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....If that is a real 47 Mercury 1/2 ton panel, you have a very rare beast. There were no 1/2 ton panels made in 46, and I have read in a couple places that there were only 56 of them made in 47. ..... and yes, I have the remains of one of them in my back 40. .......
Stan. .........
...Hate to hijack your thread here, but here goes....
I first found the panel truck around 1971. Sunday cruise in the middle of nowhere. Was fairly complete. Frame, front fenders,hood, quite complete. Wrote down the location and forgot about it. ...Till about 5 or so years ago. Went back looking for it when I realized what it was. Thieves had taken lots of parts. nothing left but the body, WITH the all important serial tag still intact. Very important that tag. Price was right. Free. It followed me home. ........
That chunk of metal missing from the back corner was missing in 1971 when I first spyed it.
And the all important tag on the firewall tells the story.
code # 401H47-XXXXX
401 - model. Which is Mercury 1/2 ton panel.
H47 . Which is the year.
XXXXX Production series number.
And all the replacement parts I need, such as frame,fenders, hood,grille etc ..... are the same as a regular 1/2 ton. ...Which I have in stock.
And yes, it will happen.
Again, hate to steal your thread.
Stan. .................
That is awesome! I wish I had the original motor with mine. I got one rule. If it's number matching, restore it to original, not matching is fair game. Nice panel, I can't wait to get mine running
Numbers matching is an interesting idea but irrelevant to Fords in the flathead V8 era. Ford specifically had no ID stamped into the engines starting in 1932, the serial number was on the frame only. This was done so Ford could market their engine exchange program. You drive your car or truck with a tired engine into the dealer shop in the morning, and drive home with a different rebuilt engine in the afternoon. The result of this is that as long as you find an engine from the same era as your truck (in this case 45-47) you have a "correct" engine. If you really want to get detailed about correct flathead V8 blocks there is a thread over on the Ford Barn with all the details you could ever need.
Some updates since I've been off of work and had some spare time...going to get the marker lights in and start assembling the grill and hopefully fix the droopy handles haha.
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