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Oct 23, 2022 | 05:56 PM

Bartsteltzer

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Vin question

I recently acquired a early 1940’s pickup from my dad that I am planning on doing some work to. I’m going to get the title for it and I have located the VIN on the front driver side frame rail and it reads “IGC-7297”. I’m going to clean up the area around it some more but for now I was wanting more clarification on the year. If it is in fact a 1941 why does it have a ‘42-‘47 grille? Is it due to it being a late 1941? Just curious.
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Oct 23, 2022 | 07:21 PM

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Photos would help.

Oct 23, 2022 | 07:31 PM

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Sorry here is the vin and a picture of the truck. More backstory on it is at some point someone pulled the original 6cyl and installed a 6cyl from a 1965 ford falcon

Oct 23, 2022 | 07:39 PM

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Not a '41. Front group definitely jail bar and the driver's side rear fender doesn't have the dimple for the spare tire like a '41 does.

Oct 23, 2022 | 07:42 PM

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Not a '41. Front group definitely jail bar and the driver's side rear fender doesn't have the dimple for the spare tire like a '41 does.

Thats what I thought. I was more thrown off by the serial number indicating it was a 1941.

Oct 24, 2022 | 10:27 AM

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1 doesn't always mean '41 model year in the serial number. 1GC means 6 cylinder 1/2 ton truck. The numbers after help narrow down the year.
For instance, my '46 6 cylinder starts 1GC.