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Old 02-10-2014, 09:27 PM   #41
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Old 02-10-2014, 09:34 PM   #42
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I have a letter opener that is stamped
"Ford Motor Company V8 First sheet thru 56 in.
Cold strip mill Dec 20 1935"
Google hasnt found any information on this letter opener. Do you know anything about it?
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Old 02-11-2014, 03:38 AM   #43
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I have a letter opener that is stamped
"Ford Motor Company V8 First sheet thru 56 in.
Cold strip mill Dec 20 1935"
Google hasnt found any information on this letter opener. Do you know anything about it?

Im Not sure about the mill in which its from, im no ford expert by any means, BUT what i CAN tell you from working in steel mills, and you probably already know by now after your own research is Any time we start up a new mill, they will take the first piece of product off of the line and make commemorative what-knots for all the leadership personnel. I guess its just sort of a tradition in the steel industry. Either way it looks like you have a rare piece there. There may have only been a handful of those letter openers made for supervision, management or whoever was in charge at the time.
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Old 02-11-2014, 11:37 AM   #44
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Thank you. It makes me wonder how it came into the possession of a guy who was born in 1925 and spent his life in rural Louisiana
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Old 02-11-2014, 08:50 PM   #46
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Old 02-12-2014, 11:05 PM   #47
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Is this what you were looking for?
I heard a rumor, back in the '60's, that a certain Hot Rodder GUY, had a Chev. Bowtie & a Ford Oval, tatooed on his BUTTOCKS! Never saw, or wanted to see them! Wish they had been on that Brunette that drug the MAIN with us, in her '40 Ford, Opera Coupe!!----------
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Old 02-14-2014, 09:55 PM   #48
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I've found Ford script on generator brushes, the heads of starter bendix bolts, stamped on a generator housing, stenciled on the inside of brake lining, wheel bearings, batteries and a tire that I had when I was a kid.
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Old 06-01-2014, 09:54 PM   #49
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Front king pin bushing, nos distributor bushings.
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Old 06-01-2014, 10:57 PM   #50
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Old 06-01-2014, 10:59 PM   #51
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again
i forgot to post the photos
why would some one do this
i have a bunch of different ones
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Someone got bored with a stamp?
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Someone got bored with a stamp?
I wonder if I get some poor grade coins and stamp them with Ford I'll make a fortune?
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On a timing gear.
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Old 06-02-2014, 09:47 AM   #55
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Over the years I've seen the Ford script on all kinds of parts such as rear axle keys, spark plug connectors, etc. Last week I was cleaning up an old shadowbox that my Dad made me back in the early 70's and noticed this front spindle nut with the script. I don't ever recall seeing another one of these before now.

Where's the most unusual place you've found a Ford script stamped?

Top left in the picture, where is that stud with the spiral nail used?
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Old 06-05-2014, 10:41 AM   #56
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why would some one do this .. i have a bunch of different ones
more curious to me ... where/why did they get the stamp!!!!
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Old 06-05-2014, 11:04 PM   #57
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prolly factory workers being bored - they still do this...with darn near every ford part being stamped ford ( seems like a waste of time as efficent as henry was) everyone has change in their pockets and already had a hammer available. probably did it to see if they would ever get it back in change.

how many kids put pennies and nickles on railroad tracks? can because opportunity is there.
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Old 06-22-2014, 09:00 AM   #58
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Saw one on a dipstick with the round finger pull.
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Old 06-22-2014, 09:33 AM   #59
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Throw out bearing on multiple disc clutch assembly.
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Old 06-22-2014, 10:48 AM   #60
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hows this one?
the script is embossed,not printed on a flat plate
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