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02-04-2014, 10:25 PM | #1 |
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Strangest place you've found the Ford script
Over the years I've seen the Ford script on all kinds of parts such as rear axle keys, spark plug connectors, etc. Last week I was cleaning up an old shadowbox that my Dad made me back in the early 70's and noticed this front spindle nut with the script. I don't ever recall seeing another one of these before now.
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These valve cover gaskets have a script in the lower left corner ---a little hard to see in this picture though
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I don't know about being the strangest, but this is the smallest place I have seen a script. Driveshaft roller bearing.
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Every bolt on a friends WWII Ford built Jeep.
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emergency brake lever bushings on 29 worm drive AA rearend that seed thing is a piece of maple leaf on concrete for size comparison...
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Here's another one I found recently on the reverse idler shaft from an early 28 transmission I'm assembling. Unfortunately the cluster gear shaft didn't have a matching script, although it wasn't useable anyway.
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Rear hub seal.
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On someones back?
Photos of tatoos Saddly, I think if you looked hard enough there would be scripts in places you just do not want to see. |
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I found the ford logo on the inside of the leaves of a rear spring recently. Now why would Henry have thunk to put it there?
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on a couple of anti freeze cans I have
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I have a brass clad head gasket that has the Ford script. Taken out of a low mileage engine.
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I thought this was a strange place. I tried to find one on a hottie but there werent any.
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On a set of model b points
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I found the Ford script on these spring clips, that I found in a Ford garage, many years ago.
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Found on headlight bulbs when we restored 1928 fire truck for village of Northport MI
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I have the tip of a quill pen that has a Ford script. I assume the drafting dept in Dearborn bought hundreds of them to their specs.
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Hey 1930 Coupe!! That's a good place to look. I'm starting right now.
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On the back of emergency brake lining.
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On an NOS copper water outlet gasket.
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They are butterscotch, dark chocolate and white chocolate cookies with the Ford logo.
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On axel keys.
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On the Very Early Speedometer Drive Gear Housing; on the opposite side was a diamond with a "F" in the center. Across the bottom was "10-37".
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On scisors, match safe, brake light lense, water pump nut or petcock
How about on a pair of scissors supposedly from the Ford factory upholstery department:
....or on the end of a silver match safe: ....or on a brake light lense (UK): ....or on a water pump packing nut (originally from A189) or on a petcock valve: ....or on a trafficator lense: ....or stamped on the base of an original light bulb: Fordially, Brad in Maryland |
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Here are a few very early pieces with scripts
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Found a script on the throw out race today.
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My Gemmer two tooth steering box has a large raised F on the outside and a script capital F cast on the inside. I know it isn't the complete script logo, but I thought it was interesting.
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Here's a hammer that came off of eBay a few years ago:
And for honorable mention, even though it's not Ford script, a stick of lead from the Briggs body company: |
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Building a couple Model T starters yesterday and ran across these:
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I've also seen the Ford script and dates on generator armatures for the Model A and B.
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Working on my multiple disk clutch ( I know crazy) I found the Ford script on the face of the throw out bearing! It is on the right side about in the middle of the picture!
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I have found Ford script on the clutch lining for the multiplate clutch pack.
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rear axle keys.
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I have a letter opener that is stamped
"Ford Motor Company V8 First sheet thru 56 in. Cold strip mill Dec 20 1935" Google hasnt found any information on this letter opener. Do you know anything about it? |
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Im Not sure about the mill in which its from, im no ford expert by any means, BUT what i CAN tell you from working in steel mills, and you probably already know by now after your own research is Any time we start up a new mill, they will take the first piece of product off of the line and make commemorative what-knots for all the leadership personnel. I guess its just sort of a tradition in the steel industry. Either way it looks like you have a rare piece there. There may have only been a handful of those letter openers made for supervision, management or whoever was in charge at the time. |
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Thank you. It makes me wonder how it came into the possession of a guy who was born in 1925 and spent his life in rural Louisiana
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I heard a rumor, back in the '60's, that a certain Hot Rodder GUY, had a Chev. Bowtie & a Ford Oval, tatooed on his BUTTOCKS! Never saw, or wanted to see them! Wish they had been on that Brunette that drug the MAIN with us, in her '40 Ford, Opera Coupe!!----------
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I've found Ford script on generator brushes, the heads of starter bendix bolts, stamped on a generator housing, stenciled on the inside of brake lining, wheel bearings, batteries and a tire that I had when I was a kid.
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Front king pin bushing, nos distributor bushings.
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Why ?
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Someone got bored with a stamp?
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I wonder if I get some poor grade coins and stamp them with Ford I'll make a fortune?
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On a timing gear.
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prolly factory workers being bored - they still do this...with darn near every ford part being stamped ford ( seems like a waste of time as efficent as henry was) everyone has change in their pockets and already had a hammer available. probably did it to see if they would ever get it back in change.
how many kids put pennies and nickles on railroad tracks? can because opportunity is there.
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Saw one on a dipstick with the round finger pull.
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Throw out bearing on multiple disc clutch assembly.
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hows this one?
the script is embossed,not printed on a flat plate tom |
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heres the date code
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I would not call it a strange place but a rare site to see A Heller autobody hammer. If I was to guess it maybe from the Henry Ford School? I have most of the books but have not looked yet.
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My roadster has Ford stamped on the headlight bar.
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55 years ago, while on shore leave in Hong Kong, in a bar on Queens Qua, there was a bar-room brawl. In the ensuing battle of boozing bruisers, one of the pugulists had his shirt torn open. There, scrawled across his chest, in script, was the word: "FORD".
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I use old axles etc and machine them for other things. I cut a chunk out of one to make a solid motor mount and before welding it in place I cleaned it up and...
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I have it on a drill chuck, 3/4" auger drill bit, padlock, and a 3" cutoff wheel. Also on some china from one of the lunchrooms.
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Bringing this back around, how many different sizes of Ford script stamps were used (..more notably when used to stamp small items)? Exactly how were they made??
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Lead wheel balance weights with the FORD script moulded in.
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Has anyone heard of a 7 tooth steering box with the Ford script?
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piston rings. shudda kept one
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