[MCHinson]

Paul,

I guess I am part of the 3% too. But, I think the group is larger than 3%. I find it difficult to think that there are that many people who can't tell the difference, but then I am a Model A owner and an AACA judge. Most Model A owners that I know are rather knowledgeable about Model A's, maybe obsessed is a more accurate term.

I don't think that I have ever seen an unmolested Model B in person. I have only heard street rodders or singers referring to a car as a "Deuce". Perhaps some modified/ street rodded Model A's with later grill shells are being called that, but I have never met any owner of a restored Model A who called his car a "Deuce".

I don't know Paul, maybe it is a Florida thing...after all, you are on the WEST coast of Florida...

[58Mustang]

Originally Posted by junkyardjeff

If you wanted to build one with a reproduction body and frame it would be no problem to come up with a 4 cylinder,they were used untill 40 or 41 in trucks and I see them on the HAMB where someone has drug a 32 to 34 truck out of storage and has a 4 cylinder and you know it wont be in there for long.

The "B" engine was built until 34. The 4 cylinders used after that were Fergusons, I think. Different engine

[billybird]

The dead giveaway for me would be the "suicide" doors on the '32.

[Dandy Dave]

Originally Posted by 58Mustang

The "B" engine was built until 34. The 4 cylinders used after that were Fergusons, I think. Different engine

The last produce were "C" engines. A "C" was cast in many of the part and could be clearly seen on the head. Dandy Dave!

[R W Burgess]

Originally Posted by billybird

The dead giveaway for me would be the "suicide" doors on the '32.

1932 5 window coupes had their doors mounted normally.

W.

[Dave Henderson]

It is a common misconception that Ford made a model "C", but none such existed, except in 1904-5. The letter C appeared on ALL Model B heads, '32 thru '34, and did not indicate a late engine. The "C" letter came about because the standard Model A head part number had an "A" prefix, the Model A "Police head" had a "B" prefix, and "C" was assigned to the Model B head. Except for the letter prefix, the numbers were all the same for all 3 heads. This per the indisputable George De Angelis, writing about this in Antique Automobile, May/June 1977 and Secrets of Speed, Oct. 1996.

[1937hd45]

Most "Diamond" blocks have the good counterbalanced crank, called a "C" cramk by many but never listed in the parts books as such.

[Paul Dobbin]

Originally Posted by billybird

The dead giveaway for me would be the "suicide" doors on the '32.

Only on the 3 window Coupe in 1932

[billybird]

Thanks Wayne and Paul. I'll file that bit of info. Since I wandered about that myself now I'll never forget it.

[Dave Henderson]

There were actually 3 different Model B cranks, the plain un-counterweighted crank like a beefed up Model A one, the forged counterbalanced crank, and a third one with swedged on weights that was only installed in factory rebuilt engines and not available otherwise. It has been common practice to refer to the one piece forged counterweighted crank as a "C" crank to distinguish it, and needless to say it is the preferred crank. No C appears in its number, which is the same as the unweighted crank's number, except it has a "B" suffix. The C appearing on all Model B heads does not imply that there's necessarily a C crank inside, until after November 29' 1932 and thereafter. The B block continued to be the same.
To correct and clarify my previous message, (before some sharp eyed Ford fan pounces on me!) the standard plain Model A head was numbered A-6050-A, the Police Head with an "A" on it was A-6050-B, and the sole Model B head with a "C" on it was B-6050. No C prefix. Clear as mud?