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Posted By Discussion Topic: VIN Number -- page: 1 2     Dolman 12-23-2010 @ 9:22 AM reply profile send p.m. New Member Posts: 177 Joined: Dec 2010 Alan, The advice and observations given by the members here are well taken and appreciated. ford38v8 12-22-2010 @ 8:16 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 2758 Joined: Oct 2009 Dolman, The advice you've had regarding personal inspection is the best advice you'll ever get. If you cannot inspect it yourself, and cannot locate anyone in the area to inspect it for you, then you should insist on close-up photos of known problem areas in similar cars. Notably, floorboards, bed, and lower door and cowl areas for rust, running boards for excessive wear and rust, fender lips for broken or badly repaired areas, radiator front and rear for fin and tube damage, and underside for patchwork rust repair. Alan Dolman 12-22-2010 @ 3:23 PM reply profile send p.m. New Member Posts: 177 Joined: Dec 2010 OK, everyone agrees it's a 1934. Good! George 12-22-2010 @ 2:59 PM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 25 Joined: Oct 2009 I agree that your Ford pickup is a 1934 Ford Pickup. I also have a 1934 Ford Pickup, restored. I bought it from a person who bought it from the Ford Dealership in 1934 at Michigan, North Dakota. The title and other papers all agree that it is a 1934, so does the guy who sold it to me. Your truck matches mine perfectly, from your pictures, other than the color. Mine is green with black fenders and black lower panel under the grille. Your pickup is truely a 1934, NOT a 1933. George Maher Fargo, North Dakota George Dolman 12-22-2010 @ 1:35 PM reply profile send p.m. New Member Posts: 177 Joined: Dec 2010 trjford8, Thanks for the confirmation. I investigated the seller and found him to be a stand up guy. I have been looking for an unaltered 34 Ford pickup for about 5 years. Not wanting to lose the opportunity on this one, I put the check in the mail. Getting it to Alaska is going to be an adventure. I usually take a 10,000 mile trip dragging a travel trailer every year to visit kids in Washington, Oregon, California and Minnesota. I'm a bit leery of shipping companies practice of shipping on a barge from Tacoma, WA to Anchorage, AK. Sure I can insure it but every once in while a barge gets deep sixed on its way across the Gulf of Alaska. Insurance will recover the money but not the truck and I would much rather have the truck. So, my 10,000 miler in 2011 will be to Florida and back and skip all the kids except the Minnesotans. trjford8 12-22-2010 @ 1:11 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 4214 Joined: Oct 2009 Your truck is a 34 as indicated by the V-8 badge on the side of the hood. The 33 did not have that badge on the hood. The VIN number is on top of the left frame rail near the firewall. If memory serves me correctly there is a cutout in the left inner fender lip that exposes the VIN. Some states registered a vehicle in the year in which they were sold. If your truck was sold late in 1933, New York probably titled it as a 33 even though it is a 34. It's a great looking pickup. I would suggest calling a fellow V-8er in the area and have them look at the pickup for you and give you an opinion and check the VIN.I have done this in the past and it worked out well.I offered to pay for gas and lunch and most wouldn't take a thing. They were happy just to go look at another old Ford. Dolman 12-22-2010 @ 1:00 PM reply profile send p.m. New Member Posts: 177 Joined: Dec 2010 Fourth Photo Dolman 12-22-2010 @ 12:59 PM reply profile send p.m. New Member Posts: 177 Joined: Dec 2010 Third Photo Dolman 12-22-2010 @ 12:58 PM reply profile send p.m. New Member Posts: 177 Joined: Dec 2010 Another Photo. Dolman 12-22-2010 @ 12:50 PM reply profile send p.m. New Member Posts: 177 Joined: Dec 2010 The number on the frame rail was found and it agrees with the number on the transmission and on the registration New York registration. I only have 284,000 airline miles to burn through but don't like taking pain medications to keep my back quiet while I fly. I have friends that live in Florida who will return home the first week of January and they will do an on-site verification for me. He is a retired engineer which could be bad, but then so am I. While I have your attention, how do I post more than 1 photo at a time?

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