I found this stamped on a frame. It's on the right rear corner. I've never noticed any stampings like this on other frames I've had. Any ideas?
Kenny,
It stands for Parish and Bingham one of the major frame suppliers to Ford USA. Nice frame – often the stamping has been filled in with rust etc. See also: http://mtfca.com/encyclo/C-D.htm#Chassis1 scroll down to Frame Manufactures.
[Thread drift: I was surprised that OA Smith was not also listed as a frame supplier. From memory (that is really dangerous) I thought they also were a supplier to Ford USA. Perhaps that was pre-T I was thinking about but I seem to remember their claim of 10,000 frames for the Model Ts.].
Respectfully submitted,
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I found the same stamp on the front cross member of my 1924 frame. It is in channel where the spring mounts.
A short history and many photos of Parish and Bingham can be found at:
http://www.clevelandmemory.org/pbc/history.html
This provider to Ford was located in Cleveland, Ohio and it is still in business today.
Just got in a nice replacement rear cross member for my 1924 project. It included the same P&B stamp on the top end of the rear cross member to match my front cross member (shown above).