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Old 07-24-2011, 11:15 PM   #17
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Default Re: 1933/34 ford chassis identification?.

In some jurisdictions over the years when a rebuilt engine was installed, a new number was assigned to the vehicle and in some cases, Ford's original numbers were obliterated by law. There are no doubt other possible explanations, such as your one example where the 13 prefix could be 18 with a poorly stamped '8', but Ford was very consistent in applying its own engine numbers to the chassis when the engine was originally installed.

Perhaps your RHD chassis was originally produced in the U.S. and in that case the prefix would be 18F in the case of a V-8 chassis (and in the case of the RHD V-8s, that prefix remained the same throughout both the '33 and '34 model years and simply 18 for LHD V-8s).
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