US TRAILER NUMBER

The American Hood Number Single use stencil kit includes : 
1X  hood number 2" to 4" in your choice of font (See our Fonts Page for Styles)
 
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On military vehicles hood numbers took the place of license plates used on cilvilian vehicles, they are a unique identifier of the vehicle. The number was assigned by the US Military precurement department. Hood numbers were not assigned in perfect match to the vehicles serial number, but they would be pretty close as the number was stencilled on at the factory.
The - S indicated that the factory had tested the vehicle and it was suitable for use with radio equipment, this is known as Supression.
 
To give you some idea of your vehicle prefix 
Trailers & Semi Trailers
00- Maintenance Trucks
Cars 
Utility truck ¾ ton to 1 ton (incl. Jeep) (until 1942)
Light truck up to 1 ton (incl. Jeep) (from 1943)
Medium trucks up to 1½ tons (from 1943) Medium Trucks, Cargo, Dumper & Trailer 
Heavy Trucks, Cargo, Dumper & Trailer 
Heavy truck 5 ton or over (until 1942)
Trucks over 5 ton and prime movers (from 1943)
Motorcycles and motorcycle combinations
Ambulance
Wheeled tractors 
Full and half tracked tractors
Kitchen trailers
20-Jeep Reconnaissance trucks and Buses
30- Tanks and some special vehicles
40- Tracked and half tracked vehicles (except tanks)
50- Fire and crash trucks
60- Armoured cars and special command vehicles
(including searchlight, radio and command)
70 – Amphibius 
80- tank trucks light medium and heavy – refuelling 
 
If you require anything in a different size other than shown please contact us as we can custom make anything any size and style.