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DavidG · 11-14-2017, 12:28 AM

It's a '32 V8 case and all but very late '32 V8 transmissions lacked the inspection plate. What I see in your photo is 18F103210, not 18FT03210, with the second one being more heavily impressed at the top than at the bottom. In other words this was originally the transmission case behind the 103,210th production V8 manufactured in 1932. (Ford did not number engines beginning with zero.)

The F designated that the engine/transmission assembly was destined to be installed in a RHD chassis. So it represents 'foreign', but only if the destination of the engine/transmission assembly was a RHD country. All of the LHD 'foreign' countries' engine numbers did not include the F in the prefix.

11-14-2017, 12:28 AM	#2
DavidG Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: southeastern Michigan Posts: 10,102	Re: 1932 Transmission question It's a '32 V8 case and all but very late '32 V8 transmissions lacked the inspection plate. What I see in your photo is 18F103210, not 18FT03210, with the second one being more heavily impressed at the top than at the bottom. In other words this was originally the transmission case behind the 103,210th production V8 manufactured in 1932. (Ford did not number engines beginning with zero.) The F designated that the engine/transmission assembly was destined to be installed in a RHD chassis. So it represents 'foreign', but only if the destination of the engine/transmission assembly was a RHD country. All of the LHD 'foreign' countries' engine numbers did not include the F in the prefix.