Several months later, I finally got the answer. I wrote back and said “give me a few days and I’ll find out for you”. It was Canadian, as indicatedby the “C” before the “18”. We received an email from the owner of a 1936 Coupe, who, for some reason, suspected that the frame was from a ‘35. In America, the 1932 model V-8 went from 1 up to 203126. The letter was supposedly used to limit the numbers from getting too long. First of all, they started with *C to indicate Canada, and to make it more complicated, they added another letter after the “18”. Meanwhile, in Canada, serial numbers were treated differently. So we no longer call them “serial numbers”. This classification is used worldwide to identify motor vehicles, trailers, motorcycles, and mopeds. The VIN (Vehicle Identification Number) was introduced in its working form in 1983 as the result of a recommendation of the International Organization for Standardization ( ISO). Our Ford V-8s, made here in America, started with *18-1 and ran consecutively until February, 1942. I have heard that Henry didnt like them so the first one came after his death.Henry Ford kept it simple”- start with no. Any info out there? Could that B6 space 1109 simply mean Model B # 61,109 ?[/QUOTEAs far as I know Ford didnt make a 6 cylinder until post war. A cab and frame ? from a small work truck, rodded. Honestly that surprised me, but makes perfect sense. On a link somewhere i learned that ViN number possibly means it started as a 6 Cyl Truck. It was a hotrod back when i had it, with a 327 T350. with the guy i bought it from ( like decades ago) He has heard the truck is kicking around Kamloops BC. It was HT B6 1109, i haven’t laid eyes on it for years, but i was chatting about a year ago, so 2017/2018. Any info out there? Could that B6 space 1109 simply mean Model B # 61,109 ? I haven’t found a ton of info, but i thought i’d either help or add to the confusion by posting the ViN and see if anybody can offer any knowledge about what the ViN might mean. So, i was researching the ViN ( serial number really) that my ‘32 Ford Stake-bed from bitd had on its reggy papers. ( so nobody cares anymore about ‘32 Fords? lol ) To repeat, serial numbers applied to finished engines, and not all engines went into vehicles. I would bet that B's made without transmission as finished engines would have been factory stamped on the serial # pad that remained there from Model A days. If an industrial engine was sold WITH truck or car trans, it would have had the bell stamped just like a car, but industrial engines (and maybe engines produced as replacements for cars?) were sold also without transmissions for many types of machinery. Serials were applied to all finished power units, but not all of those went into cars.some were sold as industrial engines or to power things like combines. There have been quite a few sightings on apparently factory stamped engines.likely this was often due to local law, but there was another source as well. There were apparently a bunch of finished B engines warehoused early on because of this and then released when production came, allowing engine sequence to be scrambled a bit, but those engines would all have been stamped already. ".How is this possible.? Everything varies on '32's.anything you read will either be contradicted by the next car you see or that car will exhibit the third of the two documented versions.Įngines (meaning the whole power unti with trans, for cars) were stamped at the Rouge plant as soon as the engine passed inspections and run test.ī production was held up until production V8's could be built.the chassis was ready to go and the B engine (unlike the V8!) went into production with no problems, but Henry did not want production until V8's were ready.
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