| NitroRods | -- 07-06-2022 @ 5:52 PM |
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My Uncle has a 1933 Roadster Pickup. I am trying to validate the serial number on the title and I am having trouble finding what numbers were used on the open cabs. If anyone has this information I would greatly appreciate it. This message was edited by NitroRods on 7-9-22 @ 8:17 AM
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| 3w2 | -- 07-06-2022 @ 8:31 PM |
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There's no known surviving records of what engine and its sequential number went into a particular vehicle. If it was built in the U.S. as a V8, its prefix would be "18" followed by a six digit number. If built as a four in the U.S., its prefix would be B5 followed by a six digit number.
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| NitroRods | -- 07-07-2022 @ 5:20 AM |
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The Title must be incorrect as it reads DRF-100xxx. Does this prefix mean anything to anyone? Maybe a Model A title was used to register this truck? This truck is most definitately a 1933 or 1934 Open Cab truck. I will look for a number on the frame. Thank You.
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| 1931 Flamingo | -- 07-07-2022 @ 6:51 AM |
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Not Model A. Have you been able to find this number on the frame or body?? Stock car or a hot rod?? Could be a State issued number. Where did the vehicle come from?? Paul in CT
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| trjford8 | -- 07-07-2022 @ 7:13 AM |
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I suspect the number on the title is an assigned number by the motor vehicle department in the state where it was first registered. The DR=equals Department Registration. The F is most likely a state that starts with F such as Florida. Look on the body(usually door jambs) for the state tag or possibly the frame or engine, as engine #s were used in some states into the mid 50s. Some of the early DR tags were riveted on and later they used some special glue to attach them
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| 1934 Ford | -- 07-07-2022 @ 10:52 AM |
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The original number. will also be stamped on the transmission bell housing just above the inspection plate, if still has it's original transmission. 1934 Ford's since 1972
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| 3w2 | -- 07-07-2022 @ 11:31 AM |
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But not if it was originally a four and the original transmission remains in it. In that case, the number was not stamped on the transmission case, but rather on top of the upper flywheel housing in a rectangular raised section left of the center line, viewable from the engine compartment side of the firewall, unlike the number stamped on a V8 transmission case which requires removal of the #1 floorboard to view.
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| NitroRods | -- 07-07-2022 @ 12:31 PM |
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Tomorrow I will look for the number on the transmission/bell housing and the frame rail. The engine was replaced with a 49 Merc. and it has been repainted. It has been in PA for the last 50 years, I don't know its history before 1970. It has been repainted, but I will still check the door jamb. Thanks everyone, I will report back what I find.
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| woodiewagon46 | -- 07-07-2022 @ 12:56 PM |
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At one time someone was reproducing '33/'34 roadster pick up bodies. Can you provide any pictures?
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| NitroRods | -- 07-08-2022 @ 2:42 AM |
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I will be attempting to pull factory serial numbers off of the frame today. Sounds like I may need to remove the drivers side fendor.
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| 3w2 | -- 07-08-2022 @ 5:00 AM |
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As it is a V8, it might be simpler to remove the #1 floorboard to ascertain the number on the transmission bell housing than removing the left front fender to look for the number on the frame. (In theory the number was to be stamped so that it remained visible with the fender in place, but theory and practice weren't always the same.)
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| NitroRods | -- 07-09-2022 @ 6:40 AM |
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looks like I don't have the original transmission. Not sure what year it would be, 36 or 37?
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| Model B | -- 07-09-2022 @ 6:59 AM |
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Appears to be a 1936 transmission. Pat
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| NitroRods | -- 07-09-2022 @ 8:16 AM |
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Thank you everyone. Maybe someday I will be in a position to check the frame rail for serial numbers. However, at this point I am not sure if it matters much.
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