Id help please
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Id help please
Looking at a Ford F6 circa 1949 ish. Firewall plate has 98RTH223532 on it. Have not located owner as yet - it is in storage. Can anyone tell me about it. I can't find a decoder for that few characters. Like to know which engine and tranny it has. thank you!
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From: Burbank, WA
9= 49-50 serial prefix
8R= 239 flathead V8
TH= F6
223532= consecutive unit number most likely puts the truck square into the 1949 year era.
Nothing in the serial number will identify the transmission. It will have a 4 speed, could be spur gear crashbox or the desirable synchro-silent T98. The synchro-silent equipped trucks usually had a sticker on the dash or header next to the sun visor with a shift pattern. Reverse is up toward the dash on the T-98 where it is down, toward the seat on the crashbox.
8R= 239 flathead V8
TH= F6
223532= consecutive unit number most likely puts the truck square into the 1949 year era.
Nothing in the serial number will identify the transmission. It will have a 4 speed, could be spur gear crashbox or the desirable synchro-silent T98. The synchro-silent equipped trucks usually had a sticker on the dash or header next to the sun visor with a shift pattern. Reverse is up toward the dash on the T-98 where it is down, toward the seat on the crashbox.
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You might have your police do a vin check before you buy just to be safe. That serial number is in the data I've been compiling and listed as a 49 F1 with a 6 cyl engine. 97HC 223532
The info is sketchy so it was collected back in the early days when we knew less about this data. It could be a mistake on my end or yours and might just be a typo? Or something more nefarious.
Be sure and look at the frame number/title number to verify.
Frame is stamped on top of the passenger side near the radiator mount.
The info is sketchy so it was collected back in the early days when we knew less about this data. It could be a mistake on my end or yours and might just be a typo? Or something more nefarious.
Be sure and look at the frame number/title number to verify.
Frame is stamped on top of the passenger side near the radiator mount.
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