Hi Ford truck lovers. I am completely new at this, so if I do something wrong please let me know.

I presently have a 1953 Ford convertible (light blue with a tan canvas top). I Also have a 1963 Corvair convertible (red with black vynal top). The 1953 Ford I have owned about 30 years and it needs to be painted again. It's like the one that I owned & drove in High School in the late 50's. I have had to quit driving for the last four years & I don't know when I'll drive again. But for now this is not a problem my lovely wife is my chauffer.

My problem is that a friend gave me an old rusted Ford van that has been abandened on his property for many years. I want to work on it but I need to get a title on it first. I think it might be a 1950 milk truck, but that is just a wild guess. When I do searches the only thing that I can come up with is die-cast models that look like this truck but no real trucks. This truck has a wooden floor and double thickness walls.

I need help desperately to find someone that can decode the patent plaques on this truck and also tell me anything else about this truck that they might know.

The following is on the two plaques on the passanger wall in front of the door.

The First Plaque says:
Vanette Body
Model: P-350-122
Body Number: 26645
Chassis SN: JE-161250
Give above data when ordering parts.
Universal Sales, Inc.
Delaware, Ohio

The second plaque says:
SN: P35JE161250
Made in USA by Ford
Reg. US Patten Office
WB color 122 P
Model P350

Date trans-axle A 26
Max GVW 08000
Cert. HP 114
RPM 3600DSO

This Ford van has an overhead 6.
The front doors slide into the side walls (between the layers).

I need help despirately so that I can start working on this true rust bucket.
Can anyone help me any.

PS: I will disconnect this computer to take to the shop for wireless networking about 11:00 pm tonight & I may not be back in business until Thursday of this week. If anyone should post something and I don't answer for three days or so I appoligize.

Thanks Gary

 

1961 P350 parcel delivery van with the 223 6 cyl. Thats basically a F350 1 ton truck with a custom body. There were many small companies making delivery bodies for fleet use.

 

Thanks 286merc. That gives me another good place to research.

I was thinking that sometime in the mid 50s Ford made their serial numbers a lot longer. I don't know where I got that idea. Probably just another dream. Then when I saw the 1950 Ford diecast milk truck and other 1950 diecast of the same truck as a police waggon, ambalance and other uses I thought it must for sure be a 1950.

 

Welcome to FTE. You might check with the folks on the 1961-1966 Forum and see if there is any more information there.

 

Hi George,
Thanks for the advice about the 1961-1966 forum. I'll try there. I checked out your EARL, looks like a neat project. I just read about part of your task and am anxious to read more but it is getting late for me.
Gary