12-20-2017, 07:53 PM | #1 |
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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?
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12-20-2017, 09:01 PM | #2 |
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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
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On my engine number I wonder if I am mis-reading that first letter. Maybe an O instead of Q?
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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 Last edited by Capn John; 12-22-2017 at 12:44 PM. |
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12-22-2017, 12:53 PM | #9 |
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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.
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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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12-22-2017, 07:51 PM | #12 |
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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.
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