[Bick in New Zealand]

Brad interesting piece. Neither one would be 1927 as official Canadian production did not commence until Feb 1, although I suspect that some may have been build earlier for testing purposes etc. I do know that Model As were displayed in Toronto on Dec 2 1927, whether these were built in Canada or the U.S. is unknown. CA1242 probably had many of the VE US. features. I remember reading of the first Model A on display in South Africa, and the fact that it had open end bumpers. This would indicate that it was a very early production vehicle.