Model A Ford Club of Great Britain - MAFCGB - Engine and chassis numbers explained.

Model A Ford Club of Great Britain

MODEL ‘A’&’B ENGINE/CHASSIS SERIAL NUMBERS.

All Model ‘A’ engine numbers were stamped on the left side of the cylinder block above the water inlet.

The engine serial number is separate from the pre-fix letters, the number is followed by a star(*). The number is unique to each engine. In the USA Rouge Plant when an engine was installed into a chassis the same number was stamped on the left hand side rail just behind the fire wall where it is inevitably covered once the bodywork is added. At the Canadian plant they stopped stamping the chassis frame in May 1928 or thereabouts. We have no information as to whether chassis frames were stamped at the UK plants and neither do we know if chassis was stamped at foreign assembly plants such as those in Australia.

Pre-fix letter *A signifies a car, *AA signifies a truck; the inclusion of ‘F’ in a US produced engine indicates a 3288cc (aka 24 hp) engine for a RH drive vehicle. Engines assigned to Manchester, having an ‘F’ in the pre-fix, indicates a small bore (aka 14.9 hp) unit.

Originally the engine number was used as the identification number (aka chassis number aka VIN etc), this is what Ford intended in the 1930s. However over the years engines get changed and bureaucracy increases. Thus many vehicle licensing authoruities wanted a further identification number other than that just on the engine and one that could beviewed easily. For instance many Model A Fords from Argentina are allocated a chassis numbers starting with RPA followed by a 6-figure number. (RPA stands for Registro Nacional de la Propiedad del Automotor, which is the 'Argentina National Registry of Automobile Ownership.) Many VINs have been allocated to a vehicle when the original serial/VIN number is not known or lost or corrupted, for instnce when engine swap caused numbers mismatch between paperwork and car. Many states in the US also assigned such Motor Vehicle Department VINs during title transfers for vehicles which are legally owned, but have cloudy or conflicting chassis number / engine number / paperwork number history.

The following list shows when the engine was made... not when the car came off the production line.

In the listing engines exported mainly to South American countries are marked with *.

More detailed information on engine numbering can be found at www. fordgarage.com and www.plucks329s.org

First Number	To	Last number	Month/Year
1	>	137	Oct- 27
138	>	971	Nov- 27
972	>	5275	Dec-27
5276	>	17251	Jan-28
17252	>	36016	Feb-28
36017	>	67700	Mar-28
67701	>	109740	Apr-28
109741	>	158000	May-28
158001	>	160000	May-28	To Cork
160001	>	165726	May-28
165727	>	224276	Jun-28
224277	>	254000	Jul-28
254001	>	256000	Jul-28	To Cork
256001	>	295707	Jul-28
295708	>	384867	Aug-28
384868	>	419000	Sep-28
419001	>	422000	Sep-28	To Cork
422001	>	473012	Sep-28
473013	>	585696	Oct-28
585697	>	697829	Nov-28
697830	>	700000	Dec-28
700001	>	704000	Dec-28	To Manchester
704001	>	810122	Dec-28
810123	>	940000	Jan-29
940001*	>	950000*	Jan-29
950001	>	983136	Jan-29
983137	>	1127171	Feb-29
1127172	>	1298827	Mar-29
1298828	>	1478647	Apr-29
1478648	>	1663401	May-29
1663402	>	1800000	Jun-29
1800001*	>	1810000*	Jun-29
1810001	>	1854831	Jun-29
1854832	>	2045422	Jul-29
2045423	>	2243920	Aug-29
2243921	>	2396932	Sep-29
2396933	>	2571781	Oct-29
2571782	>	2678140	Nov-29
2678141	>	2742695	Dec-29
2742696	>	2826649	Jan-30
2826650	>	2940776	Feb-30
2940777	>	2950000	Mar-30
2950001	>	2960000	Mar-30	To Manchester
2960001	>	3010000	Mar-30
3010001	>	3020000	Mar-30	To Manchester
3020001	>	3114465	Mar-30
3114466	>	3304703	Apr-30
3304704	>	3450000	May-30
3450001	>	3460000	May-30	To Manchester
3460001	>	3509306	May-30
3509307	>	3702547	Jun-30
3702548	>	3730000	Jul-30
3730001	>	3740000	Jul-30	To Manchester
3740001	>	3771362	Jul-30
3771363	>	3883888	Aug-30
3883889	>	3950000	Sep-30
3950001	>	3960000	Sep-30	To Manchester
3960001	>	4005973	Sep-30
4005974	>	4093995	Oct-30
4093996	>	4177733	Nov-30
4177734	>	4237500	Dec-30
4237501	>	4250000	Jan-31
4250001	>	4260000	Jan-31	To Manchester
4260001	>	4310300	Jan-31
4310301	>	4393627	Feb-31
4393628	>	4450000	Mar-31
4450001	>	4460000	Mar-31	To Manchester
4460001	>	4470000	Mar-31
4470001	>	4490000	Mar-31	To Manchester
4490001	>	4520831	Mar-31
4520832	>	4521600	Apr-31
4521601	>	4611921	Apr-31
4611922	>	4695999	May-31
4696000	>	4746730	Jun-31
4746731	>	4777282	Jul - 31
Nil	>	Nil	Aug-31
4777283	>	4780000	Sep-31
4780001	>	4800000	Sep-31	To Manchester
4800001	>	4803000	Sep-31	To Köln
4803001	>	4824809	Sep-31
4824810	>	4826746	Oct-31
4826747	>	4830806	Nov-31
Nil	>	Nil	Dec-31
4830807	>	4830900	Jan-32
4830901	>	4840900	Jan-32	To Dagenham
4840901	>	4842983	Jan-32
4842984	>	4843000	Feb-32
4843001	>	4844000	Feb-32	To Köln
4844001	>	4846691	Feb-32
4846692	>	4849340	Mar-32
4849341	>	4850000	Apr-32
4850001	>	4855000	Apr-32	To Dagenham
4855001	>	4855171	Apr-32
4855172	>	4856255	May-32
4856256	>	4856745	Jun-32
4856746	>	4857556	Jul-32
4857557	>	4857988	Aug -32
4857989	>	4858746	Sep-32
4858477	>	4858703	Oct-32
4858704	>	4858930	Nov-32
4858931	>	4858979	Dec-32
4858980	>	4859000	1933
4859001	>	4859800	Jul-32	To Köln
4859801	>	4859948	1933
4859949	>	4869509	1934
4860510	>	4860800	1935
4860801	>	4862800	Apr-35
4862801	>	4864800	Oct-35	to be verified
4864801	>	4865384	1935
4865501	>	4866500	Jun-35	To Köln
4865385	>	4867715	1936

