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Though this thread seems to be focusing in on body styles, I thought that it would be interesting to see how the first engines were released for final assembly. Mike Gooding owns A241 the 83rd engine sent to final assembly. It is a Roadster. Mike also owns the 101st sent to final assembly, A354. It is a Sports Coupe.
Below is a list that was part of the foreman's daily log. This list was sent to Congressman Charles Bass, who was the previous owner of A189 and A495. They were found by George De Angelis and sent on June 3, 2002.
Sorry that it is so long. I did type it out in a 6 column format. However, when I copied it and pasted it that format was not preserved.
If there is no sequential number behind a particular engine, then it was not sent to final assembly.
Model A Engine sent to Final Assembly
(Engine numbers are on the left. Sequential number is on the right. Why it does not count the first two, I don’t know.)
Oct 21st
12
13
14 Dearborne
Oct. 26th
8 1
11 2
15 3
16 4
39 5
Oct. 27th
17 6
25 7
35 8
43 9
50 10
83 12
121 13
122 14
125 15
Oct. 28th
26 16
41 17
55 18
69 19
88 20
127 21
Oct. 31st
2 22
3 23
23 24
32 25
42 26
44 27
48 28
51 29
58 30
62 31
77
87 32
94 33
95 34
97 35
98 36
106 37
107 38
116 39
124 40
126 41
128 42
129 43
133 44
134 45
Nov. 1st
1 46
7 47
9 48
59 49
74 50
78 51
84 52
91 53
99 54
112 55
135 56
137 57
Nov. 2nd
19 58
85 59
138 60
143 61
151 62
Nov. 3rd
18 63
37 64
163 65
172 66
177 67
Nov. 4th
92 68
167 69
170 70
175 71
186 72
187 73
188
153
248
252 74
256 75
257 76
274 77
287 78
228 79
255 80
276 81
262 82
241 83
292 84
201 85
263 86
304 87
308 88
284 89
300 90
264 91
290 92
315 93
234 94
239 95
268 96
312 97
285 98
Nov. 7th
152 99
369 100
354 101
360 102
330 103
378 104
250 105
266 106
367 107
389 108
390 109
366 110
288 111
395 112
373 113
396 114
205 115
383 116
398 117
365 118
214 119
337 120
Nov. 8th
‘Motors run ½ Hr on own Power.’
433 121
434 122
435 123
432 124
430 125
309 126
431 127
20 128
380 129
391 130
375 131
372 132
376 133
109 134
56 135
Nov. 9th
66 136
311 137
361 138
450 HR139
412 140
444 HR 141
265
399 142
90 143
438 144
45 145
449 146
144 147
440 148
Nov. 10th
104 149
280 150
336 151
40 152
306 153
409 154
325 155
339 156
157 157
103 158
93 159
96 160
142 161
386 162
384 163
139 164
147 165
‘not run on its own power.’
Nov. 14th
52 166
120 167
148 168
215 169
289
176 170
368
212 171
247
332 172
392 173
233 174
414 175
4 176
209 177
464 178
371 179
446
36 180
448 181
439 182
Nov. 15th
219
402 183
348
447
27
267
271
190
357
245
416
344
437
381 184
436
211 185
307 186
132 187
359 188
317
460
165
156
181
117
222
197
174
377
443
105
79
342
353 189
196 190
397 191
397 192
238 193
590 194
578 195
571 196
591 197
575 198
586 199
442 200
???
481 201
473 202
???
496 203