ID plate on bed??
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ID plate on bed??
My '66 F100 has a plate on the bed (between bed and cab), embossed with "69F 2489". Beneath this is "2489" is also scrawled in blue crayon. I unscrewed the plate, hoping there'd be a secret compartment with 100 dollar bills hidden by previous owner.
...but no such luck, just rusty metal. => Does anyone know the purpose of the plate or what this number means?
...but no such luck, just rusty metal. => Does anyone know the purpose of the plate or what this number means?
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"Buck Tag" the codes stamped on it used by assembly line workers to verify that the bed matched the build sheet. Codes on buck tags usually cannot be decoded. Look on the firewall, there may be another there.
Look on the seat frame, there's another. Seats shipped to FoMoCo by outside manufacturer came assembled with upholstery. No buck tag, blue seat could find its way into a red truck. Would have been caught at final assembly.
Look on the seat frame, there's another. Seats shipped to FoMoCo by outside manufacturer came assembled with upholstery. No buck tag, blue seat could find its way into a red truck. Would have been caught at final assembly.
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Another mystery solved! Thanks, Bill (N.D.).
Kind of amazing how times have changed. Nowadays they probably slap a sticker with a barcode on it...rather than create a metal plate, and put two screws in it.
Kind of amazing how times have changed. Nowadays they probably slap a sticker with a barcode on it...rather than create a metal plate, and put two screws in it.
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I also wonder if it could have been a service parts box? When we ship a cab door as a service door we have to serialize the door where when it is shipped with the cab it does not. Could have been replaced due to an accident?
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Service part complete pickup bed would have been taken from assembly line stock, so it would have had a buck tag on it.
I received a R/R door off the assembly line for prez Reagan's personal '87 Town Car. Someone left the door open, prez backed up in his Bel Air CA driveway, door hit a tree, bent it all to hell.
Door was on D99 backorder, I was unable to get it. Franklin Murphy called, asked why Reagan's Lincoln wasn't fixed yet. I told him why.
Next morning, the door arrived at the dealership at the same time that I did, 7AM, flown in from Detroit. Murphy was a member of the FoMoCo Board of Directors, was the former Chancellor of UCLA and a personal friend of Reagan's.
I received a R/R door off the assembly line for prez Reagan's personal '87 Town Car. Someone left the door open, prez backed up in his Bel Air CA driveway, door hit a tree, bent it all to hell.
Door was on D99 backorder, I was unable to get it. Franklin Murphy called, asked why Reagan's Lincoln wasn't fixed yet. I told him why.
Next morning, the door arrived at the dealership at the same time that I did, 7AM, flown in from Detroit. Murphy was a member of the FoMoCo Board of Directors, was the former Chancellor of UCLA and a personal friend of Reagan's.
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