the thing is the dmv in saskatchewan give the last owner vin number and i transfert the truck on my name here in quebec whit this vin number but if it not the original vin number can i go too dmv too change it??

 

I can only tell you what we have to deal with here - as long as you have a legal title I wouldn't mess with it. Otherwise it'll probably take tons of paperwork, police inspection, etc. etc.

I just titled a truck that I bought with a bill of sale and it was a major headache.

We use replacement titles here too and that satisfies the dmv. Your choice if you want to change it.

 

we make a bill of sale but she goes at the dmv and they gave her those number but if it not the original number thats suck man!!!i will call at the dmv here in quebec monday

 

i have serial number on the cab inside the engin bay that correspond whit my registration paper......the thing's the truck completely original but iam 100% sure it not the same serial number on my frame thats suckk and the truck 100% original i want to restore the truck i just dont want to have problem

 

Hi and welcome to the site. This is what I can decipher from your vin number from the Mercury site suggested. Perhaps you have already been there but here goes.

FA = F-100 Conventional
E = No explanation that I have been able to find or figure out.
83 = Pick-up and express
B = Deluxe Cab (this consisted of stainless drip rail trim & exterior locks in both doors)
H = Built in Windsor, Ont.
R = 1954 (if it was a 53 this letter would be a Q)

Your glove box data plate will say what trans, rear axle ratio, model, wheel base & max. G.V.W.
I don't think 6 cyl's were used in Canadian 53 & 54 Ford or Mercs but I could be wrong. I think Fords only used the 239 c.i. V-8 Flathead and the Mercs. were 255 c.i. ( I may be wrong on the c.i. here) V-8 Flathead. If some one wants to correct me on this please do so.
Hope this helps - Bye for now.

 

Canada only used V8's in their trucks and they were all 239 ci as far as I know.

The 255 merc was used in cars.

There have been a lot of 255 mercs swapped into various trucks on both sides of the border. I pulled one from a 46 ton and a half several years ago.

 

Hi and thank you for the correction. This was something I was told many years ago and was not sure if it was true or not. I should have worded things better.

 

I know all too well what you mean. I've forgotten half of what I used to know so I get to learn new things all the time. A few years ago we all assumed that merc trucks came with merc engines, but that was found to be incorrect - but please don't ask me where it came from and who found the info.

It runs in my mind that Ford of Canada provided that detail but I could easily be wrong.

 

Oh well what can we do? I guess I should get off my butt and find more proof that some Merc. trucks were built in the U.S.

 

thanks old ugly my ford 1954 everythings ok whit it it my ford 1947 one ton that the number on the cab dont correspond whit the serial number on the frame my serial start like this 210h47 xxxxx but supose to start like this 799y xxxxx

 

Hi again If it's older than 53 or newer than a 56 I have no clue.

 

after some reserch on the web i found that serial number are not the same of canadian 40's truck .ilokk beside the steering box and it the same serial number one the cab i also have the llittle star beside the serial number on the frame so my 1947 one ton it completly original canadian truck!!!!!

 

I sold all my one ton f100 1947 i only keep my 1954 1/2 ton truck

 

My serial number is fae83bhrxxxx somebody can tell me the description of my truck and this is a other tag number of the trim style :81b body no:489 ladq-228 41 in my glove box it write 13,41,3-hd beside the serial number