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Aug 25, 2011 | 12:17 AM

vxfarm25

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Need Help Identifying Year

Hey guys, found an old and in very bad shape ford pickup, and I'm having trouble pinpointing the year. I have a couple pictures to maybe give an idea. Had been looking around the net for some clues to the differences in the early 40's fords but had no luck.

http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/u...5/IMGP0039.jpg

http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/u...5/IMGP0038.jpg

http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/u...5/IMGP0037.jpg

http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/u...5/IMGP0040.jpg

Hope maybe this helps a little, The truck is about a half hour drive from my farm sitting in a slough and I never thought to look for a serial number on it when I was there, so I might run back to there one of these days. If I do, where exactly on the truck is the serial number? Also maybe a link where I can Identify the number. Thanks!

Aug 25, 2011 | 07:15 AM

petey shoes

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it appears to be a 1941. vin is on left frame rail behind steer box, on top of rail. might be some parts worth having, but, if it's been in the drink for a while, i would not get my hopes too high.

Aug 25, 2011 | 08:12 AM

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Vxfarm, welcome to the site. It does appear to be a '41 one ton, as you could tell by the one ton badges, and '41 had the Ford logo on the dash. Is the truck in Canada, or near there? I have only seen that one ton badge on Canadian trucks.

Aug 25, 2011 | 08:20 PM

vxfarm25

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Yes it is Canadian. It's sitting in a bit of a low spot that doesnt usually get much water other than spring, but this year everything flooded from rains so it's sitting in a bit higher of water, I'm still undecide weather I want to pull it out and look deeper into it. Are these trucks rare? Also is I noticed that the spare tire is on the passenger side, and all of the pictures I saw on google and stuff it's on the drivers side does that differ with older or newer fords? Thanks

Aug 25, 2011 | 10:35 PM

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The spare was mounted on the passenger side up until '42 when of was moved to driver's side. The one tons were never as popular as the 1/2 counterparts, but they do have a certain desirability to a restorer. Of course, the better the condition the more its worth. If its not a total rust bucket then there would be a market for it, just don't expect big bucks. These trucks have such a neat front end, like a combination of 1/2 pickup and COE.