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Old 01-25-2022, 10:37 AM   #7
Keith Seymore
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Re: Frame numbers?

I have answered your question.

At this point in time it would be difficult to ascribe more detail than that. Typically it would be obscure lot numbers, component or uplevel part numbers, manufacturers trademarks or other arcane information that was used for problem diagnosis or quality metrics and is not, nor intended to be, useful beyond the time of manufacture.

Much of the manufacturing process occurs with the frame upside down. This carries over into the vehicle assembly plant as well, where the frame starts off upside down in order to allow gravity to help hold the front and rear suspension in place until they can be attached and torqued. As a result, most wax crayon markings (like build sequence numbers, or option content, or inspection marks) are written early in the process and appear upside down once the vehicle is completed.

You could make up some kind of meaning, if you like; no one would be able to prove you wrong.

Unless you run across some old guy with a stellar memory who worked at AO Smith back in the 1960's/1970's. Which would be my luck.



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