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09-19-2014, 04:21 PM
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What is this?
What does this tag mean? Anybody else have or seen these? Thats a (believed to be original) 350ci in a 72 C-10 LWB...Thanks in advance.
 Sorry for the huge pics...  
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Michael of the clan Hill, "Two Seventy Two's" 71 1-ton Dually 350 4-Speed 71 C/50 Grain Truck, 350 Split-Axle 4-Speed 02 3/4 ton Express 14 Indian Chief Vintage 1952 Ford 8N, "Only Ford Allowed On The Property" "Be American, Buy American" 
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09-19-2014, 04:24 PM
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Re: What is this?
I would think it is a rebuilders tag.
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09-19-2014, 04:28 PM
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Re: What is this?
+1 Rebuilder's tag
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09-19-2014, 04:35 PM
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Re: What is this?
Cool, I've seen the signs of a rebuild. I wonder if there is anyway of tracing that re-builder with those numbers? I'm getting ready to pull that motor and dont know the casting number yet, but get this...It has a blown head gasket on the left bank and water pours out of the left header but still lights them BFG's up with a 3:08 Posi!
 Thanks for the reply's John & Dave...
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Michael of the clan Hill, "Two Seventy Two's" 71 1-ton Dually 350 4-Speed 71 C/50 Grain Truck, 350 Split-Axle 4-Speed 02 3/4 ton Express 14 Indian Chief Vintage 1952 Ford 8N, "Only Ford Allowed On The Property" "Be American, Buy American"
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09-19-2014, 04:47 PM
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Re: What is this?
This looks like an IBM 'brass tag' used to identify tools and equipment. It may well be a 'rebuilders id tag' but it is a dead ringer for the IBM version that identified stuff in the manufacturing plants. I found the following definition in the IBM Jargon Dictionary (online) :
brass tag n. A small plate (originally made of brass, but now usually made of self-adhesive plastic) that shows the IBM serial number (stock number) of a piece of (non-IBM) capital equipment. It was considered a serious offence to remove the brass tag from a piece of equipment, though readers report that they sometimes kept as a souvenir the brass tag from a much-loved machine when it was scrapped. Not saying that is what it is, just sayin that's what it looks like. Brings back memories. Thanks
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09-19-2014, 05:16 PM
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Re: What is this?
I may (or may not) have a couple of machine tags like that from the ford plant.
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09-19-2014, 05:53 PM
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Re: What is this?
Was it a fleet truck? Do you know the ownership history?
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09-19-2014, 07:20 PM
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Re: What is this?
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 Hoovefish, I know the previous two owners. The old fella that bought it new owned a service station here in Falls City, Nebraska back in the day. He sold it to the woman I bought it from back in the 80's...Neither of them were remotely connected to IBM. I paid $500 for it four years ago...PS. It was and Ochre color with a white cab, the womans son pained it "pumpkin orange"...
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Michael of the clan Hill, "Two Seventy Two's" 71 1-ton Dually 350 4-Speed 71 C/50 Grain Truck, 350 Split-Axle 4-Speed 02 3/4 ton Express 14 Indian Chief Vintage 1952 Ford 8N, "Only Ford Allowed On The Property" "Be American, Buy American"
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09-19-2014, 07:51 PM
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Re: What is this?
It's the Corvette engine ID tag!
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09-19-2014, 09:14 PM
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Re: What is this?
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