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Gwill65074 · 01-17-2024, 11:12 AM

Can anyone tell me where I can buy a correct #6/9? The 9 on my engine is nearly impossible to read and I want to freshen it up. Thanks

Oldbluoval · 01-17-2024, 11:22 AM

McMaster Carr sells stamp. Now whether theres a match to font and size you’ll have to determine.
Really good and matching stamps are sold in full sets to approximate original ford.

nkaminar · 01-17-2024, 11:46 AM

Sometimes the local club will have a set of stamps for users to use. Otherwise, you can buy a set at the usual vendors. The font was changed sometime in 1931.

Gwill65074 · 01-17-2024, 11:48 AM

thanks

Benson · 01-17-2024, 12:37 PM

Quote from Judging standards page 1-2 revised 2011:

"The style of numerals was changed in Feburary 1931, altering the shapes of the 1, 6, and 9."

"Old style before March 1931."

"New style March 1931 to end of production."

Gwill65074 · 01-17-2024, 12:45 PM

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Thanks guys, our club does not have a numbers set. What is a regular vender, Snyders or who? Thanks again,

ModelA29 · 01-17-2024, 02:13 PM

Restostamps has the proper font: https://restostamps.com/products/sta...rd-model-a-b-t

Gwill65074 · 01-17-2024, 02:16 PM

Thank you, but I'm a disabled Vet on limited income so these would be out of my budget. Thanks for responding though

JayJay · 01-17-2024, 02:48 PM

Gwill - A word to the wise - I've found that every time I've attempted to "freshen" up a stamped number or letter I never get the stamp perfectly in the original and end up with a double stamp that looks worse than leaving the original alone. If yours is an original number stamp on the engine you might try taking a very sharp pointed rod or punch and cleaning the accumulated rust, paint and goo out of it.

wrndln · 01-17-2024, 03:21 PM

JayJay is correct. It is quite difficult to restamp numbers and get a nice result.
Rusty Nelson

Oldbluoval · 01-17-2024, 03:23 PM

JayJay-
Agreed

ronn · 01-17-2024, 03:32 PM

LEAVE IT ALONE............lol

Gene F · 01-17-2024, 03:34 PM

What Jay said is what I was thinking all along. If your paperwork agrees leave it be. "One digit my answer will always be "out of all those characters..it matches the paperwork. I mean what are the odds". If it appears to be tampered with it will be more questions than you can imagine. Some states are miserable about these things.

Another thing. When a block is stamped, I think it required a 2 1/2 or 3 lbs hammer, and I'd imagine you gotta hit that thing pretty hard. Might be hard to do if in the car.

Steelwool by hand, not a wire brush on a drill!!!!!!!!!!!

Gwill65074 · 01-17-2024, 05:49 PM

Thanks guys, I'll leave well enough alone

01-17-2024, 11:12 AM	#1
Gwill65074 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Blue Springs, Missouri Posts: 196	#6/9 stamp Can anyone tell me where I can buy a correct #6/9? The 9 on my engine is nearly impossible to read and I want to freshen it up. Thanks

01-17-2024, 11:22 AM	#2
Oldbluoval Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Signal Mtn, TN (SE TN) Posts: 2,370	Re: #6/9 stamp McMaster Carr sells stamp. Now whether theres a match to font and size you’ll have to determine. Really good and matching stamps are sold in full sets to approximate original ford.

01-17-2024, 11:46 AM	#3
nkaminar Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Western North Carolina Posts: 3,899	Re: #6/9 stamp Sometimes the local club will have a set of stamps for users to use. Otherwise, you can buy a set at the usual vendors. The font was changed sometime in 1931. __________________ A is for apple, green as the sky. Step on the gas, for tomorrow I die. Forget the brakes, they really don't work. The clutch always sticks, and starts with a jerk. My car grows red hair, and flies through the air. Driving's a blast, a blast from the past. Last edited by nkaminar; 01-17-2024 at 12:00 PM.

01-17-2024, 11:48 AM	#4
Gwill65074 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Blue Springs, Missouri Posts: 196	Re: #6/9 stamp thanks

01-17-2024, 12:37 PM	#5
Benson Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 2,594	Re: #6/9 stamp Quote from Judging standards page 1-2 revised 2011: "The style of numerals was changed in Feburary 1931, altering the shapes of the 1, 6, and 9." "Old style before March 1931." "New style March 1931 to end of production." Last edited by Benson; 01-17-2024 at 01:03 PM.

01-17-2024, 12:45 PM	#6
Gwill65074 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Blue Springs, Missouri Posts: 196	Re: #6/9 stamp Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Thanks guys, our club does not have a numbers set. What is a regular vender, Snyders or who? Thanks again,

01-17-2024, 02:13 PM	#7
ModelA29 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2022 Location: SoCal Posts: 583	Re: #6/9 stamp Restostamps has the proper font: https://restostamps.com/products/sta...rd-model-a-b-t

01-17-2024, 02:16 PM	#8
Gwill65074 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Blue Springs, Missouri Posts: 196	Re: #6/9 stamp Thank you, but I'm a disabled Vet on limited income so these would be out of my budget. Thanks for responding though

01-17-2024, 02:48 PM	#9
JayJay Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2020 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 1,069	Re: #6/9 stamp Gwill - A word to the wise - I've found that every time I've attempted to "freshen" up a stamped number or letter I never get the stamp perfectly in the original and end up with a double stamp that looks worse than leaving the original alone. If yours is an original number stamp on the engine you might try taking a very sharp pointed rod or punch and cleaning the accumulated rust, paint and goo out of it. __________________ JayJay San Francisco Bay Area ------------------------ 1930 Murray Town Sedan 1931 Briggs S/W Town Sedan

01-17-2024, 03:21 PM	#10
wrndln Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Lakeville, MN Posts: 5,159	Re: #6/9 stamp JayJay is correct. It is quite difficult to restamp numbers and get a nice result. Rusty Nelson

01-17-2024, 03:23 PM	#11
Oldbluoval Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Signal Mtn, TN (SE TN) Posts: 2,370	Re: #6/9 stamp JayJay- Agreed

01-17-2024, 03:32 PM	#12
ronn Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: NNNNNNNNJJJJJJJJJJ Posts: 6,784	Re: #6/9 stamp LEAVE IT ALONE............lol

01-17-2024, 03:34 PM	#13
Gene F Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,958	Re: #6/9 stamp What Jay said is what I was thinking all along. If your paperwork agrees leave it be. "One digit my answer will always be "out of all those characters..it matches the paperwork. I mean what are the odds". If it appears to be tampered with it will be more questions than you can imagine. Some states are miserable about these things. Another thing. When a block is stamped, I think it required a 2 1/2 or 3 lbs hammer, and I'd imagine you gotta hit that thing pretty hard. Might be hard to do if in the car. Steelwool by hand, not a wire brush on a drill!!!!!!!!!!! Last edited by Gene F; 01-18-2024 at 04:15 PM.

01-17-2024, 05:49 PM	#14
Gwill65074 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Blue Springs, Missouri Posts: 196	Re: #6/9 stamp Thanks guys, I'll leave well enough alone