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◊ 2016-05-20 01:02 |
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◊ 2016-05-20 09:10 |
Ford Eight model Y. Can't offer a date as all the evidence has not come to light. |
◊ 2016-05-20 10:19 |
I see that most of these on the site are called Model Y but a few are Ford Eights. |
◊ 2016-05-20 11:46 |
British Fords with the 933cc engine were always referred to by the public as Ford Eight, that being the RAC rating of the engine. Model Y 1932 to 1937, then 7Y 1937 to 1939, then Ford policy embraced names, and in came the Anglia E04A. The 1172cc engine was 10hp, so Ten Deluxe Model C, then CX, then 7W in1937, then E93A Prefect. My suggestion would be as I wrote it above, but I would not die in a ditch if people disagree. Up to about 1960 in UK, horsepower remained supreme in people's heads. There were also various names in Europe, Junior and Eifel, and the English £100 model was promoted as the "Popular". http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/ford_7y_eight.htm -- Last edit: 2016-05-20 12:01:39 |
◊ 2016-05-20 13:17 |
Seems we could change our collection of Model Y to Eight [Y] reasonably easily, and sits better alongside what we've done for eg Ten. Eifels would not be affected, can't see any Juniors, the pre-war £100 Popular is added info, not a model. So it should be a clean change without rippling into other things. So shall we do it?? |
◊ 2016-05-21 17:04 |
Seems fair enough to me. It would fit in with other cars known by their RAC hp. |
◊ 2016-05-21 19:38 |
.... and the same for our 4 Ford Model Y Vans to become Ford Eight Vans?? |
◊ 2016-05-21 20:07 |
"The appearance of a neat 5cwt van derivative of the Ford 8 saloon" So written on page 32 of the book "Ford Popular and the Small Sidevalves" by Dave Turner complicates the issue a bit. I'm not certain if Joe Public called them Ford Eight vans or Ford 5cwt vans, although there were still many saloons still around the harder work of the vans seemed to have destroyed most of them by the early/middle 1950s so they were less spoken about. Ford Eight van model Y seems ok to me, however. |
◊ 2016-05-22 01:23 |
Right - all sorted. Fairly straightforward for UK cars - became Eight [Y] and vans Eight Van [Y]. More complicated for foreign builds, where I had to interpret from wiki "The car was also produced in France (where it was known as the Ford 6 CV, despite actually falling within the 5CV French car tax band) from 1932 to 1934, and in Germany as the Ford Köln from 1933 to 1936. Smaller numbers were assembled in Australia (where a coupé version was also produced), Japan, Latvia (branded as the Ford Junior) and in Spain (branded as the Ford Forito)." So German ones became Köln [Y], French ones Model Y 6CV S.A.F. [Y] and Spanish Model Y 'Forito' [Y]. No Aus, J or Latvian ones found. Whatever the various names, I think I've captured them all as [Y]. |