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Old 11-24-2012, 12:12 AM   #30
Tom Wesenberg
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Default Re: Barn Find In Canada - 1930/31 Model A Coupe

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Originally Posted by swo4rd View Post
The engine has been exchanged...when the body is removed for restoration, the frame number will give the date off the assembly line.
Actually the frame number is the same as the original engine number, which may have been made months before being installed in the frame. My slant window, flat firewall Town Sedan is March or April of 1931, but has a November 1930 engine number. Overstock and slow sales during 1930-31.
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