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DavidG · 11-06-2023, 07:49 PM

And therefore of no value in answering your questions, although what you have provided regarding the shape of the rear end of your torque tube tells us that it was not built late in the '32 model year.

Much of what separates a '32 engine compartment from those of the model years that follow likely has been lost with its engine likely having been replaced with what was evidently a rebuilt '34 engine.

The number on the frame at or slightly in front of the foot of the left side of the firewall may well have been changed, but perhaps not, so that's the next place to look for its original engine number (VIN). With that number we can tell when the car's original engine was produced. No records survive as to when and where the cars were assembled, but the engine production date is at least a starting point.

Some, but not even most, Ford-built bodies such as Tudor sedans, had a body number stamped on the first steel cross sill in the floor along with an assembly plant code such as TC for Twin Cities, Minnesota, for example. More '32 Tudor sedans were produced and likely survive than any other '32 body type by a wide margin.

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DavidG Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: southeastern Michigan Posts: 10,128	Re: '32 Tudor Sedan Questions And therefore of no value in answering your questions, although what you have provided regarding the shape of the rear end of your torque tube tells us that it was not built late in the '32 model year. Much of what separates a '32 engine compartment from those of the model years that follow likely has been lost with its engine likely having been replaced with what was evidently a rebuilt '34 engine. The number on the frame at or slightly in front of the foot of the left side of the firewall may well have been changed, but perhaps not, so that's the next place to look for its original engine number (VIN). With that number we can tell when the car's original engine was produced. No records survive as to when and where the cars were assembled, but the engine production date is at least a starting point. Some, but not even most, Ford-built bodies such as Tudor sedans, had a body number stamped on the first steel cross sill in the floor along with an assembly plant code such as TC for Twin Cities, Minnesota, for example. More '32 Tudor sedans were produced and likely survive than any other '32 body type by a wide margin.