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old Tom · 03-11-2018, 10:07 PM

I recently acquired a Model A sport coupe. I Am trying to determine the year of the car. The engine # is A2154032 which should be 8-1929. If it has a different motor than original how else could I find its year? The car appears to be in good shape and we are looking forward to making it a daily driver. This will more than likely require asking more questions from all of you. Thank You.

1930-Pickup · 03-11-2018, 10:31 PM

Please post some photos, that will help

old Tom · 03-12-2018, 07:38 AM

I am not able to do that. Thank you.

Pinesdune · 03-12-2018, 07:46 AM

It's kind of a hard question to answer as everything interchanges for the most part so as one thing wore out 50 plus years ago, guys would go to the wrecker and get whatever they could find that fit,as I'm sure you can imagine. There usually was a serial number stamped on the frame on the cross member under the floorboard area or on the frame under the cowl post amongst other various places (wherever the guy working that day decided to hide it) this number matched the original engine number. This site has tons of good info to help you nail down what period your car can be from
http://www.fordgarage.com/pages/ABenginenumbers.htm#C0

Good luck and enjoy the car

WHN · 03-12-2018, 07:57 AM

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There should be a date stamped in the firewall above the steering column. This stamping would be just above the gas tank seam. 1928 and 1929 cars only.

Our 1929 Sport Coupe has an engine date of June 15, 1929 and a firewall date of June 18, 1929. Engine and frame number are the same in our car.

03-11-2018, 10:07 PM	#1
old Tom Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 195	Model A Sport Coupe I recently acquired a Model A sport coupe. I Am trying to determine the year of the car. The engine # is A2154032 which should be 8-1929. If it has a different motor than original how else could I find its year? The car appears to be in good shape and we are looking forward to making it a daily driver. This will more than likely require asking more questions from all of you. Thank You.

03-11-2018, 10:31 PM	#2
1930-Pickup Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: southern California Posts: 725	Re: Model A Sport Coupe Please post some photos, that will help __________________ *"That's my wild unsubstantiated guess, and I'm sticking to it regardless of the facts!"*

03-12-2018, 07:38 AM	#3
old Tom Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 195	Re: Model A Sport Coupe I am not able to do that. Thank you.

03-12-2018, 07:46 AM	#4
Pinesdune Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Canada Posts: 414	Model A Sport Coupe It's kind of a hard question to answer as everything interchanges for the most part so as one thing wore out 50 plus years ago, guys would go to the wrecker and get whatever they could find that fit,as I'm sure you can imagine. There usually was a serial number stamped on the frame on the cross member under the floorboard area or on the frame under the cowl post amongst other various places (wherever the guy working that day decided to hide it) this number matched the original engine number. This site has tons of good info to help you nail down what period your car can be from http://www.fordgarage.com/pages/ABenginenumbers.htm#C0 Good luck and enjoy the car

03-12-2018, 07:57 AM	#5
WHN Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Connecticut Shoreline Posts: 1,824	Re: Model A Sport Coupe Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) There should be a date stamped in the firewall above the steering column. This stamping would be just above the gas tank seam. 1928 and 1929 cars only. Our 1929 Sport Coupe has an engine date of June 15, 1929 and a firewall date of June 18, 1929. Engine and frame number are the same in our car.