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Old 08-27-2016, 03:39 PM   #41
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No , A 40 prefix is just a mistaken 18 . A 4cyl will start with a 5 and it will not be a prefix .
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Bringing up an old post. I have a 1933 frame with a "40" prefix in the VIN...
So does that suggest a 4 cyl car originally?
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Old 08-27-2016, 04:05 PM   #42
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No, that would originally have been a frame with a V-8 engine. If it originally had been a U.S. or U.K. produced four banger, the prefix would have been "B" followed by a dash (usually), a "5", and then six digits of the specific engine's serialized production number.
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Bringing up an old post. I have a 1933 frame with a "40" prefix in the VIN...
So does that suggest a 4 cyl car originally?
What is the rest of the number, using XXX for the last 3 digits. I bet you are looking at the first two digits of the sequential number.

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Charlie,

Some of the early '33 V-8 engines produced in Dearborn did get stamped with a 40 prefix before reverting to the practice of using the 18 prefix.
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Old 08-27-2016, 07:24 PM   #45
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*40*306XXX*

And it's the same *306XXX* half way through the frame and again for a third time at the kick up over the rear axle.

Radiator support is the 1933 two rivet each side style.

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Old 11-07-2019, 05:19 PM   #46
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here's a link to MacVP's website, showing serial numbers and where to find them.....check both sides, just to be safe.....are right hand drive numbers stamped on right frame rail??....Mike

http://www.vanpeltsales.com/FH_web/f...ialnumbers.htm

It's been noted in the past that at least SOME Australian and South African cars (built in Canada) have the numbers stamped on the RIGHT rail. DD
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Old 11-07-2019, 08:25 PM   #47
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With respect, the Australian cars weren't built in Canada, only some of their components, most notably engine/transmission assemblies (except fours which normally came from the U.K.). The bodies were locally made.

Ford South Africa received export kits from Canada and not that much was sourced locally except some assembly, but depending on the form of the kit, SKD or CKD, the frames may have not been stamped in Canada, even if manufactured there, which they were.

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i love it when these old threads rise up again! i keep learning from them, thanks to all
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With respect, the Australian cars weren't built in Canada, only some of their components, most notably engine/transmission assemblies (except fours which normally came from the U.K.). The bodies were locally made.

You're correct as usual, David. What I meant to say was that Ford Australia and Ford South Africa were subsidiaries of Ford Canada. Is that a more-correct statement? DD
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Old 11-08-2019, 08:42 AM   #50
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Yes, at that time all of the Ford companies in Commonwealth countries were Ford of Canada subsidiaries, except the United Kingdom. It is only in relatively recent times (late 1990s) that Ford of Canada and its remaining subsidiaries became wholly-owned by Ford U.S.
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