Ford Parts Numbers Suffix

[John Mackie]

The F in Ford prefixes stands for foreign, here in Australia it means left hand drive, in US and Canada it means a part for a right hand drive vehicle.
In my working life I spent a lot of time in the spare parts dept. Later I was dealer principal.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by John Mackie

The F in Ford prefixes stands for foreign, here in Australia it means left hand drive, in US and Canada it means a part for a right hand drive vehicle.
In my working life I spent a lot of time in the spare parts dept. Later I was dealer principal.

Thanks John, that's good to know how each country where Ford was active interpreted "Foreign".

We now know one should not look at the Ford designation to determine which side of the road to drive on, eh?!?

[Mike Cecil]

C29WQF:

C = commercial vehicle
2 = 1942
9 = 95 hp engine
W = cab over engine

Q = Canadian War Department quad truck, 4WD
F = non-domestic Canadian, ie Foreign, so Right hand drive.


The same applies to the "F" in the engine/gearbox combination number in both Canadian and US production, eg

2G37711F - the F denotes configured for RHD chassis, ie non-domestic (RHD) production. Domestic production was all LHD.

BB18F6763448 - US type number where F is for non-domestic production, ie for foreign sales for RHD chassis.

The 'F' does not mean foreign to Australia, ie LHD - it is a Canadian/US identifier on export items from North American production, no matter where they are located in the world.

Source: Ford Australia information bulletin.