I am sitting here looking at what information I have been able to gather about my particular '28 Tudor and it occurred to me that there is a birthday coming up next month for "The Beast". Which got me to thinking about which day this happy occasion should be observed.
See, the trouble is, from the information I have been able to gather, the stamped number on the block says, according to engine production docs, the engine was in the lot stamped on July 11, 1928. So one should mark this date as the birthday.
But, the tank was stamped 7 20 28, which in my thinking, says this should be the date of celebration.
Now, all this got me to wondering, since the body was assembled in Chicago and not Rouge, and we know the only motor plant was Rouge, where were they assembling and testing the tanks? Was it someplace other than Rouge, and the motor was shipped to Chicago and it sat around waiting, obviously, for a tank to make an assembly?
Do we have any definitive information on tank assembly and testing, or only more speculation?
I know that there was a significant wait time for parts to come together to make an actual car, which could make the assembly and finish date sometime into the month of August, but all my searching has shown me that as it was an "as soon as possible" assembly since folk were waiting in line to get their first Model A back then, and since the motor was probably sitting in Chicago waiting for the body, I am thinking as soon as the finished body showed up, it became a car.
Any help on this would be appreciated.
See, the trouble is, from the information I have been able to gather, the stamped number on the block says, according to engine production docs, the engine was in the lot stamped on July 11, 1928. So one should mark this date as the birthday.
But, the tank was stamped 7 20 28, which in my thinking, says this should be the date of celebration.
Now, all this got me to wondering, since the body was assembled in Chicago and not Rouge, and we know the only motor plant was Rouge, where were they assembling and testing the tanks? Was it someplace other than Rouge, and the motor was shipped to Chicago and it sat around waiting, obviously, for a tank to make an assembly?
Do we have any definitive information on tank assembly and testing, or only more speculation?
I know that there was a significant wait time for parts to come together to make an actual car, which could make the assembly and finish date sometime into the month of August, but all my searching has shown me that as it was an "as soon as possible" assembly since folk were waiting in line to get their first Model A back then, and since the motor was probably sitting in Chicago waiting for the body, I am thinking as soon as the finished body showed up, it became a car.
Any help on this would be appreciated.
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