Cereal # question pu - car

King ford

King ford

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greetings fellow barners..I have a question for you guys that know your fords better than I do ...since cars and pickups used the same chassis in 1935 ( at lest I believe they did) did the engine/ cereal # indicate car or pickup? ..thanks in advance guys!
 
Only way to know is to find out what the guy stamping the numbers had for breakfast that day. May have been a Wheaties day or it may have been a Rice Krispies day. Unfortunately, since the fella is probably long gone, we'll likely never know...
 
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For all Ford V8 trivia lovers, I offer the following: while the basic chassis was shared between commercial and passenger cars, the commercial, open car, and station wagon frame rails were made of 10% thicker steel (0.11 vs. 0.10 of an inch).

Now, tell me your life hasn't been enriched by knowing this.
 
rheltzel said:
For all Ford V8 trivia lovers, I offer the following: while the basic chassis was shared between commercial and passenger cars, the commercial, open car, and station wagon frame rails were made of 10% thicker steel (0.11 vs. 0.10 of an inch).

Now, tell me your life hasn't been enriched by knowing this.
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NOW WE ARE COOKING WITH GAS :eek:

FACTS JUST THE FACTS on this site LOL
 
Sorry King ford, some of childish members here are just razzzzin you a little. ;)

Hope you can take it in stride, as you will hopefully get some good
advise here, on the info you seek.......:)




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King ford, To address your original question......The serial number was stamped on the transmission of the motor/transmission assembly as it came off the motor assembly line. The number was then transferred to the chassis frame as the motor was lowered into the frame. There was no distinction as to whether it was lowered into a passenger car frame (48-5005) or a pickup frame (50-5005) So the serial number tells you nothing about the type of vehicle.
Your second question had to do with whether the pickup and passenger frames were the same.......
They were similar but not identical. In 1935 there was one frame for all passenger cars (48-5005). This included open and closed cars as well as station wagons and sedan deliveries. Pickups and panel deliveries used a slightly different frame (50-5005). This frame was the same as the 48-5005 except that the side pillar support brackets were not installed. These brackets were used to support the wider passenger car body. Pickup and Panel Delivery restorers often use the more readily available 48-5005 frame and remove the side brackets.
 
rheltzel said:
For all Ford V8 trivia lovers, I offer the following: while the basic chassis was shared between commercial and passenger cars, the commercial, open car, and station wagon frame rails were made of 10% thicker steel (0.11 vs. 0.10 of an inch).

Now, tell me your life hasn't been enriched by knowing this.
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I'm hoping you meant (.110" vs .100" of an inch". .010" inch thick frame would be a little flimsy, even for a Ford !! :eek:
 
TagMan said:


I'm hoping you meant (.110" vs .100" of an inch". .010" inch thick frame would be a little flimsy, even for a Ford !! :eek:
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He did not have a zero after the decimal point, you placed the zero there. Please note, what he stated is correct. .110" vs .100"
 
Indeed, TagMan, you are correct. You will note that I put a 0 in front of the decimal, as in "0.11", another way of expressing ".110", as in your note, above.
 
It looks like we've graduated from spelling to dyslexia (.110,.100,0.11). But we're having fun huh? At least King ford got the answer he was looking for.
 
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