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Jul 13, 2017 | 02:31 PM

BOBS47

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1947 Pickup type

I just started working on a 1947 pickup that has been sitting in a field for 30 years. The serial number says its a Y code meaning a 1 ton but the wheel base is 114 inches. Everything I have read does not agree with what I have, they say a 1 ton has a 122 inch wheelbase---any idea what I have?

Jul 13, 2017 | 03:21 PM

46fordtruck

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This happens from time to time, it might have just been mis-stamped. Where are you getting the number from, frame, glove box, or trans?

Jul 14, 2017 | 09:02 AM

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1947 pickup type

got the number from the frame which matches the title, I guess it could be just a mistake 70 years ago but I was just curious

Jul 14, 2017 | 02:49 PM

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Seems I've heard of this a few times now and if I'm not mistaken they involved stamping between half tons and the one ton. Methinks there was a bit of creative inventory going on during the war years and then later with the fast approaching transition to the F1 models. Maybe there's a for real factory 114 inch wheelbase one ton out there some where.

Jul 14, 2017 | 03:44 PM

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My '46 1/2 ton is also improperly stamped with a "Y". I think this is around 3 or 4 just here that are marked that way. The stamp guy had a hangover that day?