I got a better idea, let's trade, I like your "old farm truck" and you can have my, could be "hot rod!" Lol!
See if it has a diamond on the carb side by the timing gear, kind of hard to see,about a quarter inch tall, replacement block, both my trucks are. Chris
Joe...that isn't my stolen truck but please keep an eye out for my stolen 30 closed cab....taken from The Dalles area in 05....thanks!
ABSOLULETLY I will, I have had a string of A's lately, I hope someday it is recovered. I did, with 53OLDS help, recover the 32 roadster stolen last year. So you never know!
Joe, I would like to suggest you post your question in the Model A section of fordbarn.com. While reading fordbarn.com I see street rod questions with less than accurate responses and sometime I suggest they try HAMB. Your case is just the opposite. The posts so far contain a great number of errors and misconceptions. What you will probably find is as follows for cars assembled in the United States. The motor number was assigned and stamped when the engine and transmission assembly passed final inspection at the Rouge plant where all engines were manufactured. The numbers were stamped into an “as cast” pad on the left side of the engine. Numbers were between stat 1 star and star 4849340 star. A list of the numbers by month may be found at http://mafca.com/data_eng_production.html. As production of replacement engines continued a small number of additional numbers were assigned but they never exceeded 5000000 which was the beginning of the Model B serial number sequence. The star was a 5 pointed star and it kept from having people add a number to change the serial number. Numbers were stamped into the metal. The design of the stamps changed during the production so it would be nice if the stamps match time when the engine was produced (although this could be easily overlooked since I am sure the correct stamps were not a high priority when the engines were being produced). I wouldn’t suggest trying to use modern generic number stamps as if you got a sharp inspector he could readily identify it as being fake (and I think a felony in some states). If you restamp your number you risk having the car impounded or at the least a lot of explaining. Bare blocks, short blocks and industrial engines were not numbered (which is probably the history of your engine). None of the 1932-34 4 cylinder engines had numbers on the engine but the serial number pad was still there. The 1932-34 4 cylinder engines are identified by a stamping on the flywheel housing and as noted before the pad on the side of the engine was left blank. You can identify a 1932-34 4 cylinder engine by the provision for a cam driven fuel pump on the right side near the front (frequently there will be a block off plate if the engine was used in a Model A). The V8 engines beginning in 1932 had the serial number on the transmission case. There were no numbers stamped into the Model A transmission case or flywheel housing. When the engine/transmission reached the vehicle assembly line the number from the side of the engine was stamped into the top of the left frame just far enough back that it would be covered by the body. Frequently these numbers were faint or obliterated by rust. Some people have used acid to raise the numbers (see archives). Over the years as the engines were replaced the shop/owner was supposed to report the change in number to the DMV but this was probably ignored in most cases as the cars weren’t particular valuable enforcement by police was lax. Some times the number on a replacement engine was lined out with stamps and the number of the original engine was stamped into the rebuilt engine (which you probably couldn’t get away with today). Today with electronic communication and computers police frequently check VINs when making traffic stops. Do you feel lucky? PS, never ask me the time or I will tell you how to build a watch. Charlie Stephens
My gramps has been building model A fords for years and has always stampped the vins to match just don't make it look too pretty, they were never perfectly straight from the factory.. And it appears to be a model A engine (at least the head is) but they could be interchanged from model A to model B so that could be one reason it doent have the vin on the block..
Just a few other things to note, even if this was a one owner truck, it has a 28-29 headlight bar and front bumper, also the headlights, grill shell and cowl band has been changed to the passenger car stainless ones. The engine was most likely replaced at one point in time.
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