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Grease marks on the front frame, what does it mean?

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  • Start date Start date May 14, 2006

Hemmingway

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Hello,

I'm trying to find info on what the grease pencil marks on the front frame means.

Anyone?

Thanks!
Rick
 

monk302

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If you car has never been restored, marks like that came from the factory indicating that the work had been completed and checked.
 

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Yeah, I have some white crayon marks on the lower part of my core support.
 

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Hi Monk, I know what they are, but what do the numbers mean? I mean, I know it's not an arbitrary number that someone just said "843...this car looks like an 843"......"One cigarette per car, this is my 843rd cigarette"..."843 more cars until I go on vacation, next one will be 842 more cars until my vacation"...It must mean something. That's what I'm trying to find out.

Thanks for the effort though!

Rick
 
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Are you a member on www.vintage-mustang.com ? There tends to be more concourse type poeple on there, whereas alot here are modified mustang guys (just a generalization). You may have better luck on there, as alot of MCA Judges are members there. I do know that they are hard to decifer, and seem to vary between plants and years. HTH
 

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It probably means that employee #843 has finished his tasks on the car.

It is like the small tag in your bag-o-underwear that says "checked by 21" on it
 
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