I just purchased this truck (canadian truck) and the vin does not match anything i can find. Some help would be great i want to put the truck back to original.

thanks

the VIN# BDA83AHP-29510
it also says paint 39
model F1

 

That looks to be a number stamped into the firewall. That doesn't look to be the VIN. Check for the VIN to be stamped into the right frame rail near the front suspension.

HP in the sequence is likely Highland Park, Michigan factory.

 

That is a Canadian VIN. Basically, it breaks down to a 1952 Ford F-1 pickup, standard trim, conventional cab, built in Windsor, Ontario, and 29510 is the consecutive unit number.

I don't have any paint codes, but that should be readily apparant by looking in the hidden areas; behind the seat, inside the cowl behind the kick panels, etc.

Welcome to the forum, and congratulations on your 'new' truck.

 

I was way off!!!!!

 

Wayne nailed it down. Just one more tidbit - the H is for Home Office at Windsor. P is the character that shows it as 1952.

 

Congrats on the new truck. Post some pictures.

 

Here's a pretty good site for Candian stuff:

Mercury and Ford Truck Data Can

 

Wow you guys are great! Thanks for all your help! I will try to post some pictures.

Oh ya mabye you guy can shed some light on why 1952's are so hard to find info on. Are 1952's not worth anything? or .......

thanks again!

 

Most of the information on '51 - '52's is the same as for '48 - '50's; mechanically they are "mostly" identical. '52 was a transition year between the flathead-only 48-51's and the OHV mid-fifties ('53 - '56), having both the classic flathead V8 and the new OHV 215-ci 6-cylinder. Among the cogniscenti, the restyled front end of the '51-'52's represents the pinnacle of Ford styling...

 

Jonod, can you determine what the original color was? Check under the dash, behind the kick panels or around the gas tank.....it would help us figure out what code 39 was.

The shop manual is titled 49-51 and comes with a 52 supplement. That explains a lot about why 52 specific details are hard to come by. Ford was focusing on the new and improved series for '53.

Even stranger is the fact that the series started in 48 but is ignored in the shop manual. Fortunately as Ross said, they're all the same under the skin.

 

The color looks like a light green grey. i cant figure out how to post the picture of it.

 

ROFL!!

Cogniscenti....I love it!

 

Of all weeks to lose my dictionary.... should I be offended???

 

I did not know that the rear teeth on a ****kicker were call "Cogniscenti"
Must ah been a McCormick thing.

 

I'm not sure here, Ross, but I think ol' Penn Dick just called us smart a$$es. LOL!!!