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Jim Davis · #1 09-03-09, 02:06

Hi all,

We're now in the process of cleaning up a cab 13 for the project. At the top of the W of the steel frame inside the rear of both cab 13s there is a small round plate with stamped numbers:
The first cab:
290
81
1344

The second Cab:
290
81
3086

Any help as to what these numbers are for would be great.

Tony Smith · #2 09-03-09, 02:28

Look again, the number should be 29Q.

These are body assembly numbers by Ford Aust.

Jim Davis · #3 09-03-09, 05:09

Thanks Tony, yes on closer inspection its a q.

BCBlitz · #4 09-03-09, 06:06

Hey Jim

where did you find these #'s ?, by the engine mount on the RH frame rail on top of the web ?

can you take a pic ?

cliff · #5 09-03-09, 07:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by BCBlitz

Hey Jim

where did you find these #'s ?, by the engine mount on the RH frame rail on top of the web ?

can you take a pic ?

If you read the post properly these plates with the numbers are inside the cab on Australian Built Ford cabs and it is the building code/number for the cab and not a frame/chassis number.

Tony Smith · #6 09-03-09, 15:39

Pics:

No doubt there are more detail differences, but the 29Q cab is the 1942 model without any stamping below the headlights, the 39Q is the '43 model with "Ford" below the lights, and the 49Q has "Ford Canada".

BCBlitz · #7 09-03-09, 17:10

Thanks Cliff

I wish they would have put the chassis # clearly marked in more than one spot would make this process of finding it easier, others told me where on the frame it is but cannot make my head move into that position to see it short of pulling the front end off, which might happen anyhow one day

well off for a cup of morning Joe