[ajmac]

Like I said, wartime manuals and parts lists are not too reliable!

When did Dagenham flirt with Black during wartime? I've seen original 1946 and 1947 Dagenham flatheads with US electricals both were ford dark green. A 42/43 UC Dagenham flathead sump in unrestored condition was also ford dark green as well as a 1942 7V Flathead in original condition....

I wasn't really thinking about Canadian production as I have no details about any Canadian production specs other than they seem to follow Detroit. For instance the parts lists say the Detroit Conrods are the same part as Canadian but NOT Dagenham as we had a design freeze in 1938, thus didn't pick-up the 1938 24 stud upgrade.

Are we saying that Ford Canada produced 3.6L and 3.8L side by side just as they did in Detroit? If so, that's good as it backs up the wartime information that Ford didn't like continuing 3.6L production and only did so as the UK forced them to. Ford offered the Merc to replace the 85BHP Ford 3.6L but we said no.

The 1941 Loyd manual sates 85BHP and the manual is widely a cut and paste job from an earlier UC publication. I've got all the Loyd parts lists updates from November 1944 until 1950 which also fully covers the UC power unit too, none of the list updates mention engine changes, which suggests the 85BHP stayed with the British UC throughout wartime. What do the Canadian Produced UC parts lists say?