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Posted By Discussion Topic: research history of my 36 Ford     ford38v8 12-25-2013 @ 12:16 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 2758 Joined: Oct 2009 Bill, America is known as the 'melting pot', meaning that most of us are 'amalgamated' to some extent, with the major exception of first generation emigrants from other parts of the world. Once here, we tend to 'mix and match' in every way concievable. (No pun intended) Alan wmsteed 12-25-2013 @ 10:55 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 613 Joined: Oct 2009 Tracing my ancestry back to the late 1600's in the Common Wealth of Conn., was quite easy once I found a booklet that had been published by a "Family Association" in 1908... The whole trail was laid out for me with info contained in the booklet that my G.G.Grandfather came to the U.S from England in 1840, fell in with the Morman's in Ill., and married a lady who's ancestors were "amalgamated" English/Native Americans from the Hartfort, Conn area.. The term "amalgamated" is the politically correct term used in the history books, in lieu of "inter-breeding" with the natives.. Interestingly, because of the amalgamation of the races, native American and English, the blood lines did not thin out as quickly as generally happens, this is because the "tribe/group" stayed in the Hartfort area for almost 200 years before they migrated west, therefore, amalgamated people were mixed with amalgamated people which kept the native American blood lines high in relationship to the English. Of course there is a side of the family that denies that this "amalgamation" ever happened.. I think that I'm going to use the term "amalgamated" in lieu of other less flattering terms when referring to the modifications I have done to my '36 Ford.. after all, the parts I used are all early Ford parts.. Bill 36 5 win delx cpe woodiewagon46 12-23-2013 @ 12:17 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 698 Joined: Nov 2012 I was able to learn a partial history from 1946 to 1962 of my !946 "Woodie" from the lube sticker on the "A" column. On a trip across country we stopped in the small town in Iowa and were able to connect with the owner of the service station listed on the sticker. He actually remembered the car and it's history until 1962 when the owner passed away. ford38v8 12-22-2013 @ 9:31 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 2758 Joined: Oct 2009 My wife's family history includes a Texas horse thief who was persuaded to hang around for a while. She and I both have interesting woodpiles! Alan Drbrown 12-22-2013 @ 3:56 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 570 Joined: Nov 2013 wmsteed .... I like your story about your Native American ancestors and I'm surprised you were able to trace them back that far. I also do family genealogy research and am interested in the history of my car. I think individuals who do genealogy research have developed some skills to help do that. TonyM 12-22-2013 @ 11:49 AM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 458 Joined: Sep 2010 QUOTE: Wmsteed: "I find it to be very interesting that so many people are trying to find out the origin, linage of their old car.. I guess that many people are hoping that they can find some connection to a famous person, etc.. " I doubt it highly that "many" of the people who are researching the history of their old car are hoping for some "connection to a famous person, etc.."--it is my experience that most people just want to know the history of their car. . . . 78-73B This message was edited by TonyM on 12-22-13 @ 11:50 AM wmsteed 12-22-2013 @ 11:01 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 613 Joined: Oct 2009 I find it to be very interesting that so many people are trying to find out the origin, linage of their old car.. I guess that many people are hoping that they can find some connection to a famous person, etc.. Finding the linage, history of an old car can be like doing family genealogy, the information that is uncovered might not be what a person was hoping to find.. An aunt of mine started to do the family genealogy, she got back two generations and found info that an ancestor was a native American.. My aunt stopped the search. Many years later I continued the search, with the help of the internet.. I found that not only was the ancestor a Native American, going back four more generations, proved a direct link to my ancestor being the daughter of the chief of the Conn. Indian tribe who married one of the early English settlers.. Pretty neat stuff.. From time to time news articles appear where-in a vehicle that was stolen in the early 1950's was recovered on it's way out of country, because a customs official checked the VIN against the stolen vehicle list.. This same situation happens when a vehicle is transferred from state to state, thanks to computers.. Many people are not aware that a vehicle that is reported stolen, as are firearms, are not removed from the list, until the vehicle/item is recovered... Bill 36 5 win delx cpe This message was edited by wmsteed on 12-22-13 @ 11:04 AM ford38v8 12-14-2013 @ 11:23 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 2758 Joined: Oct 2009 In a more trusting time, you could trace that information through the DMV. Unfortunately, privacy concerns have closed that avnue. The only remaining recourse you have today is to return to the seller, and hope that person can offer some help. Your next question will be about the serial number of your 1936 Ford, so I'll explain that to you also: This number will be found on your Title, and the frame of your car, uder the hood on the drivers side. It is a sequential serial number only, having no relation to where your car was assembled. You can double check your number against the chart in the enclosed link below, which also contains more information than I've told you here. http://www.vanpeltsales.com/FH_web/flathead_serialnumbers.htm Alan haysmo 12-14-2013 @ 4:10 PM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 6 Joined: Dec 2013 Is there a company or service that can tell me where the car was originally sold and to who?

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