Originally Posted by texan2004

Hey Ross,

Find me one of those $350.00 truck beds with good fenders and I'll make another run up to see you and Bobby. They are all gone from down here

Originally Posted by Julies Cool F1

Oh EXCUUUUUUSE ME! - so I made a typo and added an extra zero...

There's not a word of constructive input from some of you clowns lately until someone else tries to help and makes a simple typographical error, then you come out of the wood work and it's "DOG PILE."

Focus and get on board with the point......Serial numbers started at ten thousand and one starting in 1951.
Vin information of these trucks from web sites is a reliable and varied as engine colors - completely unreliable.

quote a legitimate source (ie manufacturers page or drawing) or post a picture of legitimate documentation like Ross did.

Kripe almighty!

Originally Posted by Julies Cool F1

There serial numbers began at 100001 being truck #1, so your turck was the 394275th truck made.

Originally Posted by Julies Cool F1

Well, that's the first I've ever heard of that. If it's true then they changed the procedure for the 51 year which definately started with 100001!

Originally Posted by 52 Merc

Gee Julie,
I surely hope your little speech wasn't directed at me. All I did was ask you to double check your information, since it conflicted with my original Ford documentation. I was polite in my comment, and am not sure how you got a "dog pile" from it. If you had something different, I was interested in seeing it.

For the record, there were two posts in this thread where you clearly stated the consecutive unit numbers started with 100001, instead of the correct 10001.* That is not a typo, that is an error. We all make mistakes from time to time, but when someone asks for a clarification, that is no reason to go all medieval on one's ***. Either quote your source, as I did, and which Ross backed up with a photo, or apologize for the mistake and move on. Focus and get on board with the point, as someone recently said.

You are correct in that there is a lot of mis-information, on just about any subject, on the internet. And it is our duty, as a respected source for correct info, that we do our best to police ourselves and ensure our info is the most accurate and reliable possible. And I surely hope you can agree with me on that.



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Originally Posted by ALBUQ F-1

Just because it used to be a stakebed, doesn't mean you need to keep it one. If you can get a decent pickup bed with fenders for $350, I'd go for it!

Originally Posted by rleonfowler

beforeOn January 12, 2010 I was passing the scap yard by my work and saw a guy hauling an old F1 to be crushed. I have always wanted that model so I swooped in literally 2 minutes it was to be crushed and bought it for $300. It is missing the bed and the engine, but is otherwise all there plus plenty of rust. So for a few weeks now I have been combing forums and websites to determine exactly what I have, but I need a little help with this one. Vin is 98RC494275. So I have determined that it is a '49, 50, or '51 with a V8 and is a half ton. I read that the main difference between a '49 & '50 was that they relocated the gear shift to the column sometime during the '50 year. Mine is on the floor, so I assumed it to be a '49. However today I was researching my rear-end. It is the Dana 41 with the optional 4.27 gearing. It has a production date of 9/16/50. Now I am wondering again what year I have. Probably a '50, but with a September date it might even be a '51 (but it has the small rear window I think). Anyway it looks to be the 494,275th truck produced with the "98RC" prefix, so I was wondering if anyone had any information about how many F1's were produced per year. Or are there any other clues I can look for to determine the year. Please feel free to correct any and all of my assumptions or bad research. Any help is greatly appreciated. RLF