Topic: 40 serial number and body plate


carvice    -- 03-13-2013 @ 6:13 PM
  Hello again I answered my own question about the serial number, after I found codes on your site, sorry to waste anyones time.
Still not sure about the firewall body plate?
THANKS,
BILL


supereal    -- 03-15-2013 @ 2:36 PM
  Prior to 1949, the firewall body plate is a "patent plate" showing the Ford Motor Company patent numbers. It came about after Henry Ford spent a fortune in court after others claimed infringement, and successfully defended those patents. The later Fords usually have a build plate that provides lots of information, such as build site, color and style of the body, etc. We all wish they had been used many years earlier.


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