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Forum: Model A (1928-31) 04-05-2023, 07:10 PM
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Posted By ModelA29
Re: Edison's Model A picture from Gilmore Museum

Did you take a closeup of the engine on the stand? I suspect it just has the digit 1 on it not A1. The Henry Ford repainted the Edison car at some point.
I haven't found online where/if they have...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 04-02-2023, 09:32 PM
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Views: 10,573
Posted By ModelA29
Re: Edison's Model A picture from Gilmore Museum

An oddity - The pictures of 189 show the early type serial number pad (said to have been used on first 600 or so blocks).
I blew the photo up of Henry stamping 1 on a block in Oct 1927 and it's the...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 03-27-2023, 05:43 PM
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Views: 10,573
Posted By ModelA29
Re: Edison's Model A picture from Gilmore Museum

I searched the Ford Museum site and could only locate the photo of him stamping the engine not the engine itself.

I suspect there are 2 engines with the # 1 on them: The first approved engine...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 03-27-2023, 11:18 AM
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Posted By ModelA29
Re: Edison's Model A picture from Gilmore Museum

Here is a study on the serial number pads - http://www.plucks329s.org/pdf/studies/LETTERS%20AND%20NUMBERS%20AND%20CODES.pdf


The pad with the *A1* stamping on the engine does not seem to be...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 03-26-2023, 07:59 PM
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Posted By ModelA29
Re: Edison's Model A picture from Gilmore Museum

Seems like Henry put the engine with *A1* on the shelf (or stamped a fresh one) until manufacturing caught up with demand and he had a spare car to give Edison. I suspect the engine stamped with just...
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