Where are 1932 Frame Numbers Stamped?

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REAL32

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I'm trying to locate my chassis VIN stamping on a 1932 pickup.
The bed floor has been removed from the chassis, and cab floors removed, but the frame is covered with heavy black paint or powder coating.

Question is where do I look, or start sanding to find the VIN stamping?
Is there a number on top of the rear cross-member or at the peak of the frame rail kick-up?

I know where the front number should be (forward of firewall, above steering box) but don't want to pull the fender off.

Any guidance appreciated!
 
You should be able to read the front number with the fender on. It's on the inside edge, next to the firewall foot, maybe slightly in front.

I've seen the rear-most number stamped right above the axle to about the crossmember area.

No exact location for the center number though.
 
On my Tudor I did not need to pull the fender but I did need to lift the welting and scrub it to get the numbers to show.
 

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three places on the top of the left frame rail. 1) the most forward has been described with photo shown. the other two are: 2) about midway in the running board. 3) on the kick up area just a little forward of the rear axle. both # 2 & #3 would be without the prefix " 18-" or "B-" and these seem to have been stamped into the frame without any back up support, so the numbers can be very weak and difficult to read.
my canadian `32 does not have any numbers in the second and third positions.
 
On a commercial chassis such as that under the pickup, the number was only stamped once by the left-side firewall foot as indicated above. Since many commercial chassis were sold without bodies, the practice of stamping a single set of numbers makes sense. Only the passenger car chassis had the three sets of numbers indicated above. Those were Ford's standing instructions to the U.S. assembly plants, but variations do exist.
 
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Thank you everyone! And thank you David - I'll stop looking on the rear frame area for commercial VIN and start sanding near the firewall foot.
My VIN is an early AB number (per title and trans housing) which corresponds to April production. It has the model A style rear, no reinforcements on rear frame, etc. so I'm hoping it's got the correct original frame.
 
The frame matches the motor and title!
I removed paint with an X-acto knife, then used a Dremel tool with fine 1" wire wheel to clean surface to bare metal. Numbers show clearly.
To finish, I clear coated the VIN and repainted surrounding area to match the frame.
Thanks again everyone!
 
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