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DavidG · 07-16-2015, 01:51 PM

Agree that the rest of the description eliminates a B engine number, but that per se does not rule out that the person stamping the number first reached for the B stamp and only after a partial strike realized that he should have reached for the "I" stamp.

It has been said herein hundreds of times, but once again those numbers are not serial numbers. They are engine numbers that served the purpose of a serial number for title and licensing purposes. Ford did not use the term "serial numbers"; that was the invention of the state and local licensing agencies back in the day and the U.S. Federal Government in recent times.

07-16-2015, 01:51 PM	#11
DavidG Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: southeastern Michigan Posts: 10,601	Re: 1934 Pickup serial Number question Agree that the rest of the description eliminates a B engine number, but that per se does not rule out that the person stamping the number first reached for the B stamp and only after a partial strike realized that he should have reached for the "I" stamp. It has been said herein hundreds of times, but once again those numbers are not serial numbers. They are engine numbers that served the purpose of a serial number for title and licensing purposes. Ford did not use the term "serial numbers"; that was the invention of the state and local licensing agencies back in the day and the U.S. Federal Government in recent times.