Engine Number
 

Found the engine number on my new 53 Merc while wire brushing the rust off. Just like the I.D. plate said. Right hand rear, top of the block. QC9849* is how I read it. Does that number tell me anything?

Re: Engine Number
 

having the star there tells me it is the vin number. canadian stuff i thought starts with a C, but perhaps not so after 48. i believe van pelts has canadian numbers too at his site

Re: Engine Number
 

Thats Cool!

Re: Engine Number
 

Try this:
http://www.wnyrg.org/canvins.html

http://www.fordgarage.com/pages/ABenginenumbers.htm

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...fo-thread.html

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Thanks for those links.The Ford truck forum was the closest to having useful information but for some reason the charts all came out as html. The paint chart would have been exactly what I was looking for to decipher my trim and paint codes but it is unreadable on the forum.
On my engine number I wonder if I am mis-reading that first letter. Maybe an O instead of Q?

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Well here's the paint codes for 1953:
http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcod...r=1953&rows=50

http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcod...r=1953&rows=50

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Thanks for the links but they do not match up at all with my Mercs. I do know my 52 paint code is 29 which is Fanfare Maroon and that number does not show up on the chart. For the 53 I don't see any paint code 95 either. I'm starting to think that Canadian built Fords had a different system of codes.

Re: Engine Number
 

That's found here:

http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcod...952&manuf=Ford

What color is 95???


1952-1953 Mercury Paint Chips, Colors & Color Codes

These pages contain paint chips and body/color codes for the years shown. The colors are merely a screen representation and are NOT to be used for color matching. Please contact a professional who will have the color chips - or contact Ditzler directly.

We have included links with the paint code to the Ditzler website where they list all major paint manufacturer/retailers paint codes so you may acquire the proper paint.

Click on the color name to be sent to the Ditzler website for the paint selected.

1952 Paint Colors, Names and Codes

01 Black
02 Admiral Blue
04 Fanfare Maroon
05 Newport Gray
07 Lucerne Blue
09 Pebble Tan
10 Academy Blue
11 Hillcrest Green
12 Coventry Gray Green
13 Lakewood Green
19 Vassar Yellow
1953 Paint Colors, Names and Codes

01 India Black
02 Superior Blue
04 Mohawk Maroon
05 Glenwood Gray
06 Beachwood Brown
07 Banff Blue
09 Tahiti Tan
11 Sherwood Green
12 Pinehurst Green
13 Village Green
17 Bittersweet
19 Yosemite Yellow
20 Siren Red
06A Brentwood Brown
12A Asheville Green

http://www.autocolorlibrary.com/aclc...-Ford-pg01.jpg

Re: Engine Number
 

QC could just be "Quality Control". There are many stamps on these engines that may have a meaning but that meaning has been lost to us. Inspector stamps were common on US manufactured engines but a lot of them just have a date code that can be interpreted. The rest are likely inspector stamps at different job finishing locations in the plant.

Re: Engine Number
 

I wondered if the last two digits (49) might be the casting date of the block?

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Interesting and you notice that fanfare maroon has a different number code to what my car has on the tag (29). It must be a Canadian difference.
My 53 Merc, has white roof and green body. My best guess is Sungate Ivory roof and Timberline green on the body but I am notoriously poor at colour judgement. Here is the tag showing trim (QAA) and paint (95).

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Your tag looks a lot different than the US manufacture tags. The body parts catalog has info for the US built Mercury models. Some cars had it in the chassis parts catalog. I know that Canadian vehicles had their own catalogs since I've seen them on flea-pay now and then.

On the date codes they used alpha characters in the US for Month and Year but I don't now about stuff made in Windsor, Ontario.

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Yes, the H53 on my tag indicates my car was assembled in August of 1953. Exactly one year newer than my 52. I don't remember where I got that information but if I did, I might also find the rest of the code translation.