It would appear that I am not smarter than my computer, cant figure out how to upload a picture, I read the parts about using the manage attachments button but I cant find that anywhere.... Maybe it is not active yet as I am a new member.

 

First, make yourself a new thread on the forum and introduce yourself. You won't be able to use the "manage attachments" feature because you're not a "supporter". So the easiest way is to just simply upload the pictures to just about any website such as picasa, shutterfly, a personal webpage, etc. Then click on that little icon at the top of the message you're typing that looks like this: Then just paste the web address of your picture into the pop-up. (Some other guys will be along with some very long instructions here shortly )

 

Thanks for the info. Posted a new thread like you said, check it out.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1297289-new-guy.html

 

I have this vin# DDA83BHP9242 could someone decode it
Im new to the forum

Slink30a

 

Welcome to the forum! From your vin, I'd say you're from Canada, or at least your truck is. Are you sure it starts with DDA? I have no reference for DD, but BDA83BHP9242 would decode as follows;

BD=Ford F-1
A=standard truck
83=pickup body
B=deluxe cab & trim
H=built at Home Office (Windsor, Ont)
P=1952
9242=your consecutive unit number

Hope this helps.

 

yes im from Ont. could it be a O
you could be right it to be a n B
thanks for the welcome
Slink30a

 

If your truck is an F1, it's a B. If it's not an F1, let me know what it is and we can go from there. But that really is about your only option. Codes for other series are totally different.

 

Okay, here is my submission to the ever growing list;

Titled as 1950
☆98RC 458142☆ HP. Frame stamp & glove box match with addition of model 9RO on g/b.
Smooth side bed panels w/p.o. aluminum floor
Small back window
8BA engine
4 speed, non-synchro floor shift (heard it called a 'crash box' by an old timer)
Stamp is very shallow and someone decided a screw was necessary in between 2 of the digits.

Original color seems to be red.
If that is the case, one of the digits should be a 2 on the firewall correct?

Ah the thrill vehicular archeology.

DjS

 

The model for an F1 is 9RC, no such thing as a 9RO

I'm confused about the firewall stampings, you mentioned one should be a 2 but you did not post the stampings.

 

I was confused about the glove box tag saying 9RO also, but that is clearly what it says. So I am going with 'previous owner messed up', or pomu.

As for firewall stamping.
It must have been the end of the day at the plant because they are so faint/shallow I thought they were just scratches. Also add another pomu because someone decided a screw had to be added right where the digits are.
I brought up the "2" because I am trying to work backward deciphering the markings. If I know the original paint was red (through investigation this I am 99.9% sure), one mark may be a 2. Now somewhere else in the string there should be an "HP" for the plant code, maybe the rest of the hieroglyphics will make more sense.

I know, I am grasping for straws............ but it's fun!

DjS

 

The 9RO thing could be something as innocent as the guy with the hammer held the C stamp upside-down on the first try, then turned it over to stamp it right, creating an O instead of a C. Stranger things have been known to happen.

 

I don't believe there was an HP plant code. If you are thinking Highland Park, I believe the code was HM. And if I'm not mistaken, the paint code for Vermilion was N.

 

I think Joe may have stumbled on another error in the printed material that I've always accepted as true.

In logging over 850 truck vins for 49/50 I have 18 listed as HP by owners and none marked HM - interesting

Also from my notes, only one of the 18 has a firewall code listed and that was a 49 that used a letter for the color code (E HP 2C 12****)

 

Just recently purchased a f1. I have been researching it and stumbled upon this post. Very informative! We were told the truck was a 49. Then I found the serial number tag on the firewall and found out it was actually a 48. So here are my numbers for your list.

The vin/serial plate from the firewall says 87HC 147783. Branch is CS.
The stampings on the top frame rail matches this plate. The glove box plate is missing. The stampings on the center of the cowl on the firewall are in very good shape and very easy to see and read. They are as follows, 10CS22J257. I know CS is the Chester, PA plant, and that Tallulah was born on Sept 22, 1948. The 10 must be a gray color because that is what is behind the gas tank and some of the harder to reach nooks and crannies.

 

Regardless of the data plate on the firewall, the only serial# that matters is the one stamped in the frame rail, passenger side between the radiator and the motor mount. Please tell us that number matches the title.