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What year, and model truck is this, and where are you getting the numbers from?
Starting with the serial/vin, depending on the year, list the entire number stamped into the frame.
Not an engine number, but 87HY would be the starting serial# for a 1948 F3 with a 226 cu in flathead 6.
If that is the truck you have, there was no such thing as an engine serial number
Starting with the serial/vin, depending on the year, list the entire number stamped into the frame.
Not an engine number, but 87HY would be the starting serial# for a 1948 F3 with a 226 cu in flathead 6.
If that is the truck you have, there was no such thing as an engine serial number
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The firewall tag is definitely for a 1948 F3 with the 226 6 cylinder
If it's a 1949 The model would have been a 9HY, not 6.
It looks like you have a real mixed batch there. As I posted earlier, the ONLY true serial # is stamped into the frame, passenger side, near the radiator.The H designates the 6 cylinder, the Y designates an F3
If it IS a 49 F1 with the flathead 8, the serial number should begin with 98RC
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Thank you for the valuable info. The truck had a makeover 15 years ago and today still looks like new. Guess I'm still going to buy it, looks good, runs good, just the numbers don't match I guess I can live with that. Thanks for your help.
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The question isn't whether it is "numbers matching" (no such thing on '40's - '50's Fords), it's whether you can get a clean title that says the truck is what it is, and may affect future re-sale. What serial number is on the Title?
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Aside from the 'future re-sale' issue, if the current seller does not have a title, you may never be able to get one based on the numbers not belonging to the actual truck. If the seller does have a title, you could still have legal problems later. The best advice I can give you is to make sure that the seller does have a title that matches the number stamped into the frame.
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I haven't picked up the truck yet so I don't have a title to it yet. Here in Maine after 15 years a title is not needed, how critical is it to actually have a title to a truck that old?
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It may not matter as long as you sell it to someone else in Maine. I don't see how that can be, I thought the feds clamped down on that. Too many salvaged cars being "laundered" thru Alabama, which had similar laws until about 5 years ago.
If you can get a title, and the serial numbers on the frame match what the truck appears to be, I would get one.
If you can get a title, and the serial numbers on the frame match what the truck appears to be, I would get one.
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We don't title vehicles as old as ours here in Alabama either. Sold my 55 to a guy in New York a couple years ago with no problem. It had been in this state since new so the title was long gone.
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I believe that Maine is similar to NY state on titles. NY first issued titles in 1972, so any vehicle older than that is covered by a 'Transferable Registration'. In Maine the year is 1995, so if this is a Maine vehicle, it would be covered by the registration which still has to have a serial#/vin matching the number stamped into the frame.