model a engine numbers

[rooster31]

i acquired a model a engine. on the the exhaust manifold it says industrial engine. the numbers on the block are. *A 4869458* can any one tell me what it is. our book dosent show it. thanks

 

[Steve Plucker]

i acquired a model a engine. on the the exhaust manifold it says industrial engine. the numbers on the block are. *A 4869458* can any one tell me what it is. our book dosent show it. thanks

First, if it is a truly original stamped engine, it was stamped sometime after 1936. My records only go to A4865473 in 1936.

On Vince Falter's website, I think he has an article about the Indistrial Engines which were made for some ag equipment such as harvestors, ect.

Pluck