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  1. msgjd

    Serial Number/Unit Markings for a 1953 Manufacturered Truck

    Looked at the gasser M51 (1962) and the (former gasser) M62 (1953) .. Both have clean frames, the red-lead primer is showing .. I cannot see frame stampings on either truck :???: ,, on either side
  2. msgjd

    Serial Number/Unit Markings for a 1953 Manufacturered Truck

    it has the gas engine, it just might! ... Now, as for the multifuel remotor in mine, well, mine sure isn't going anywhere in a hurry except on a 30% downgrade in neutral with a hurricane tailwind ... Or over a cliff :LOL: don't get me wrong out there, the multifuels are a good engine for...
  3. msgjd

    Serial Number/Unit Markings for a 1953 Manufacturered Truck

    i don't recall ever seeing a frame rail stamp on a M39-series , but then again, they either had plenty of surface rust or plenty of paint .. Some say it should be drivers side outer rail somewhere between steering box to a point above the front axle.. Some say not all got stamped at birth, some...
  4. msgjd

    Serial Number/Unit Markings for a 1953 Manufacturered Truck

    aha !! now THAT i could've gotten a pic of .. unfortunately I'm 3hrs away from the truck as of last night, and until next weekend or so
  5. msgjd

    Serial Number/Unit Markings for a 1953 Manufacturered Truck

    Do you mean up above the crossmember inside the tunnel area? .. The control linkages head that way from the op levers and disappear inside the crossmember .. With 3 unrepairable hernias i cannot reach up inside that crossmember without a system of pulleys and rope .. It was "scary" enough to...
  6. msgjd

    Serial Number/Unit Markings for a 1953 Manufacturered Truck

    i was replying to his 2nd post which stated a guess of an 8000's number, just as it does in the quoted bit from that post that's included in my reply .. i did not see his later post , where he finally does say 3276 , which would be a correct sequence
  7. msgjd

    Serial Number/Unit Markings for a 1953 Manufacturered Truck

    1: yes, you got it right, the double-zero such and such is your USA reg number and will be 8 digits .. 2: Your guess of 8000's for mfr s/n on tag is too high in sequence, should be in the 2000's or 3000's ... 3: i will try to remember to get a pic of the clutch arm tomor but i won't have...
  8. msgjd

    Serial Number/Unit Markings for a 1953 Manufacturered Truck

    In my experience (and of certain examples in my fleet), the early-1950s' M-series trucks did not originally have an alpha-numeric USA registration number.. Instead, they had an 8-digit series of numbers beginning with zeros. IME, the numbers are not the same as the manufacturer serial number on...
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