Year Model???
Post Fiend
Joined: Sep 2006
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From: Island Southeast Alaska
It ain't made any more and there are them
on here that could use it. May be money to help
with the build.
Cargo Master
Joined: Sep 2010
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From: Hot AZ (Phoenix Valley)
Dgrant51, I want to urge you to get your new title before you do anything else. Clean the frame and find the Serial Number and confirm that it's the same as the Serial Number on the cab plate... but before you get to much into it, get it into your name, free and clear!
Tuned
Joined: Mar 2011
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From: Lansing Mi
I wouldn't spend any more money on it tell I had a title in my name in my hand... See too many nice stock trucks tore all to hell........ Then a year later still tore to hell and for sale. RAN when parked, Bill of sale only $x.xxx (trying to get what they payed out of it) because they couldn't get a clean title..
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Freshman User
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Thats one thing working on the cab that I noticed is I dont think the cab is a 51 it has back cab corners like a 53. Im not to concerned about the title I know the previous owner hes just an older guy and any issues getting the title he will assist with.
Cargo Master
Joined: Sep 2010
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From: Hot AZ (Phoenix Valley)
You can find the serial # on the frame on the passenger side up by the motor mount on top. The Serial # you provided break down is as follow;
F1R1KC26314
F1 = 1/2
R = V8
1 = 1951
KC = Kansas City
26314 is the serial number for the truck
As far as the cab it isn't the body style of a 1953
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Lead Driver
Joined: Jul 2011
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From: Rockingham, VA
It may have been swapped. But sometimes the stamps aren't all that clear. Could that "R" actually be a sloppy "H"? If so, it would be the 226 I6 flathead.
Laughing Gas
Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 827
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From: Port Ludlow, WA
My 8 cyl. was swapped out to a 6 cyl. by a previous owner. They also swapped in the 4 speed spur gear tranny and floor trans cover. During my restoration, I am completing the transformation. (Battery tray, wiring, got rid of the column shift, etc.) Now you would only know of the change by looking at the VIN.
Lead Driver
Joined: Oct 1999
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From: Kalispell, MT
Your cab is definitely a '51. I don't know what you're looking at, but it's nothing like a 53.
