Re: Need 68 Travelall Info

[Ben Cole <bcole@domain.elided>]

Hmmm....
 
Well they must have used a real typewriter because no about of cleaning
seems to help. All I have are nice swirl marks from the milling that was
done. I found the number on my parts truck no problem a 65 T'all with a
304.

Ben


On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, Joseph Michael Shaw, II wrote:

> Ben-
> 
> Don't mean to seem too simple, but Mine looked the same.  Then with a little
> gasoline to cut through some of the crap and a steel brush, the lines of the
> numvbers began to appear.  I can't imagine anyone would take the time to mill
> these numbers off for any reason.  They also are not real BOLD or anything.  Only
> about like a typewriter put them there, only a very strong typewriter to make the
> numvbers stick in the metal.  They are not very large or very deep.  I'd try
> cleaning them and have a flashlight handy so that you can see them under light at
> different angles.
> 
> Michael
> 
> Ben Cole wrote:
> 
> > No line ticket, In fact no glovebox but I'v got good access to wires. Also
> > I was able to find the pad on the engine where the serial number and
> > displacemant stamp is supposed to be. I was looking at it all along but it
> > is blank looks like someone removed the numbers with a grinder or milled
> > them off.
> >
> > Ben
> >
> > On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, Eric Hegstrom wrote:
> >
> > > Have you checked for a line ticket on the backside of your glovebox?
> > >
> > > Ben Cole wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Well I'm still trying to get my 68 4x4 Travelall back on the road. In my
> > > > quest for parts, including a new carb and alternator, I have started to
> > > > qestion which model I have.
> > > >
> > > > The VID number is 100C213107H836208 which seems like it should be a 1/2
> > > > ton. However it appears to have 3/4 ton running gear. It has 6 lug wheels
> > > > and in general looks bigger that my parts truck which is 2wd. Is there any
> > > > good way to tell what I have? Also the engine which I thought was a 345
> > > > may possibly be a 304 I have searched for the tell tail stamp in the
> > > > engine ID FAQ but havn't had much luck finding it. Can this stamp only be
> > > > found if the engine is dissassembled? Is there another way to find out.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for your help,
> > > >
> > > > Ben Cole
> > > > (jones'n to drive my IH)
> > >
> > > --
> > > Eric Hegstrom                                   tele: 520-617-0072 x402
> > > Sonoran Scanners, Inc.             email: ehegstrom@domain.elided
> > >
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