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rotorwrench · 01-12-2021, 04:23 PM

Ford of Germany was basically confiscated by the National Socialist government of the time as the company was pressed into wartime production. During this time, designing was done in house since there was a lot of expansion for the war effort. The 3.9 liter engines weren't produced till 1940 or 41 but they were close copies of the engines produced in the US. There were differences though. The rear mount distributor was a later addition and may have even been post war. Koln got hit pretty hard during the war but the Ford-Werke was lucky and was still pretty much intact. My guess it that it may be an early 3.9 that was produced during the early stages of WWII when there was still some automibile production going on.

This is from the HAMB. Check post #2 . Ventilo seems to have a handle on things made during that time frame.
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/...theads.490642/

The powers that be in Dearborn at the main Rouge plant had very little contact with the Ford-Werke after the take over in 1940 so they didn't really know what all was going on till after the war was over.

01-12-2021, 04:23 PM	#18
rotorwrench Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 16,436	Re: German H-block? Ford of Germany was basically confiscated by the National Socialist government of the time as the company was pressed into wartime production. During this time, designing was done in house since there was a lot of expansion for the war effort. The 3.9 liter engines weren't produced till 1940 or 41 but they were close copies of the engines produced in the US. There were differences though. The rear mount distributor was a later addition and may have even been post war. Koln got hit pretty hard during the war but the Ford-Werke was lucky and was still pretty much intact. My guess it that it may be an early 3.9 that was produced during the early stages of WWII when there was still some automibile production going on. This is from the HAMB. Check post #2 . Ventilo seems to have a handle on things made during that time frame. https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/...theads.490642/ The powers that be in Dearborn at the main Rouge plant had very little contact with the Ford-Werke after the take over in 1940 so they didn't really know what all was going on till after the war was over. Last edited by rotorwrench; 01-13-2021 at 06:16 PM.