[Capt Quahog]

Thanks for the information Pluck!

There was some guy on eBay last year offering a "barn find" wreck of a Model A Ford pickup truck that he advertised as being built in 1932. No VIN number was provided. Aside from that. I've not seen any other references to very late assembled A Model Fords.

So . . . is the number for total Model A Ford production of 4,858,644 historically valid?

The engine number in our 31' Tudor A48209xx, was figured to have been produced sometime around October of 1931. During that great transitional period, what might the lead time for a completed engine be to catch up with vehicle production? To my understanding, in normal times, that period was a month or more, give or take. Most likely, by late 1931, the engine/VIN numbers were in very random mode.