VIN Tag on Bed?

[Jolly Green]

Hey guys-

I never knew there were VIN tags on the body anywhere besides the door, but I just found this tag on an old rusted out, unsalvageable bed that I cut up to take to the scrap yard. It was hanging on the bottom front of the driver's side bedside panel.

Am I the only one that never saw one of these? What can anyone tell me about them--or about the truck according to the numbers on the plate? This is off the truck I learned to drive in, and all but the bed have been long gone for years.

 

[fatherdoug]

Doesn't really look like VIN numbers. Perhaps just an ID tag like those found on carburetors or distributors or axles?

 

[LEB Ben]

Is that what they call a buck tag?

Regardless:

F14- 150 4wd
A- 240

That's all I got from memory

 

[Jolly Green]

That's why I thought it was a VIN, it started with the F14.

 

[LEB Ben]

That's why I thought it was a VIN, it started with the F14.

I've never seen anything exactly like that before, so I can't really give any info, but I believe it is a buck tag. But was the truck in fact a 150 4x4 with a 240 I6? For it to have a 240 (which I dunno if they even came in the dentside 4x4's), it would have had to have been an early dentside, like 73 or 74.

 

[5.0Flareside]

I've never seen anything exactly like that before, so I can't really give any info. But was the truck in fact a 150 4x4 with a 240 I6? For it to have a 240 (which I dunno if they even came in the dentside 4x4's), it would have had to have been an early dentside, like 73 or 74.

yep they did. Blue Bomber had a 74 F100 with a 240 I6 in it.

 

[emeraldcoupe]

it's a buck tag, there is on on my bed also.

 

[Ranger429]

It's a buck tag. I have seen them on quite a few trucks.

 

[Mil1ion]

That particular BUCJK TAG is for the chassis guys to make sure the trucks gets the proper body parts

 

[Blue Bomber]

yep they did. Blue Bomber had a 74 F100 with a 240 I6 in it.

I had a 240 with a three speed. I did my best to kill that engine and never could. I think its still going, too.

 

[Jolly Green]

Thanks for the info, guys. I never saw one of those before.

The truck actually had a 300 I6 in it. It was a 1978 F-150 4x4, 4 spd.

 

[TexasRho83]

FYI, if you lose the VIN tag on your door and don't have one on the dash, try looking on your frame somewhere - mine was behind the motor a little lol