Recent content by 46fordtruck

This holds true for truck and commercial plates, but passengers went to yellow letters on blue background in '70. The classic yellow/black started in '63, the last time Ca did a compete reissue for all plates. My '57 Ford still runs its '63 issued yellow/black plates and my '70 Mustang still had...

It is rate that the retainer is retained. Seems like many were either discarded or rusted away. Of all the 42-47 trucks I've had, I think I have only found one or two of them.

Great. I've heard they are possibly date codes and plant location. Mine say 17C 182 G G.

Those are the ones. I hear some say it's a date code and plant info. I have been collecting every brochure, ad, literature for these forgotten trucks for the last 15 years. Even have a big silk banner that hung in a dealership announcing the new '42 trucks.

Ah, yes, 3Mike6, I do remember the user name now. Thank you, Mike. There is always something new to learn. I've been looking into some stampings on the firewall of my truck, which led me here.

Its very possible. I am over on FTE, been there 13 years now, same username.

Just wanted to say hi. I've stopped by here now and then Googling different things relating to early V8 Fords and 42-47 trucks especially. I've narrowed my collection down to just one, a 46 1/2 pickup, which I have owned since October 21st, 1995. Its been a long term project truck that has sat...