Being a Canadian truck, I've been having trouble finding any sort of information to decode the serial number of my '47 1-ton. I've tried to get a hold of the Ford Canada archives but haven't had any luck. A web search hasn't netted any results for the Canadian trucks either.

I'm hoping someone here has some information that will help me out.

Here's what I know.

S/N: 412H47-78610 (the frame numbers match the numbers on the ID plate on the firewall)
Engine code: 6J-6548 (from the transmission, matches the numbers on the ID tag on the firewall)
Trim: M-18001-J (from the ID tag)
Paint: M-1800-B (from the ID tag)

It's got the 4spd transmission with PTO.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Hi and welcome to the site. Have you tried Mercurypickup.com?
My thing is 53 - 56 so I can't be of help to you, sorry. If you could post more info about your truck I'm sure others here would be interested. Also where you are located. Good luck.

 

I've been through the mercurypickup.com website with a fine tooth comb and sent a message to the owner as well. There's not much info for these Canadian trucks to be found it seems.

Hopefully someone here has some info stashed away some where!

I'll keep digging...

There are some pics posted on my Gallery page. Unfortunately what I know about this truck is limited to what I'm discovering as it gets torn apart. I know it was a farm truck from western Canada (Saskatchewan I believe). I know the previous owner did some questionable work to try and get it to look more like a 1/2 ton truck. Overall it's in really good shape, but as I come across things that just don't look right, I'll keep asking here to see if anyone can give some more insight.

 

Wow that is a really cool truck. This may help you to post pic's in threads.



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Originally Posted by 76f350spercamprspeal

Welcome to FTE, Best Damn Forum EVER!
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Here's How to Post Pictures:
1. Login to FTE.
2.Click User CP (In the Top Left Hand Corner)
3.(On the Left, There will be a list, The 5th Option Down, will say "Pictures & Albums) Click That.
4.Then, Click Add Album, Enter a title, and description, if ya want to.
5. Click Upload Pictures, Then click Browse, Locate the Files of your truck. (You can add 3 files at a time)
5. Click Upload.
6. Add a description to the individual pictures, then click save.
7. Add more files if ya want.
8. Click The Picture you want to post, it will give you two codes at the bottom, Right Click The Second one (It say's BB Code, Then Say's [IMG]http:blahblahblah...[/IMG])
Then, Once that is highlighted, Right Click, Then Copy, Then Paste it into your post.
You can add up to 30 Images in one FTE Post.
If, Ya need any help, Don't hesitate to ask.


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Originally Posted by old_dan

You can also go to the "Garage" tab and start an album right here on FTE. After you post pictures to an album, we can look in your album, but you'll also be able to "insert a picture" by pasting in a link to the picture in your album.

It seems awkward, but whenever you "insert a picture" to one of these threads, the forum is looking for the picture somewhere on the web (which is always available) rather than from somewhere on your hard drive (which isn't always available).

 

Hi again . I went to Mercurypickup.com and see what you mean, not very helpful. The only other thing that I can think to do is to do a post on the 1948 - 1956 F1,F100 & Larger F-Series site and ask your questions there. There is a very helpful fellow there that goes by 52 Merc that seems to be very knowledgeable about pre 52 Mercury pickups. Perhaps he can help you.
Good luck.

 

I would like to know this myself. My serial number is 450H47-748020.

I will let you know if I come up with anything.