| moxie1945 | -- 02-11-2025 @ 8:04 AM |
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Does a 1932 car with a four cylinder engine have the vin number stamped on the side of the block. If there is no number does that most likely mean it is a warranty block.
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| CharlieStephens | -- 02-11-2025 @ 10:48 AM |
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There was no number stamped on the block but the pad was still there. The engine/transmission number was stamped into the flywheel housing. Some local jurisdictions may have required the number be stamped into the block but it was not from Ford. Charlie Stephens
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| 3w2 | -- 02-11-2025 @ 1:51 PM |
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There's a raised rectangle on top of the flywheel housing where the engine number was stamped. That was the practice on Canadian and U.S. produced '32-'34 fours. I am not sure whether U.K.-produced fours followed the same practice.
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| 3w2 | -- 02-13-2025 @ 5:59 PM |
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I have since confirmed that the U.K.-produced '32 four-cylinder engine blocks were numbered on the left side like its Model A predecessors.
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| moxie1945 | -- 02-14-2025 @ 10:08 AM |
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I've found a 32 car that has the vin number not only stamped on the frame but on the block. And the block number fonts look original, not dealer made. As far as I can research it is an american car.
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| 3w2 | -- 02-18-2025 @ 9:09 PM |
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If it is a low engine number, it could have been done before the change in location, although I've not heard of others so stamped. Alternatively, it might have been replaced under warranty in a state that did not require renumbering of replacement blocks.
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| moxie1945 | -- 02-19-2025 @ 9:08 AM |
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Alternatively, it might have been replaced under warranty in a state that did not require renumbering of replacement blocks. I do not understand this statement. If it was replaced under warranty most likely there would not be a stamp on it.
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