The Making of the Ford Model A engine.

The Ford Model A engine, excluding Diamond replacement blocks, was first produced on October 20, 1927, but not introduced until December 2. The engine was a water-cooled L-head inline four with a displacement of 201 cu in. This engine provided 40 hp , and the top speed was around 65 mph. The Model A had a 103.5 in wheelbase with a final drive ratio of 3.77:1. The transmission was a conventional unsynchronized three-speed sliding-gear manual with a single speed reverse.
In this video, we see the Model A engine starting from the initial cast, all the way to the final assembly.
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Assembly Plant Footage Courtesy of:
Library of Congress Ford Motion Pictures Archives

[@rokkebill]

Great ! Looking forward to your banger videos 👌

[@BangersModified]

More to come!

[@836dmar]

Some great footage there. I’ve heard many talk about how crude the A engine was - would run on bio diesel, had such loose tolerances, etc, etc. when researching for doing my own line boring, etc, the engine blueprints spec some datum tolerances(two main cap holes in the block) to within .0005”. That’s pretty tight tolerances for manual machining. The rest are mostly +/- .001-.002. Maintenance in the depression was sus’ but these were NOT crudely built machines.
Please keep these videos coming!

[@BangersModified]

Thanks for watching!