I did a little searching and found there is also a second edition of manual SE-92-C dated January 1947, and a 1948/1949 version. Thy seem to have been updated with the post-war models which were essentially technically the same as the wartime models.
One of the sellers offering the reproduction shop manual for 1942-1948 Ford, Mercury, & Lincoln Zephyr models notes:
"The first shop manual produced by Ford in the U.S. was available in 1949. NO service manual was published or available from Ford in the USA before 1949. The repairs and service information was through the "Ford Service News", sent to the dealers. However, Ford of Canada did publish this service manual to cover the earlier years. The service procedures are the same for both US & Canadian made models, but, there are some references to models that do not apply to U.S. models. This manual contains complete instructions covering the Maintenance and Repair of Ford, Monarch, and Mercury Passenger Cars and Ford and Mercury Trucks manufactured by the Ford Motor Company of Canada."
Those of you who have seen Ford Canada CMP manuals before, will clearly recognize the layout of the maintenance manuals published for military use. Ford Canada apparently choose to make some money by offering the manual to the public buying surplus vehicles. even though it was against Ford USA’s policy.
