I've been trying to compile a serial number data base for these rare backs...........MF-17 for the F3 & MF-24 for the F4.
If anyone happens to have either one of these in their collection and are willing to share the info, please PM me.
Some news coming out of Japan recently is that the MF-24 was manufactured on a special-order-only bases.
I guess the same thing is probably true of the MF-17.