In my experience a Dec-41 thru 1942 truck would have had the reflectors holes in the front bumper and starting sometime early 43 would have the script Ford on the front cowl. Very late 43 and all 44 onwards had the round gauges and the lifting sling hub caps.
While the serial number could be found under the left doorway near the spring hanger on the Cab11 and I assume the cab12, I believe it may be found on the rear right just forward of the spring mount on the cab13, but not always.
The wildcard in all of this is that over 80 years have passed. Engines, transmissions, cowls and cabs, etc have been replaced or exchanged, or even data plates have migrated over from other trucks. A rough source of dating are the back of the spring for the hitch will often have a date, and on the fords, a plate above the fan on the radiator will have a date. But again, a lot of years have passed, and those parts can be missing or exchanged.
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