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LOOK What I found
I have a 53 F 100 and drive it daily for the last 4 or so years. At a cruise in I found the guy who owned it before the guy I bought it from. I now have a metal tag from the truck. I was wondering if you guys could tell me where it should be rivvetted and though most of the numbers can be read easliy like HP and WB - is there anything to learn for the ser.# F10R3N15001 - or the production number 9ENK2037K - the color is stamped B - which I guess is black and the trans code is stamped 3 which I guess means a 3 speed
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That would be the rating plate. It screws to the insode of the glove box door, and it tells you all the neat little facts about your truck when it was new. You can have a new one made by mid fifty. The F10 means F-100, the R means 239 Flattie V-8, the 3 means 1953, the N means Norfolk Virginia assembly plant, and the 15001 is the sequential serial number meaning you have the 5,000th Ford truck built for model year 1953. B is the color symbol for Sheridan Blue. Go to "Earls World", he has the rating plate info, and alot of other reference info in the reference section of his webpage.
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It could depend on the year of the truck. I am familar with the 53 to 56, all the ones that I have seen used screws for the vin plate mounting. The truck in question is a 53, earlier ones could well have been rivited.
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My 55 panel, which was a one owner completely stock, had the vin plate screwed into the glovebox door. Actually, what did they call that.....the mapbox, or manifest box? I wish I'd remember these trivia answers... I know it wasn't a glove box. The lighter was a cigar lighter, not a cigarette lighter also.
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It's called a "Dispatch Box", it's where all the Dispatch Paperwork is kept for the deliveries. 
The majority of the '53-'56s & all of the '57-'60s that I had occasion to look @ had Rivits.
The majority of the '53-'56s & all of the '57-'60s that I had occasion to look @ had Rivits.
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I wonder if it`s a USA built detail? All of the 53/56 Ford trucks that I have seen here in Canada were probably Canadian built. With the early Mustangs there were wide production differences between the three factory locations.
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On my 50 there were 2 rivets towards the front of the vehicle and there were 2 screws towards the back. You just took off the 2 screws and pulled the plate out. Also is it possible that it was instaled differently at different factorys.
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The 53-55 Ford's in the U.S., had the plate screwed to the inside of the glove box door. The 56 was attached to the drivers door pillar. This was how they cam from the factory. There is also the possibility that the assembly floor could of ran out of the screws, and used rivets, or different screws to attach the plate. The location did not change for the U.S. built trucks though.
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Bloody Lightsiders ......who cares about rivets or screws
Just put it back on and get on with the important stuff......more power, more brakes, more handling, more chrome and shinny paint
Mark
PS This has been a paid political add from the darkside
Just put it back on and get on with the important stuff......more power, more brakes, more handling, more chrome and shinny paint
Mark
PS This has been a paid political add from the darkside
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Originally Posted by halfdone
Just put it back on and get on with the important stuff......more power, more brakes, more handling, more chrome and shinny paint Mark
PS This has been a paid political add from the darkside
MarkPS This has been a paid political add from the darkside
