The full length fenders and lack of leather fuel fill grommet dictates it is a '42 pre war production. Your vin will be mr or ms. Mr will be a 134.5" wheelbase and the ms will be a 160". Not sure where the assembly was at so the 1st 2 numbers of your vin will be difficult to determine. The next 2 will be mr or ms. That is the series designation. The 3rd pair of digits will be between 01 and 12. That will be the month of production. The last 4 are the sequence of build.
The '42 model designations went through the war because if they changed the designation letters it would be considered a new model. The war production board was very fussy about that. So that leads there to be '43, '44, and some '45 production to have '42 vins. The month of production changed to match. '43 will have 13-24 month dates, '44 will be 25-36, and '45 will be 37-48.
Clear?!?!
I have one of each '42, '44, '45, and '46 The 42 is per war and '46 is post war with war parts (left over parts), and the others are full war production with ms series designation.
