January 1928 Engine

bartmcneill

bartmcneill

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I thought something was wrong with the engine number I was looking at. It was A11005. so I looked it up anyway and found it to be a January 1928 engine. I did not realize numbers started with A1. Is there more value to an early engine like this?
bartmcneill@yahoo.com
 
Jim Parker Toronto said:
The numbers do not start with A1, They start with A, 11005 is the number!
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I believe that Bart meant he wasn't aware that the first Model A engine number was number A1, which it was. However, engine A1 wasn't the first one sent to the assembly line so technically the first Model A to roll off the line was not number A1. Steve Ciccalone knows way more about this stuff that I ever will, so maybe he will follow up on this, but I believe that engine number A1 wasn't released to the assembly line for several days or weeks after production started.

Having said that, Ron in Quincy asks a valid question as to whether that number has the star on both ends because it could possibly be *A11005_* where the last digit and ending star are no longer visible. Might be worth a second look...

Deron
 
IF it is *A11005*, then it is a January 19, 1928 production engine (10994-11557) and the engine number pad should be 2-3/4 inches long.

IF there are more "unreadable" numbers after that, then it is a February 23, 1929 production engine (A1096779-1101382) and the engine number pad should be 3-1/4 inches long.

Pluck
 
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Well checked again and it must be a restamp, no stars anywhere. But the cylinders look great, no ridge at the top. It looks to be a good engine.
 
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