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Tom, one could see reasons that that is not far from the truth, as many A's coming up here were assembled at the Copenhagen plant.

However, I was under the impression that all the engines were shipped completely assembled from the Rouge. If one looks at the picture on p 25 of "The Ford model A as Henry Built it" one can see that the engines crated for shipment already had generators mounted.

On the other hand, my engine number belongs to a range from May 1930, which according to Fordgarage.com belongs to a series of numbers transferred to Manchester. So could be possible that the generator was made locally according to Ford drawings, accounting for the fact that it is completely identical to a "normal" generator on the outside, but that Manchester engineers took liberties on some of the inside workings.

I was hoping that Vince might weigh in here, as he seems to have quite a lot of information on foreign production.

I think that the absolutely only difference visible on the outside is that the screws for locking the third brush are on the outside ( which might be handy.

As you say, Tom, the generator seems well built, but my only problem is that when the brushes wear out or when I need new springs, the repo ones will not fit.

Anyway, would be nice to have the "mystery" explained