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Apr 27, 2010 | 10:22 PM

flipklos

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Part number logic for ND.

Ok, I am used to ford tossing a letter in the middle of a PN but why is this one so damned long

COAB-6423240-B?

It is a window regualtor bushing that I just found out I need.
Are body parts ran under a different system?

Thanks a ton for the help on the busings for my 64. Can't say she rides like a caddie. She sure as hell is alot tighter and smoother now. You are a good man. Not many of them left.

May 1, 2010 | 11:06 AM

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Ok, I am used to ford tossing a letter in the middle of a PN but why is this one so damned long?
It's a body part.

COAB-6423240-B .. Nylon Window Roller that I just found out I need.

Are body parts ran under a different system?
Look in TEXT, Body Section 200, Page 27 under basic part number 23240

Shown here: Illustration ~ Body Section 200, Page 5.

Body related parts shown in illustrations have a 5 number or 5 number + 1 letter basic part number. When the number is complete, two additional numbers precede the 5 numbers (5 numbers, one letter).

The first two numbers are related to the body style. Will usually begin with 81 for cab parts, 83 (Flareside) or 99 (Styleside) for bed parts.

Since COAB-6423240-B fit passenger cars originally, 64 is the body style for a two door sedan.

This roller fits a gazillion Passenger Car, Truck, Bronco and Econoline applications and is still available from Ford, but comes in a package of 10.

If the dealer doesn't carry it, the usual procedure for ordering the part is...you have to buy all 10 of them.

PV shows that: BOWMAN has 9 / BOYER FORD TRUCKS in Sioux Falls SD has 4 / GREEN SALES has 33.

May 1, 2010 | 12:24 PM

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Thanks for the lesson ND.

I got two from a ford dealer in montecello IA as well as the "rattle" pads for the auxilery springs.

A lot of these dealers go whoa! when you ask for this stuff.

Out of curriousity what is the oldest ford part # still carried by ford?

May 1, 2010 | 12:45 PM

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Out of curriousity what is the oldest ford part # still carried by ford?

I haven't a clue any longer. To find that out, I'd have to search thru 1500 or so pages of the current price catalog to find that out. And...I ain't gonna do that!

At one time, you could still buy A-9510-A, 1928/31 Model A carburetor...but it's now obsolete.

May 1, 2010 | 02:37 PM

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Wow! I was just currious. So no need to sweat it.

I see that PN starts with the letter "A".
Would model T pats start with a "T"?

May 1, 2010 | 02:52 PM

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Wow! I was just currious. So no need to sweat it.

I see that PN starts with the letter "A".
Would model T parts start with a "T"?

Correctamundo. 1932 specific V8 parts begin with 18, all other 1932 parts begin with a B. After 1932, Ford went crazy with part number prefixes.

May 1, 2010 | 02:57 PM

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So flathead specific parts begain with a 18.
The chassie or body parts are with a B. Unless it had a four cylinder engine wherein the engine parts also have a B.

You should teach this stuff to the younger guys doing this for ford now. If a few were to pick it up they would be a valuable resourse to us car guys.