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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Enos Wiseman on Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 08:49 pm:

I took my floor board out of my 26 touring today to do a bit of cleaning and saw a number on the bottom of the board. The number T-45332floorboard number


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Richard Eagle Ida Fls on Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 09:00 pm:

Vendors number for a reproduction maybe?
Rich


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Enos Wiseman on Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 09:21 pm:

Quite possible but i'm told it is original part. I am the fourth registered owner The rest of the floors match this one and it still has the original wiring and paint as well.
I'm wondering if ford stamped their floor boards before installation


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dan Treace, North FL on Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 09:41 pm:

You have the original boards.

That stamped number is the factory number for the floor board at the heel, the big one with the starter hole. Most parts got some id with factory number stamped, floor boards were no exception. And, floorboards were never part of shipping crates! Each Ford part has a drawing and number assigned, factory # or assembly #, and corresponding part # for ordering.

Info on Ford floorboards here:

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/257047/324210.html?1353988848

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/50893/79903.html

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/80257/90585.html?1241808595


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Hap Tucker in Sumter SC on Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 09:43 pm:

Enos,

According to Bruce McCalley's "Price List of Parts" T-45332 was the factory number for the floor board front #2 with plate. If that is your middle floorboard -- then it lines up perfectly with the data Bruce compiled. If it is the top one or the bottom one -- then it is yet another question. Please verify which boar it is and that you are talking about a 1926-27 car.



Note the Price List of Parts is included in Bruce McCalley's "Model T Comprehensive Encyclopedia" CD's that are available from: http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/331880/333725.html?1357665853

Respectfully submitted,

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dan Treace, North FL on Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 10:46 pm:

Hap

Just guessing it was the bigger board with that hole. Looking at the facts you posted, appears that hole is the 'finger lift' hole in the board to ease removal.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Hap Tucker in Sumter SC on Friday, September 20, 2013 - 05:13 am:

Dan,

I think we were both probably typing about the same time. I always appreciate your postings and I learn a lot from them and what others share. Hopefully Enos will clarify which floor board had the number and it will line up with #2 and the documentation. But sometimes the answer isn't what we expect and then we have to look for clues on why it was not what we expected.

I'm still hoping to work with you and others to continue to add to what Bruce and those before him were able to document. Not that every T will have floorboards with numbers, but so folks won't inadvertently overlook something that could help document and understand their T.

Respectfully submitted,

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Enos Wiseman on Friday, September 20, 2013 - 07:23 am:

Hi:
Yes it is the larger one in the front with the hole for the starter.It has two others that the peddles come through They have metal around the border of the peddle holes. I can probably find more numbers on the car for documenting purposes.
Thanks


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Hap Tucker in Sumter SC on Friday, September 20, 2013 - 08:36 am:

Enos,

Yes, please take a look and see if you find other numbers. I'll also go back and look at the Price List of Parts again -- and try to see how bottom board fits with that number.

I know it made sense back then and I'm sure if we have the right pieces to look at it will make sense today also.

Also if you could lay the pieces out lined up and take a photo that could be helpful also. And of course any measurements would also be welcome.

Again thank you for posting the update.

Respectfully submitted,

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Enos Wiseman on Friday, September 20, 2013 - 12:10 pm:

Here are some more photo's of the other floor boardsfloor boardsfloorboards 2numbers


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Enos Wiseman on Friday, September 20, 2013 - 12:17 pm:

The number on the 2nd board with the gas peddle hole is T45332 "my car doesn't have a gas peddle"Numbers


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Hap Tucker in Sumter SC on Friday, September 20, 2013 - 10:40 pm:

Enos,

Thank you for posting the additional photos. Also for sharing that the same number T45332 is also stamped into your second floor board as well as your third floor board.

I will have to think on that one some more. I had hoped I just misread the Price List of Parts but it looks to me like there are different numbers for each board rather than the same number. Hopefully someone else will chime in with why that is the way it looks. Or perhaps at a later date we will gain additional information. I would like say “the worker stamped the wrong number on the floorboard – which is possible. But before I do that I hope we can find a few additional 1926-27 floor boards to compare and see if they have the same number or a different number etc. Below is a larger section of that area of Bruce’s Price List of Parts:



Note, the hole in the #2 board is for someone to put their finger through to lift out the board and not for a gas pedal.

Again thank you for posting the additional information. And if anyone has some other 1926-27 floor boards with the original numbers stamped on the bottom, please let us know.

Respectfully submitted,

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