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Steve Plucker · 11-10-2010, 07:18 AM

Another interesting set of codes that one may find on the chassis is in relation to the number or Rear Spring Leaves that were originally used when the chassis was assembled. It has been thought that these stampings were used to correlate the number of leaves in the rear spring with a particular body style for which was going to be assembled to the chassis.

Mr. Carl Biederman from Anoka, Minnesota had found several of these codes on various Model A Ford chassis with some letters followed by a number for which was stamped into the rear areas of the vehicle. The areas for which Mr. Biederman has found these codes are as follows: 1). Rear end axle housings; 2). Top of the rear frame cross member and 3). The right rear corner of the rear frame cross member. Such as "R7" "C8" "T0".

The following list may be incomplete and may not have been implemented by all the assembly plants for all years.

STAMPING

BODY STYLE

REAR SPRING LEAVES

R7
Roadster
Seven (7) leaves
C8
Coupe
Eight (8) leaves
OCPU0
Open Cab Pickup
Ten (10) leaves
T0
Tudor
Ten (10) leaves
TS0
Town Sedan
Ten (10) leaves
FD0
Fordor
Ten (10) leaves

Does anyone have any photos of these stampings?

Need a few for an article.

Thanks.

Pluck

11-10-2010, 07:18 AM	#1
Steve Plucker BANNED Join Date: May 2010 Location: Walla Walla, Washington USA Posts: 6,066	Rear cross member spring stamping codes... Another interesting set of codes that one may find on the chassis is in relation to the number or Rear Spring Leaves that were originally used when the chassis was assembled. It has been thought that these stampings were used to correlate the number of leaves in the rear spring with a particular body style for which was going to be assembled to the chassis. Mr. Carl Biederman from Anoka, Minnesota had found several of these codes on various Model A Ford chassis with some letters followed by a number for which was stamped into the rear areas of the vehicle. The areas for which Mr. Biederman has found these codes are as follows: 1). Rear end axle housings; 2). Top of the rear frame cross member and 3). The right rear corner of the rear frame cross member. Such as "R7" "C8" "T0". The following list may be incomplete and may not have been implemented by all the assembly plants for all years. STAMPING BODY STYLE REAR SPRING LEAVES R7 Roadster Seven (7) leaves C8 Coupe Eight (8) leaves OCPU0 Open Cab Pickup Ten (10) leaves T0 Tudor Ten (10) leaves TS0 Town Sedan Ten (10) leaves FD0 Fordor Ten (10) leaves Does anyone have any photos of these stampings? Need a few for an article. Thanks. Pluck