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Mart · 10-11-2019, 08:29 AM

I don't know if anyone does actually know why Ford chose the letter F, or what it meant to them or stood for in Ford speak at the time.
My 21stud motor which came from a RHD car has an F in the number. And yes, the number is stamped on the engine, as it was a requirement here.
I don't know if F stands for Foreign or not, but it's an easy enough way to remember the F denotes a spec that is not USA homegrown. (LHD).
I read it somewhere, and believe it, that F simply denotes RHD.

Mart.

10-11-2019, 08:29 AM	#16
Mart Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Solihull, England. Posts: 8,749	Re: '36 Cabriolet with an "18-F" prefix I don't know if anyone does actually know why Ford chose the letter F, or what it meant to them or stood for in Ford speak at the time. My 21stud motor which came from a RHD car has an F in the number. And yes, the number is stamped on the engine, as it was a requirement here. I don't know if F stands for Foreign or not, but it's an easy enough way to remember the F denotes a spec that is not USA homegrown. (LHD). I read it somewhere, and believe it, that F simply denotes RHD. Mart.