3W Coupe (RHD) with a Canadian Model A Engine from 1929

[rockville]

My Ford 3W coupe is a Right Hand Drive (RHD) the Engine Number is *CA93292*
As per MAFCA this engine was manufactured in Canada
in Feb 1929. The grill that came with the car is also from a Model A. However the body seems original
and is a 3 Window RHD coupe with tire holders on both fenders and a rambler seat. The front window is
slanted and has the air vent on the hood. We are trying to find the VIN number but cant find it in the usual places.
The papers say the VIN is 19415 but we have to still find that on the body. Will remove from the chassis
to have a look under. It's not on the frame rail. so will remove the body from the frame to
try and find it. The car is located in Pakistan so it was a commonwealth country export from
Canada. I have attached pics. If any info will be helpful.

 

[BRENT in 10-uh-C]

My Ford 3W coupe is a Right Hand Drive (RHD) the Engine Number is *CA93292*
As per MAFCA this engine was manufactured in Canada
in Feb 1929. The grill that came with the car is also from a Model A. However the body seems original
and is a 3 Window RHD coupe with tire holders on both fenders and a rambler seat. The front window is
slanted and has the air vent on the hood. We are trying to find the VIN number but cant find it in the usual places.
The papers say the VIN is 19415 but we have to still find that on the body. Will remove from the chassis
to have a look under. It's not on the frame rail. so will remove the body from the frame to
try and find it. The car is located in Pakistan so it was a commonwealth country export from
Canada. I have attached pics. If any info will be helpful.

Welcome to Fordbarn!!

To begin with I am not that knowledgeable on 1932s however I do own a couple, so I know a little bit from my own experiences with them over the years. The Body on your vehicle is definitely a Model-18 or a Model B -depending on engine originally installed. The serial number were stamped onto the top of the L/S Frame rail in a couple of locations on US built vehicles but as I understand it, the export vehicles did not do that and only used the engine stamping as the serial number. Most of those were stamped onto the topside of the Flywheel/Clutch (Bell) Housing. I the number should be something like ★CB-******* -which your number does not seem to have enough digits based on the serial numbers that both of my US manufactured 32s have. I would assume the Canadian exported models used the same number of digits and only the prefix was different. Maybe not?? And, ...none of that may apply if your vehicle was assembled elsewhere. There is a gentleman named Vince Falter in Michigan that is very knowledgeable on 1932s, and might be a great person to ask. He has a website named www.fordgarage.com which may have some of the information you are seeking.

In looking at your pictures, the Firewall appears to have the holes that were originally there for mounting the Engine Dampener to the backside of the Engine, so I suspect your vehicle was a Model-B originally.

 

[old ugly]

that car will have the wrong flyweel housing and ****** (different than model B). so this may not help you
but
1932 model B serial number would have be on the top of the flywheel housing.
no serial number on the boby but maybe (if you are lucky enough) somewhere on the frame

 

[rockville]

Thank you Brent I have reached out to Vince and will wait for his feedback.

 

[BRENT in 10-uh-C]

that car will have the wrong flyweel housing and ****** (different than model B). so this may not help you
but 1932 model B serial number would have be on the top of the flywheel housing.
no serial number on the boby but maybe (if you are lucky enough) somewhere on the frame

I don't understand what you are saying. From my experiences the Model-B Flywheel Housing (-and Transmission) will definitely bolt to a Model-A engine. What you give up is the lower section of the Model-B Flywheel Housing, however it likely would have performed adequately without it being installed or attached to the pan.

To add to that, a Model-A Transmission is the incorrect length to mount to the '32 K member, so I'm pretty sure they would have needed to use a Model-B Trans.

 

[rotorwrench]

I don't see V8 mountings on the front of the frame and I don't see the K-member legs due to the mounts added on the sides. It actually looks more like a model A frame on the front but all I can see is the rear frame where the gas tank would have been and the side rails with the reliefs stamped in so it's likely a modified B frame. Foreign countries like India used to be in the Model B era and just before WWII, generally used whatever they have at hand if parts sources dried up. Pakistan didn't exist until after the partition of British controlled India. As a model B, it would have been configured with the B engine originally but it could have died many years ago. I wouldn't assume that the car was made in Canada just because it has a Canadian made model A engine. Canada supplied commonwealth countries but so did the USA and Dagenham in the UK. The Rouge made a lot of RHD vehicles for export and they went to a lot of different countries including a few commonwealth ones.