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12-13-2014, 10:10 PM | #1 |
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Firewall Patent Data plate question
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12-13-2014, 10:25 PM | #2 |
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Re: Firewall Patent Data plate question
looks like someone took another data plate ,turned it around backward and stamped a model a number on it
no model A ever came with a tag like that |
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12-13-2014, 10:28 PM | #3 |
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Looks like something that somebody added
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12-13-2014, 10:59 PM | #4 |
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Has anyone ever looked up the patents and posted what they are ?
8 of 'em, curious . I could have a guess and say one of therm is for the gas tank . Possibly one for the radius rod system ? |
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12-13-2014, 11:13 PM | #6 |
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See link below (from Vince Falter's webpage): http://www.fordgarage.com/pages/patentplates.htm |
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12-14-2014, 03:44 PM | #10 |
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Thanks 160B, I was thinking the same thing.
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12-14-2014, 08:58 PM | #11 |
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This is far nicer than the HAMB thread on this topic.
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If that is an original data plate, turned around, I wonder just what the other side might look like? Good, Bad, Ugly???? Hmmmmmmmm.
Is the engine number pad smooth as a baby's butt OR does it have the texture of the rest of the engine block? If smooth, more than likely the engine has been restamped. Just how long is the engine number pad? Pluck Last edited by Steve Plucker; 12-15-2014 at 08:36 AM. |
12-15-2014, 12:31 AM | #13 |
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With all the complaints about those that post here, we are hands above most HAMB threads for civility.
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12-15-2014, 02:08 AM | #14 |
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I have a date plate that looks like this. It came attached to a 1931 68B Cabriolet that was shipped back to the US from Findland. The stamped numbers along with the " A " matched the serial numbers on the frame. The frame numbers were stamped on the side rail and not in the usual place on the top rail. This auto was shipped back in the late 1950's. There is no evidence that it was a patent plate turned around and reused and it also has the patent plate attached to the firewall.
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12-15-2014, 11:17 AM | #16 |
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If that is an original number to the block,....it will be a 5 main cam block.
Also, the pads at the back of the block, were the flywheel housing / throttle assemble bolts,...will have round pads. |
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I can see the star at the end of the number, but it must be very faint at the front of the number. Try using a magnifying glass to see if you can make it out.
BTW, I like the real glass rectangular magifying glass that Harbor Freight sells for about $2. |
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Tom, you are correct (good eye!) they are both there. I just never looked hard enough. Thanks for all of the replies, I am learning a lot.
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That Cabriolet of yours may well have started life at the UK factory which shipped knocked down cars to Europe. |
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12-16-2014, 01:31 AM | #20 |
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Its a 1928 engine in a 1930 car
it would not come from the factory like that the tag on the 30 firewall indicates the 1928 engine serial number just not possible |
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