CANADIAN MODEL ‘A’ ENGINES

Canadian produced engine numbers were also stamped on the left side of the cylinder block above the water inlet. The number is unique to each unit the number is followed by a star (*). They have a separate sequential listing starting at 1. The pre-fix starts with *CA.

Prefix	First Number		Last Number	Month/Year
C/CAA	1	>	479	Feb-28
C/CAA	480	>	3229	Mar-28
CA	3230	>	7172	Apr -28
CA	7173	>	13772	May-28
CA	13773	>	22563	Jun-28
CA	22564	>	32817	Jul-28
CA	32818	>	44610	Aug-28
CA	44611	>	53531	Sep-28
CA	53532	>	63174	Oct-28
CA	63175	>	71370	Nov-28
CA	71371	>	78127	Dec-28
CA	78128	>	89474	Jan-29
CA	89474	>	102209	Feb-29
CA/CAA	102210	>	115460	Mar-29
CA/CAA	115461	>	128690	Apr- 29
CA/CAA	128691	>	137105	May-29
CA/CAA	137106	>	141953	Jun-29
CA/CAA	141954	>	146518	Jul-29
CA/CAA	146519	>	150120	Aug-29
CAQ/CAAQ	1	>	10000	Nov-29
CAW/CAAW	1	>	10000	Feb-30
CAE/CAAE	1	>	10000	Mar-30
CAR/CAAR	1	>	10000	Apr-30
CAT/CAAT	1	>	10000	May-30
CAY/CAAY	1	>	10000	Jun-30
CAU/CAAU	1	>	10000	Aug-30
CAI/CAAI	1	>	10000	Oct-30
CAO/CAAO	1	>	10000	Feb-31
CAP/CAAP	1	>	10000	Apr 31
CAS/CAAS	1	>	10000	Jun-31
CAD/CAAD	1	>	10000	Feb-32

MODEL ‘B’ ENGINES

Model B engine numbers are sequentially numbered starting from 5,000,000. The numbers are unique to each unit and stamped on the top or the flywheel housing after they had passed final inspection and shop running.

The engine number became the vehicle/chassis number when installed in the chassis frame. The number is separate from the prefix letter. The number is followed by a * whilst the prefix is preceded by a *

Canadian built engine numbers were stamped on the flywheel housing above the starter.

British model ‘B’ engine numbers were also stamped on flywheel housing until Dec 1932, thereafter they were stamped on the left side of the cylinder block just above the water inlet.

First Number	To	Last Number	Month/Year
5000000	>	5000015	Nov-31
5000016	>	5001863	Dec-31
5001864	>	5013187	Jan-32
5013188	>	5032500	Feb-32
5032501	>	5049492	Mar-32
5049493	>	5062386	Apr-32
5062387	>	5064906	Apr-32
5064907	>	5087732	May-32
5087733	>	5132621	Jun-32
5132622	>	5144010	Jul-32
5144011	>	5146668	Aug-32
5146669	>	5157918	Sep-32
5157919	>	5165401	Oct-32
5165402	>	5175635	Nov-32
5175636	>	5179579	Dec-32
5179580	>	5187129	Jan-33
5187130	>	5192755	Feb-33
5192756	>	5203772	Mar-33
5203773	>	5208842	Apr-33
5208843	>	5216030	May-33
5216031	>	5227763	Jun-33
5227764	>	5234547	Jul-33
5234548	>	5241341	Aug-33
5241342	>	5245552	Sep-33
5245553	>	5248333	Oct-33
5248334	>	5249668	Nov-33
5249670	>	5263534	Dec-33
5263535	>	5267507	Jan-34
5267508	>	5275064	Feb-34
5275065	>	5277589	Mar-34
5277590	>	5385357	Apr-34
5285358	>	5287403	May-34
5287404	>	5288942	Jun-34
5288943	>	5290174	Jul-34
5290175	>	5292536	Aug-34

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