Ford F-5 vin # help
#2
04-12-2012, 12:13 PM
Post Fiend
Where did you find this stamped?
Usually the trucks had two data serial tags with also a stamping on the frame rail. One tag was mounted in the upper right corner (pass side) of the cowl (inside the engine bay), another tag affixed to the inside of the glove box and a stamp of the same number on the right frame rail before the front axle.
There was another stamp on the cowl around the center top of the truck's manufactured date, color, year, etc.
Usually the trucks had two data serial tags with also a stamping on the frame rail. One tag was mounted in the upper right corner (pass side) of the cowl (inside the engine bay), another tag affixed to the inside of the glove box and a stamp of the same number on the right frame rail before the front axle.
There was another stamp on the cowl around the center top of the truck's manufactured date, color, year, etc.
#3
04-12-2012, 12:41 PM
#6
04-15-2012, 10:11 AM
You can find a lot more information about the truck from the stampings on the firewall. Most were stamped above the seam in the center, but not all. Mine was stamped above all the way to the driver's side, below the seam. Seems the Norfolk, Va plant was 'different'. For example, mine show that the truck was built on Sept. 9, 1950 and was the 729th off the line that day.
I've had this truck for about 18 months and have been actively working on it for about 12 months. Sometime back I post the Serial# info here but never got the firewall info. I'll bet I spent 8-10 hours combined scraping, sanding and wetting the firewall trying to find the stampings somewhere in the center where everybody told me it had to be. Finally, I just gave up. Over the past week as we were preparing to paint the engine we sanded down and shot the firewall in a gloss black. that's when my wife says, "hey Joe, what are these letters and numbers over here stamped in the driver's side corner."
Well there it was, finally! Then as I was cleaning up the engine, I finally scraped and sanded the top of the block to find the engines birthday that I could not find before.
So here is the info
Engine date of manuf. H30M
H=July
30= 30th day
M= 1950
The firewall codes MNR9J729
M = Meadow Green (Wish I had found that before the paint job, but still happy with MY color)
NR = Norfolk, Va.
9 - 9th day
J = September
729 = build number
Well there it was, finally! Then as I was cleaning up the engine, I finally scraped and sanded the top of the block to find the engines birthday that I could not find before.
So here is the info
Engine date of manuf. H30M
H=July
30= 30th day
M= 1950
The firewall codes MNR9J729
M = Meadow Green (Wish I had found that before the paint job, but still happy with MY color)
NR = Norfolk, Va.
9 - 9th day
J = September
729 = build number
#7
04-17-2012, 10:47 AM
F 5 vin # help
Joe, Thank you very much. Just have to start brushing an cleaning to find the rest of the numbers. With this vehicle being a schoolbus and having a Superior body on it, I wonder how that all worked. Did they install the bus body at the plant, or did the truck frame go to the bus manufacturer where they put on the body and then back to the plant for the fenders and hood? This is interesting, thanks all for any help!!
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#8
04-17-2012, 08:10 PM
Joe, Thank you very much. Just have to start brushing an cleaning to find the rest of the numbers. With this vehicle being a schoolbus and having a Superior body on it, I wonder how that all worked. Did they install the bus body at the plant, or did the truck frame go to the bus manufacturer where they put on the body and then back to the plant for the fenders and hood? This is interesting, thanks all for any help!!
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