Fargo serial number identification. - Fargo truck serial #90051751 model F12-33

[Tedhoule]

Greetings, I have a Fargo truck serial #90051751 model F12-33 and would like to know what year it is and engine size, can anybody decode please.

[TerryB]

Are you sure about the model number? Fargo trucks I’m finding have a letter after the F designation.

[stakeside]

1 hour ago, Tedhoule said:

Greetings, I have a Fargo truck serial #90051751 model F12-33 and would like to know what year it is and engine size, can anybody decode please.

Got any pictures?

[Rusty_OToole]

Could it be an FL2-33? That would make it a 1946 or 47  model 133" wheelbase 1 ton truck. Made in Canada by Chrysler Corporation, it has a special engine using the larger DeSoto-Chrysler flathead six engine block with reduced bore and stroke. 3 3/8 bore, 3 3/4 stroke for 218 cu in.

 

 

See if you can find the engine number. It is stamped on a raised pad near the front of the block, on the left side, high up next to the head. Look behind the generator.

Edited April 17 by Rusty_OToole (see edit history)

[Rusty_OToole]

More on the Fargo engine. Fargo trucks were made in Canada for sale in Canada and certain export markets. Canadian made engines are a bit unusual. Chrysler Canada got its engine foundry in 1938 but it only made 1 engine, the large flathead six from DeSoto and Chrysler. To get engines suitable for Plymouth and Dodge they reduced the bore from 3 7/16 to 3 3/8, then adjusted the stroke to get the same displacement as their US counterparts. This means, for example, that US Plymouth and Dodge head gaskets etc. won't fit but DeSoto and Chrysler will.

 

OP does not state if he is in the US or Canada. Probably in Canada in which case, this will not be a problem ordering parts.