me your numbers I have a book that can translate them to english. eadgpdhome@msn.com
By rgrove - 16 Years Ago
Cool article; thanks for the link.  Ill send you the vin info in the next few days.  Ive attempted to decode it based on service manuals I have, but it would be interesting to verify my interpretation.

By the way, any idea if Ford has the ability to track where a car was originally sold, to who, etc?  I think GM has a service like that....

I would love to find the whole history of our car.  When we got it in 1989 it had been sitting in a barn since 1970 in Indiana, but the owner was an old gentleman from Wisconsin.... being stored and sold by his nephew in Plymouth IN (nowhere near wisconsin!), so I would kill to find a way to trace the history of the car... any ideas?

Thanks!