A. O. Smith writing marker

[Tony S.]

Both St. Louis and A. O. Smith bodies had the job lot numbers written on the rear body bulk head in back (just in front of the gas tank) and the lower passenger side engine compartment firewall in front. The job lot numbers may have appeared in other places on other cars as well.

From the bodies I've seen, St. Louis used different colored grease pencils--usually white.

My question is, what did A. O. Smith use for writing these job numbers? The rear bulk head on the body I'm working on appears to be a wide font black marker of some sort. I can't quite tell. I want to restore the lot number on the front lower firewall (opposite the passenger's feet) to correspond to the rear job lot number.

Thanks.
Tony

[Donald T.]

Re: A. O. Smith writing marker

I'm not sure what AOS used, but mine and others I have seen also appear to have been made by a black magic marker.

https://www.forums.ncrs.org/attachme...38458&uid=4190

[Wayne W.]

Re: A. O. Smith writing marker

Not too consistent hugh?

http://216.77.188.54/coDataImages/p/...55MVC-819F.JPG

[Wayne M.]

Re: A. O. Smith writing marker

Did felt markers even exist in 1965 --- if yes would they have been cost competitive with grease pencils ?

Just a thought .

[Greg T.]

Re: A. O. Smith writing marker

My 9-65 A O Smith car has the wide black marker. I wint over the marking with a thick black marker and it matched up pretty well.

[Donald T.]

Re: A. O. Smith writing marker

Did felt markers even exist in 1965 --- if yes would they have been cost competitive with grease pencils ?

Just a thought .

Yep, magic markers were around and in common use.

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blpen.htm

Excerpt: "By 1958, marker use was becoming common, and people used it for lettering, labelling, marking packages, and creating posters"

[Tony S.]

Re: A. O. Smith writing marker

Here's the '65 A. O. Smith job number (M261). Looks like a black marker to me.

[Keith B.]

Re: A. O. Smith writing marker

Tony,
Mine looks like marker. Don't forget to reproduce the date stamped on the fiberglass.

[Tony S.]

Re: A. O. Smith writing marker

Keith. I can't quite make out where that date stamp is located.
Tony

[Keith B.]

Re: A. O. Smith writing marker

The one in the picture is the the backside of the rear wheelwell. Ther is also one on the backside of the rear panel between the lamps and the license plate.

[Bill W.]

Re: A. O. Smith writing marker

anything on the left side of the bulkhead near the bottom corner?