I have a jack, etc now for my 53 F100 but still not sure where it originally was stored on the vehicle. I just laid it behind the seat. I have gotten several suggestions such as behind the driver's side or behind the passenger side seat to under the hood which I do not see a place for it under the hood. Someone sent me a picture of one on a 54. Maybe all of them during this time period were in the same place. Someone even suggested the jack, etc was an accessory to be acquired before or after purchase at the time. I don't know.

If anyone has any more info than I have already received please reply. Thanks

 

When I saw your question on the AACA site I went through my Chassis Manuals and found no pictures at all of the jack location. I also have a 1954 Dealer Handbook and thought it would show it, but no such luck. So it's gonna have to be answered by one of the members that actually has a truck like yours. Good luck. Stu

 

I think the last time we had a jack discussion, we found where the Bonus Built Jacks were stored - there was a dedicated place, but the general concensus was that the "Effie" stuff was stowed in a bag under the seat.

Here's a couple links to those jack discussions:

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/8...ocation-2.html

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/8...-location.html

 

I forget you mentioned the bag info but I would like to know of more info about the burlap bag... was it Ford or was it an old feed bag the first owner put it in....

 

Henry Ford NEVER put anything in his vehicles that didn't say "Ford" or have an "F" on it.

He was SO CHEAP, that in WWII, when he and ****** were both producing "JEEPS" he protested the contract because he didn't want to have to fix anything on a ***** built vehicle. Thegovernment asked how he woul dpossible know what was Ford and what was ******.

Old Henry had cast and "F" on every part on the JEEPs he built - even the nuts and bolts! And refused to repair anything that broke and didn't have it!

Trust me, the bag would have a Ford LOGO on it.

True story!

 

Ford built Jeeps used Ford I-4 engines. ****** Jeeps had their own 4 banger. The other mechanical parts were outsourced.

****** and Ford built Jeeps, but neither owned Jeep. American Bantam won the design contest, but did not have the facilities to build them.

The original contract to build Jeeps went to ******. When the US became involved in WWII (12/7/1941), ****** no longer had enough factory space to produce them.

In 1942, Ford began producing them. Poor 'ol American Bantam ended up building the Jeep's utility trailers...and that was it.

btw: FDR induced Henry Ford to sign the contract to build Rolls-Royce/Merlin aircraft engines in the US. But...once FoMoCo's meager engineering staff looked at the blueprints, they passed.

Packard then signed on to build them, and made so many improvements that simplified them, that the engine became known as the Packard/Merlin.

 

I have never seen nor heard of a bag for the jack in any dealer brochure or catalog or book that I have. If someone has one I would like to see a pic.

Perhaps I can get a burlap bag, take a big Sharpie and write FORD on it and put my jack in it and stick it under my seat and tell people it is stock!!! HA-Ha!!!