Ford model designation

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by Tony Smith
"D" 9.00-13 tyres (David's suggestion as this only appears on a few vehicles, all seemingly with 9.00-13 tyres!)

Therefore a C11A could be a standard Light Car or Station Wagon, and a C11AD would be the same with 9.00-13 tyres (No car versions were produced, only wagons), and a C11ADF is a wagon (Could also be a car, but none were made) with 9.00-13 tyres and RHD.

In C11AD Information Wanted we refined our knowledge about Ford station wagon suffixes to the following status:

Known Ford Station Wagon models:
- C11AD
- C11ADF (1941 model, 9.00-13 tyres)
- C11AS (6.00-16 tyres)
- C21AS (basically 1942 station wagon)
- C29ADF
in which:
C = Canadian design
1st digit = model year; 1 = 1941 model, 2 = 1942 model
2nd digit = engine type; '1' indicates the 85-hp engine, '9' the 95-hp engine
A = 4x2 car chassis with 114" (1941) or 118" wheelbase (1942)
D = unknown
F = right-hand drive
S = unknown

Pictures of the C11ADF show it with 9.00-13" tyres. Vanderveen notes the C11ADF has a "full-floating truck-type rear axle with open propeller shaft and semi-epileptic springs (as Ford C011DF - F8)". My guess is the "D" denotes the 13" tyres, F8 rear axle and I beam 8-cwt truck type front axle combination.
The "S" probably denotes Standard, as in fitted with 6.00-16" tyres. What did the standard 1941-42 car axle setup look like? Transverse leaf spring with propeller shaft running down a torque tube?
Both types had a front axle with transverse leaf spring, common on Fords of that era.

Re. the F stands for right-hand drive: this means the C11AD and C11AS were left-hand drive Wagons supplied to the Canadian Army for domestic use (similar to their US counterparts, if they had them?)

For scans of the relevant pages from Gregg and Vanderveen see http://bcoy1cpb.pacdat.net/station_wagons.htm


Hope this helps,
Hanno