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40V8Ranger

11-30-2016 @ 5:38 PM

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I recently came across a data plate that doesn't match the configuration of what is indicated that it should read on page 1-8 in the "1952-1953 Ford Book" put out by the EFV8VA and authored by Beebe and Gorris......

Under "production code" the data plate in question reads 4-17A. It doesn't have the configuration as indicated on page 1-8 (e.g.: 7C 138
....7 July 138 is the scheduled item number from production)

Any clue as to the 4-17A???

Scotty

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12-01-2016 @ 12:24 AM

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Scotty
What model, body style do you have? Does the data plate show them correctly?

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12-01-2016 @ 8:09 AM

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Thank you. Yes, it a '53 Country Squire wagon. Everything else checks out perfectly

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12-01-2016 @ 11:17 AM

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Scotty, I believe those wagon bodies were built in Iron Mountain Michigan and shipped to a Ford assembly plant. I've heard that some of those had odd data plate stampings plus there were always errors made in stampings of all types.
4-17A, could have been a stab at the production date, say the 4th or 17th of January without any sequence number. As I have heard weird things happened to the wagon bodies re data plates. Somewhere in Chapter 1 Ray or Craig made a reference to Wagons. Look forward to seeing a picture some time. Good Luck, Don

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12-01-2016 @ 3:05 PM

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Thank you Don.

I had come to that same conclusion. I can't see any other explanation. January (most likely) or April (least likely) 17th. It doesn't doesn't really matter but its just fun to know with as much certainty as possible.

Thanks for spending time with my question.

Scotty

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12-01-2016 @ 3:26 PM

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Only one flaw in your thinking --- by 1952 the Iron Mountain plant was no more.
So wagon bodies were either built by Ford or one of their suppliers.

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