I love finding original body stamps from the assembly line. I imagine they are their last names? They're like little treasures that lead to the stories of the people that were stationed on the assembly line. Kind of like finding the original build sheet under the seat. It might be neat to have them on record and compare what's out there. Show em if ya got any, and any info you might want to associate with them, like where they are located on the truck, what year, what you think they say, etc. Here are some from my 77 f150 4x4 (orange), and 78 f250 4x4 crew.

Says "Valenti" (driver's side firewall)

Looks like "Barlow"? (top of driver's fender)

Drivers fender again. "Barlow"?

Probably another "Barlow" (underside of hood, above battery)

Looks like "Cloura"? (Drivers side firewall, outside of the hood hinge)
...

Bemblay? underside of hood, drivers side.

 

1979 F250 supercab, inside front fender

1975 F250 highboy. Inside rear fender

1975 F250 highboy, another valenti, i never considered it was someone's name

 

No pics, but I found a "Kilroy was here" and a date wrote inside the driver door of a '57 Chevy I once had.


Oooops, it was a hand written scrawled in paint, not a stamping.

 

Wow! Thats so cool, I didn't expect to see the same tag so quickly. My vin on that truck codes to the san Jose CA assembly plant, (R-code) Does yours?

 

1978 F150 4x4 parts truck, also from San Jose has the Valenti stamp.

My very rough 1976 Crew cab has this one. Built in Ontario (of course)

 

Yes my F26YR is a San Jose truck.

 

1974 F100 2wd

 

Neat! I looked up Valenti and it is definately an italian name... "Valenti is an Italian surname that means "valiant" or "brave." It would be interesting if we ended up finding out who he/she was or is through family or themselves. Maybe a story or two about our trucks on the San Jose assembly line. The Valenti stamps seem to be common from 75'-78' so far.

That "Cowdery" stamp also checks out as a last name (English origin). And that was from 74'! it sure reads well for being that old. Funny how all the valenti's cowl stamps are on the drivers side, and the Cowdery is on the pass side. Must have been how they were stationed in line at that plant, at that time.

Intresting Canadian stamp. We'll fill in the gaps when someone chimes in with their more complete canadian one.

 

Looky
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...nti-stamp.html

 

The grill on my '77 F350 is stamped 77. The radiator support is a D6TZ

 

Huh, I guess curiosity runs in cycles. I wish someone had an uncle with that last name that worked on the assembly line at the San Jose plant, who was still alive and could verify. (unlikely I'm sure)