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Originally Posted by 51 MERC-CT
These are engine date codes only and have no connection with vin No's
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Originally Posted by rotorwrench
Ford published codes in some but not all of their body parts catalogs after 1949. The trucks didn't really have a good body parts catalog except maybe the Canadian ones. I't's too bad they didn't. A person has to collect information the slow way. One vehicle at a time. Registers are out there for some vehicles but usually only the most popular.
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I understand and agree but I wondered was if this particular description of engine codes (in 51Merc's post) was from Ford or if it appeared aftermarket. Just curious about the origin....
I've been collecting 48-50/52 truck vin codes for 15 yrs and think I can sort most of those out. I've recorded 1300 or so and have learned tons about Ford's eccentric numbering systems.
It still seems odd that by this late date they didn't have a more uniform numbering system across the company. It doesn't help that a bunch of stuff was burned in/about '67.