vin issue
 

can someone help me decode my vin its believed to be a 1933 its a dump truck 1ton the vin is BBi8-573225 may even be a 1934 can anyone help

Re: vin issue
 

BB says it is a heavy commercial
18 says it has a V8 engine
The serial number is from 1934 and can be found on Van Pelts site, http://www.vanpeltsales.com/FH_web/f...ialnumbers.htm

Charlie Stephens

Re: vin issue
 

so is the vin BB18- OR IS IT BBi8- ive seen refrence for both

Re: vin issue
 

I believe that Ford sometimes used a i stamp for the number 1 so its actually BB18

Re: vin issue
 

More correctly I as in upper case i. I=1 in ford number stamps.

Mart.

Re: vin issue
 

ok thanks guys, i guess by the vin then its a 34 and not a 33 yet the grill shell looks to be 33 and the hood has one handle as ive seen 33s to have where 34s have two handles on the hood

Re: vin issue
 

All 33 and 34 trucks had two hood handles on each side. They aren't anything like car hoods.

Re: vin issue
 

This is additional FORD information:
http://www.fordgarage.com/pages/ABenginenumbers.htm

see the info on BB toward the end of the article!!

http://www.fordgarage.com/pages/patentplates.htm