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Jun 28, 2012 | 05:56 PM

littlered351

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newbie help

I just got a Ford F7 Fire truck
I've been looking for about 2 hours trying to decode the vin # with no luck.

Can someone point me in the right direction.

Here is my serial number

98EQ 41040

Jun 28, 2012 | 07:18 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by littlered351

I just got a Ford F7 Fire truck
I've been looking for about 2 hours trying to decode the vin # with no luck.

Can someone point me in the right direction.

Here is my serial number

98EQ 41040

Here you go;

9 = 1949-1950 model year. (The numbers were carried over for the '50 model year)

8E = 337 cu. in. V8

Q = F7/8 series trucks

41040 = consecutive unit number

That's all there is.

Jun 28, 2012 | 07:46 PM

littlered351

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Thanks,
I was told it was a 1950 but I wasn't sure.
Does 41040 seem more like a '49 or a '50?

Here is a picture

Jun 28, 2012 | 07:52 PM

topmoo

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littlered, you can post a picture on photobucket and supply a link. You don't have enough posts to place one here yet.

Jun 28, 2012 | 08:30 PM

littlered351

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http://image81.webshots.com/81/7/26/...6WuZPFG_ph.jpg
There is a direct link to it.

Jun 28, 2012 | 08:43 PM

havi

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it's a higher number, so I'd say '50

Jun 28, 2012 | 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by littlered351

Thanks,
I was told it was a 1950 but I wasn't sure.
Does 41040 seem more like a '49 or a '50?

]

Hard to say. It would depend on assembly plant, and if the Big Job trucks were issued different series of numbers than the smaller trucks. There's not enough data to go by to even make an educated guess. If you were told 1950, and have any kind of paperwork to back it up, I'd go with it.

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Jun 29, 2012 | 12:44 AM

51PanelMan

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Picture link didn't work. Says it's a broken link.

Jun 29, 2012 | 08:58 AM

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ben73058

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Welcome Aboard Littlered - Nice to have another '50
on here! See if you can get your pic to post or send it to one of us
& we'll post it for you. Good luck over there!

Ben in Austin
1950 F1