Strangest place you've found the Ford script

[dlshady]

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?

[Kurt in NJ]

These valve cover gaskets have a script in the lower left corner ---a little hard to see in this picture though

[34pickup]

I don't know about being the strangest, but this is the smallest place I have seen a script. Driveshaft roller bearing.

[Chris Haynes]

Every bolt on a friends WWII Ford built Jeep.

[SeaSlugs]

emergency brake lever bushings on 29 worm drive AA rearend

that seed thing is a piece of maple leaf on concrete for size comparison...

[50B]

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Originally Posted by forever4

Yup!

June 1928 thru May 1930 rear radius rod. It is on the left & right radius rods

[Bob Johnson]

[dlshady]

Here's another one I found recently on the reverse idler shaft from an early 28 transmission I'm assembling. Unfortunately the cluster gear shaft didn't have a matching script, although it wasn't useable anyway.



Definitely not as cool as the cookies above!

[Drive Shaft Dave]

Rear hub seal.

[Kevin in NJ]

On someones back?

Photos of tatoos

Saddly, I think if you looked hard enough there would be scripts in places you just do not want to see.

[mrraford]

I found the ford logo on the inside of the leaves of a rear spring recently. Now why would Henry have thunk to put it there?

[silversink]

on a couple of anti freeze cans I have

[John Stone]

I have a brass clad head gasket that has the Ford script. Taken out of a low mileage engine.

[ctlikon0712]

I thought this was a strange place. I tried to find one on a hottie but there werent any.

[Growley bear]

On a set of model b points

[FL&WVMIKE]

I found the Ford script on these spring clips, that I found in a Ford garage, many years ago.
MIKE (mikeburch)
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[Glenn of northport]

Found on headlight bulbs when we restored 1928 fire truck for village of Northport MI

[Bruce_MO]

I have the tip of a quill pen that has a Ford script. I assume the drafting dept in Dearborn bought hundreds of them to their specs.

[Gold Digger]

Hey 1930 Coupe!! That's a good place to look. I'm starting right now.

[Phil Brown]

found this one

[Will Ziegler in LI NY]

On the back of emergency brake lining.

[Drive Shaft Dave]

Originally Posted by Bob Johnson

Bob, what are these?

[SteveB31]

On an NOS copper water outlet gasket.

[SeaSlugs]

Originally Posted by Drive Shaft Dave

Bob, what are these?

im thinkin some kinda cookie haha

[Bob Johnson]

They are butterscotch, dark chocolate and white chocolate cookies with the Ford logo.

[rosenkranswa]

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Shortly after the Army standarized the design of the Jeep for both Willys and Ford, they stopped allowing them to put their logo on the rear of the body tub. After that Ford put a script F on almost every component on the GPW's; bolt heads, nuts, etc. The ones built before the edict went through are called "Script" Jeeps and are pretty rare.

[FL&WVMIKE]

Originally Posted by forever4

They look like pumpkin, licorice, and cream flavored hubcaps!

They look like a birth control device, to me.
MIKE (mikeburch)

[dlshady]

Originally Posted by FL&WVMIKE

They look like a birth control device, to me.
MIKE (mikeburch)

Well, this thread certainly has taken a strange turn...

[Flatout]

On axel keys.

[Ron in Quincy]

On the Very Early Speedometer Drive Gear Housing; on the opposite side was a diamond with a "F" in the center. Across the bottom was "10-37".

Ron

[Brad in Germany]

How about on a pair of scissors supposedly from the Ford factory upholstery department:


....or on the end of a silver match safe:


....or on a brake light lense (UK):


....or on a water pump packing nut (originally from A189) or on a petcock valve:


....or on a trafficator lense:


....or stamped on the base of an original light bulb:


Fordially,
Brad in Maryland

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Spark Plug connectors

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[Bick in New Zealand]

Here are a few very early pieces with scripts

[1946]

Found a script on the throw out race today.

