C8 data plate

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

On the truck serial numbers there's a 200 spread

David # 3, that's my very point thanks! I think that the confusion arose because David # 1 or # 2 here, i.e. me, looked up the official Ford of Canada 1940 and 1941 Motor Numbers listings and because I have a problem reading long numbers (a form of dyscalcula) I looked up the serial number for the relevant month and not the engine number for the motor. I think this caused a misunderstanding.

Cor, this confusion..."motor" as Ford and GM say, but "engine" which is what it is! It is apparent that the production was well within the accepted capacity of the Windsor Plant. It is also coincidence, but not unique, that we have several trucks with the same date. However, I cannot associate the engine numbers with the known production start date for the first unit completed November 1st 1941, and suggest that the date on the plate is a release date and the actual assembly may have been some days later. In other words and enigma! However we have had this with the C8AX production, which is the best-researched CMP to date so far as dates, production and engine numbers are concerned.

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It would be very helpful if we could get some more data of F8s, and possibly other 1941 Fords.

On a second thought, in the UK the C8s were obsolete early on, and some were demobbed possibly as early as 1944 or beginnign of 1945 for at least essential-user use. I can imagine that this would result in similar batches being released at the same time.

Best wishes!