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Old Feb 24, 2011 | 10:47 PM
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Hey Numberdummy!

I'm a new member but since I bought a 1965 F100 a few months ago have found myself looking for more information here. A few days ago I was poking around behind the seat and found a small black metal tag wrapped around the seat springs. Unwrapping it like a prize and looking at it now I can make out:
STUBNITZ-VINC
C5T88164700A-34WK

Any idea what this is or what it even refers to?
Thanks for your time, I'm really curious to find out.

Chris
 
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Old Feb 25, 2011 | 06:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Chris Larkin
I'm a new member but since I bought a 1965 F100 a few months ago have found myself looking for more information here. A few days ago I was poking around behind the seat and found a small black metal tag wrapped around the seat springs. Unwrapping it like a prize and looking at it now I can make out:

STUBNITZ-VINC C5TB-8164700-A34WK
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This metal tag is the the seat's "buck tag." These were installed by the manufacturer of the seat (Stubnitz), for use by assembly line workers.

When trucks were coming down the line, and the seat was the next thing to be installed, workers refered to the tags to make sure the correct upholstered seat was installed in a specific truck to match its build sheet order.
 
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Old Feb 27, 2011 | 11:25 AM
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that's cool, thanks

Just out of curiousity, was Stubnitz located somewhere in Detroit, or was it local to where the truck would have been assembled?
 
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Old Feb 27, 2011 | 01:50 PM
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I have no idea where they were located, but prolly somewhere in MI.
 
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Stubnitz Greene Co Adrian, MI Then Stubnitz Spring founded by Maurice Stubnitz something I found on a Mustang site
 
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