'38-46 Ford COEs
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'38-46 Ford COEs
I have a number stamped into the 'firewall' of my '40 COE : 4950
Anyone know what that number means, if anything? I assume it's too much to hope its a sequential number that body was off the line, right?
I had a fellow Ford hobbyist once tell me he once saw FoMoCo records and right about 55K were built in this first generation… which averages out to 9150 or so per year.
Anyone know what that number means, if anything? I assume it's too much to hope its a sequential number that body was off the line, right?
I had a fellow Ford hobbyist once tell me he once saw FoMoCo records and right about 55K were built in this first generation… which averages out to 9150 or so per year.
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The firewall in my 41 has 2 coats of paint added to it over the years. I went back and scraped it off and found a 3 digit number: 240. Like yours, it appears to be hand stamped by someone in a hurry.
My 47 doesn't have any number anywhere on the firewall.
My 47 doesn't have any number anywhere on the firewall.
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Wonder if indeed this was a 'cab count' number…
All this era Ford stamped numbers look 'hurried', including the serial #s, but hand stamping is going to get you this result, IMO.
All this era Ford stamped numbers look 'hurried', including the serial #s, but hand stamping is going to get you this result, IMO.
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Joe,
I hadn't bothered to look at the data plate. But my 47 has R10 stamped on the data plate. Perhaps that means 1810 since R is the 18th letter.
Nothing stamped on the 41 data plate. It just has a list of patent numbers.
I hadn't bothered to look at the data plate. But my 47 has R10 stamped on the data plate. Perhaps that means 1810 since R is the 18th letter.
Nothing stamped on the 41 data plate. It just has a list of patent numbers.
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