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Dipper005 |
04-27-2011 @ 8:19 AM
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Thanks for the heads up on getting it bonded. I,ll look in to it .
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CharlieStephens |
04-25-2011 @ 9:30 AM
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MG, Thanks for reference to the web site, I thought you were looking at something on the body number plate to tell the manufacturer. Charlie Stephens
This message was edited by CharlieStephens on 4-25-11 @ 1:30 PM
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MG |
04-24-2011 @ 7:57 PM
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Charlie, Go to the website I posted above - This website: http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/f/ford/ford.htm
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CharlieStephens |
04-24-2011 @ 7:21 PM
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MG, How do you know it was built by Murrey? Is there a difference in the format/style of the body number plate? I had guessed the S was standard but couldn't find anything to confirm it. Charlie Stephens
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04-24-2011 @ 3:23 PM
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Charlie, Your body was built by Murray and I can only guess that the 'S' stands for Standard? My referances only show 770A for Standard 5 Window Coupes and 770B for Deluxe 5 Window Coupes. Maybe the 'S' was unique to Murray.
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CharlieStephens |
04-24-2011 @ 3:07 PM
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MG, How does this reconcile with the photo of my plate? Are there different types of plates out there? Help anybody. I still wonder what the "S" stands for. Charlie Stephens
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MG |
04-23-2011 @ 11:18 AM
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42wagon, I just checked Ford's 'Chassis Parts List' publication dated June 1937 and like the Coacbuilt body list, it to shows 730-D to be the Body Type for my car. That these two sources agree, I'm confident I'll be OK in using 730-D on my plate. I'm thinking to just fake the remaining numbers to use such as using the first two and the last two numbers of my VIN number. At least, half of the number would be correct. The end result will be a Body Number plate looking like this: 78 730D 3867 What do you think?
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42wagon |
04-23-2011 @ 4:24 AM
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MG While probably having no bearing on the current discussion, the Coachbuilt body list has discrepancies in it at least as far as station wagons are concerned. According to Lorin Sorensen's book Famous Ford Woodies, the only one supplying station wagon bodies after 1933 was Murray and in mid 1939 they lost the contract as the bodies for the 1940 Model year and beyond were produced in house by Ford at their Iron Mountain Michigan plant and shipped to the assembly plants. Even at that Murray was supplied with a wood "kit" to assemble from the Iron Mountain Ford Plant. Why Baker Raulang and Briggs continue to appear in the list is a mystery. BTW the Iron Mountain bodies do not have body tags. A sequential body number by year without a body designation was stamped directly on the firewall. Ted
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MG |
04-22-2011 @ 7:01 PM
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Don & Charlie, I went to this website: http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/f/ford/ford.htm ..... .....and found the correct body # designation for my 1937 Deluxe Touring Sedan is 78-730-D and the body builder was Ford. Where 78 is the model number and 730-D is the body number. The 730-D will be the first four digits/fonts I will be stamping on to the plate. Now, to figure out what the last four digits will be.
This message was edited by MG on 4-22-11 @ 7:11 PM
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johnh6813 |
04-22-2011 @ 6:09 PM
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this guy will make you a plate a.g. backeast p.o.box 40011 Grand Junction ,co 81504.Canada John.
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