typical chassis number for 1943 F60L?

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Keith Webb

Oddly even though there is a chassis serial the engine number which was originally stamped on the engine, gearbox and chassis rail was used as the chassis number.

Keith, that should read: "....the engine number which was originally stamped on the engine, gearbox or chassis rail was used as the chassis number".

Ford avoided stamping the Engine Number on the engine block to ALLOW swapping in of factory reconditioned engines which were held in stock and available through local Ford dealerships, thus necessitating no alteration of paperwork for the vehicle. So as not to "Dupe" unsuspecting buyers, factory reconditioned engines were identified by a serialled data plate giving under and oversizes for the rebuild, but the nominal "Engine Number" (aka Chassis number) remained the same for the vehicle.

The pics below also show that the notion of a "1943 60cwt" can be quite elastic. 4G5678F is a 1943 number assembled in '44. 3G31287F is a 1942 number assembled in '45.