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Old 02-22-2013, 02:09 PM   #1
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Default How many A's still have their original engine.

Found out my truck has the original engine it left the factory with in it. How uncommon do you think this is after all these years? I'm planning on storing it away and installing a B engine for touring so I don't hurt it beyond repair as I plan to drive regularly. Thoughts?
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Old 02-22-2013, 02:15 PM   #2
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Old 02-22-2013, 02:17 PM   #3
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March 1929 Not original engine. Engine from a later 1930 Model A but rebuilt.

Original engine replaced maybe 70K miles with a red painted "no number never been stamped" engine (you can see distinctly the casting roughness in the number square.) This engine then worn out again with Odometer at 40K plus reading (probably 140K plus.)

This no-number engine now waiting patiently for rebuild and engine replaced with a rebuilt 1930s engine. This effectively the THIRD engine. Perhaps 3K on it now.

Two other engines hanging around - a gift (loose engine) and a purchase (came with a 1929 AA truck chassis later disassembled and parts scrapped.) Neither of these worth much except as cores.

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Old 02-22-2013, 02:18 PM   #4
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I don't think using the original engine will damage it if it is maintained and driven properly. It's what it was designed for. My Tudor has the original engine, though it has been rebuilt twice since I bought it in 1961, most recently 18 months ago. I drive it all the time and the second rebuild was only necessary because the babbitt failed in the first rebuild.
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Old 02-22-2013, 02:28 PM   #5
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My 28 Sports coupe has the engine it came with.
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Old 02-22-2013, 02:37 PM   #6
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My 1929 CCPU (A2344243) has the same number stamped on the engine. So yes, mine does

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Old 02-22-2013, 02:39 PM   #7
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This is anecdotal only, but somewhere I once read that about 10% of Model A's still have original engines they came with from the factory. Another anecdotal statistic is that the survivor rate of Model A's is about 10%. On other words, 10% of all the model A's ever produced still exist somewhere. That figure seems high to me, (480,000 Model A's left intact). Any better figures out there?
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Old 02-22-2013, 02:47 PM   #8
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My 28 RPU does.
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Old 02-22-2013, 02:53 PM   #9
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My '29 Coupe and my '31 Fordor both have original engines.

Matt in Seaattle..to what club do you belong?
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Old 02-22-2013, 03:00 PM   #10
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Old 02-22-2013, 03:00 PM   #11
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I believe mine has the original engine and it was last rebuilt in 1961.
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I have 3 A's and 2 T's with there orignal motors.
Sold another T and it has the Orignal motor also.
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Old 02-22-2013, 03:10 PM   #13
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Our Tudor has it's original too.

It's done 98000 miles, but I haven't been through the receipts to see when it was last rebuilt - The receipts are a bit sproradic anyway - nothing prior to about 48 that I've found so far.
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Old 02-22-2013, 03:16 PM   #14
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My coupe and tudor have the original engines, but I am installing a rebuilt insert engine from Rich in the coupe, and putting aside the tired original.
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Matt, I'm down in Auburn, and also not a club member. I would love to see your car.
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Old 02-22-2013, 03:20 PM   #16
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Hi,
My VE 28, *A 2820* Tudor still have orig. engine, and my Town Sedan from 31 * A 4472283 * do also have the org engine.. And have from new 40000 miles behind...

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Old 02-22-2013, 03:24 PM   #17
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I have seven Model A's and 6 out of the 7 have their original motors in them.
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Old 02-22-2013, 03:33 PM   #18
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1st Tudor - no
2nd Tudor - no
Coupe - yes
3rd Tudor - yes
Town Sedan - replaced badly cracked original just last month
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I have 7 one is original
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Old 02-22-2013, 03:36 PM   #20
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My Verly Early Light Delivery (December 3, 1927) still has the original engine *A1276*

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