[Growley bear]

My Gemmer two tooth steering box has a large raised F on the outside and a script capital F cast on the inside. I know it isn't the complete script logo, but I thought it was interesting.
Chet

[dlshady]

Here's a hammer that came off of eBay a few years ago:



And for honorable mention, even though it's not Ford script, a stick of lead from the Briggs body company:

[dlshady]

Building a couple Model T starters yesterday and ran across these:

[Tom Wesenberg]

I've also seen the Ford script and dates on generator armatures for the Model A and B.

[John LaVoy]

Working on my multiple disk clutch ( I know crazy) I found the Ford script on the face of the throw out bearing! It is on the right side about in the middle of the picture!

[Tom Wesenberg]

I have found Ford script on the clutch lining for the multiplate clutch pack.

[afuncar]

rear axle keys.

[bgarrett]

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?

[bdave_mcc]

Originally Posted by bgarrett

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.

[bgarrett]

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

[29Cabriolet]

Originally Posted by Drive Shaft Dave

Bob, what are these?

Poker chips??

[RichPA]

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It's on my paycheck every week (I work in a Ford Dealership)

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

Originally Posted by 1930 coupe

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!!----------
Bill W.

[Growley bear]

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.
Chet

[Joef21]

Front king pin bushing, nos distributor bushings.

[mot]

Why ?

[mot]

again
i forgot to post the photos
why would some one do this
i have a bunch of different ones

[dumb person]

Someone got bored with a stamp?

[Mike V. Florida]

Originally Posted by dumb person

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?

[Elcastor]

On a timing gear.

[Tom Wesenberg]

Originally Posted by dlshady

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?

[Charles Reese]

Originally Posted by mot

why would some one do this .. i have a bunch of different ones

more curious to me ... where/why did they get the stamp!!!!

[SeaSlugs]

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.

[Ray in La Mesa]

Saw one on a dipstick with the round finger pull.

[JohnLaVoy]

Throw out bearing on multiple disc clutch assembly.

[mot]

hows this one?
the script is embossed,not printed on a flat plate
tom

[Fred]

Originally Posted by mot

hows this one?
the script is embossed,not printed on a flat plate
tom

That one takes the cake !! Does it have the other S/W stuff on the back ?? If so what is the date code ?/

[mot]

heres the date code
I cant read it
tom

[oldgoaly]

I would not call it a strange place but a rare site to see A Heller autobody hammer. If I was to guess it maybe from the Henry Ford School? I have most of the books but have not looked yet.

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[Mike/Nebraska]

My roadster has Ford stamped on the headlight bar.

[DougVieyra]

55 years ago, while on shore leave in Hong Kong, in a bar on Queens Qua, there was a bar-room brawl. In the ensuing battle of boozing bruisers, one of the pugulists had his shirt torn open. There, scrawled across his chest, in script, was the word: "FORD".

Doug Vierya, Seaman Third Class, USS HORNET, CVS 12

[Ray in La Mesa]

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I have a replaceable point of a feather quill pen that has Ford script stamped into it. Actually I had two so gave one to another collector.

[Fred]

Originally Posted by DougVieyra

55 years ago, while on shore leave in Hong Kong, in a bar on Queens Qua, there was a bar-room brawl. In the ensuing battle of boozing bruisers, one of the pugulists had his shirt torn open. There, scrawled across his chest, in script, was the word: "FORD".

Doug Vierya, Seaman Third Class, USS HORNET, CVS 12

I was there @ about the same time;

Fred Morse, Seaman; USS TICONDEROGA, CVA 14

[sidevalve8ba]

This is a cafeteria tray purported to have been used at the River Rouge plant probably in the 30's.

[oj]

I use old axles etc and machine them for other things. I cut a chunk out of one to make a solid motor mount and before welding it in place I cleaned it up and...

[Tom K.]

I have it on a drill chuck, 3/4" auger drill bit, padlock, and a 3" cutoff wheel. Also on some china from one of the lunchrooms.

[BRENT in 10-uh-C]

Bringing this back around, how many different sizes of Ford script stamps were used (..more notably when used to stamp small items)? Exactly how were they made??

[koates]

Lead wheel balance weights with the FORD script moulded in.

[briphaeton]

Has anyone heard of a 7 tooth steering box with the Ford script?

[rogerkb1936]

piston rings. shudda kept one