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Lawson Cox · 08-29-2021, 10:05 PM

It is not a VIN. Fords had serial numbers. A serial number was stamped on the flat at the rear of a transmission when the transmission was assembled. As a vehicle came down the assembly line a transmission was fitted into place and the serial number of that transmission was stamped onto the frame. Passenger cars and pickups used the exact same frame. The numbers should match on transmission and frame unless the transmission was swapped out sometime during its 81 year lifetime. (Oh,FWIW, use an astric (spell check not working) (*) as the star.)

08-29-2021, 10:05 PM	#2
Lawson Cox Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Above the gnat line in Georgia Posts: 7,119	Re: 1936 car/ pickup vin question It is not a VIN. Fords had serial numbers. A serial number was stamped on the flat at the rear of a transmission when the transmission was assembled. As a vehicle came down the assembly line a transmission was fitted into place and the serial number of that transmission was stamped onto the frame. Passenger cars and pickups used the exact same frame. The numbers should match on transmission and frame unless the transmission was swapped out sometime during its 81 year lifetime. (Oh,FWIW, use an astric (spell check not working) (*) as the star.) __________________ Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer to the end, the faster it goes. It is better to be seen, than viewed. "We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm".