If you look on the outside of the frame, directly behind the front spring hangers, in very large letters should be another ID number. Mine is still on my '47 COE after all these years. It looks to have been put on with a grease pencil, before it was covered in dirt.
Also, it appears that the frame may have been shortened looking at the bottoms of the frame rails, which look a little ragged, but it could just be dirt. And it has an additional plate attached to the ouside of the frame for reinforcement. Another thing done to many shortened frames, but also done on plenty of farm trucks as well. Maybe it was shortened?
Jeff
