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Old 02-24-2021, 03:18 PM   #21
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It is not a Diamond Block is it?

Just how long is the engine number pad?

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Old 02-25-2021, 04:08 PM   #22
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It is not a Diamond Block is it?

Just how long is the engine number pad?

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Hi Steve, 2" long .
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Old 02-25-2021, 07:05 PM   #23
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Ford-Werk AG in Koln is what I'd bet. They started production in 1931 at about the same time as Dagenham in the UK.
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Old 02-25-2021, 08:53 PM   #24
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GAZ was model B engine the deck is uniquely shaped. I think the logo on the model A shown resembles an asian character over a crankshaft. I dont know if yokohama had its own foundry but it may be a contender.
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Old 02-26-2021, 12:00 AM   #25
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Ford-Werk AG in Koln is what I'd bet. They started production in 1931 at about the same time as Dagenham in the UK.
Nope, for sure not a German cast engine.

The German cast Model A engine blocks originally did not have any special foundry marks during the normal Model A production years (just like like the ones from the US). I have one from 1931.

Later replacement blocks had the letters "GS" with a Ford script foundry marks (carried over to the German Ford Rheinland engine blocks) and later the letters "EB" in an isosceles trapezoid shaped box with a Ford script (both under the engine number block) (carried over to the G28T engines).

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Old 02-27-2021, 03:03 AM   #26
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The foundry trademark (today "Logo") on the block is definitely a stylized union of two Cyrillic letters, possibly producing a digraph or trigraph somewhat unrelated in pronunciation to the letters themselves. Cyrillic divides into general categories of Slavic, Non-Slavic, and now seldom found ancient Cyrillic letter symbols.

In 1929 Ford signed a contract with Russia/ Soviets/ Stalin to assist in construction of the Nizhny Novgorod automotive plant. Initial production started 1/1/32 and it was NOT "GAZ". The Ford oval was displayed at the plant, which initially was Nizhegorodsky Avtomobilny Zavod. Their 'logo' was NAZ.


It was not until a year later that the general Russian area known as 'Gorky" was more prominently incorporated into the name and logo, replacing Nizhegorodsky with the simplified Gorkovsky, thus the change from NAZ to GAZ.

Now, looking at general handwritten and stylized Cyrillic script of both Slavic and ancient origins (WAY more complicated than any printed Cryillic alphabet chart) and adding the early NAZ rather than GAZ to the mix quite a few possibilitys present themselves.

Adding to evidence linking it to production at that particular plant, I fall back on my own past when I ran two foundries and produced a lot of cored castings requiring something known as 'chaplets' to support and position sand cores. Ford/ Rouge 'A' blocks used two spiked chaplets with a small flange to support the water jacket core. The remaining external marks appear as small bumps several inches left and right of the serial number pad on the block.

Chaplets are sourced locally from a multitude of suppliers and sometimes fabricated in-house. It would be unlikely, as well as irresponsible from a manufacturing point of view to extend that much detail specifics to a consumable part used in casting production. This block shows that decidedly different head style chaplets were used, leaving approximately Nickel sized (5 cent piece) marks with no sign of a locator spike. That style of chaplet has also appeared on later GAZ block castings.

Also prominent on that block are a large impressed "25" and "65". Not a single 2565, they are separate impressions. These were likely made by two stamped zinc tags placed upon ram-up. This would be a common track method for early production run. Of note here is the unstamped serial number pad, correct in detail, likely the result of the Russian plant using a block pattern produced in the Ford Rouge pattern-making shop.

Leaving fewer stones unturned, I also looked into possible production that may have appeared in Poland (again, Slavic) when GAZ licensed use and production of their vehicles in the early post-WWII years. The 'A' engine was not part of the deal, likely due to Ford licensing entanglements, so that possibility is eliminated.

I believe that engine was one of the early Russian NAZ production. Of course that is only my guess, and you can throw it in the pile with the rest of the speculations. How it got to France is a whole 'nother question.
Thank you Mike, it's very interested!!
This block is very rare??
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Old 02-27-2021, 07:25 AM   #27
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Latest Restorer magazine has an ad for a car with a GAZ B engine in it.
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Old 03-01-2021, 11:57 AM   #28
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I sent the pcitures to Andrey Chepelev and Evgeny Kochnev ( two Ford A experts in Russia) Here is Evgeny's response "Yes, in 20-30s first USSR-assembled cars were the simplest 40 hp Ford A, often with handmade unstandardized stamps on the cylinder block. It could be facsimiles, drawings, or ornaments, similar to the images you shared. After the mass production started, these Fords has got GAZ-A indexes decorated with star emblems on the radiators. Unfortunately, for now, I can't identify the exact emblem you shared. In case I manage to do so in the future, I'll contact you!"
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i sent the pcitures to andrey chepelev and evgeny kochnev ( two ford a experts in russia) here is evgeny's response "yes, in 20-30s first ussr-assembled cars were the simplest 40 hp ford a, often with handmade unstandardized stamps on the cylinder block. It could be facsimiles, drawings, or ornaments, similar to the images you shared. After the mass production started, these fords has got gaz-a indexes decorated with star emblems on the radiators. Unfortunately, for now, i can't identify the exact emblem you shared. In case i manage to do so in the future, i'll contact you!"
ok , thanks john !
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Old 03-02-2021, 03:46 PM   #30
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I built a nos B Gaz Russian block.
That is not a ‘32 B Russian block.
Looks to be an A block.
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