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Offline BritTwit

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Super Flash ID
« on: 31.07. 2020 16:52 »
I need a favor from my fellow Super Flash owners.  I have five S/F engines and they all have a Roman Numeral V stamped as shown in the image.  My four G/F semi-unit motors do not.  Were all S/F engine stamped this way?


 
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Offline Bsalloyd

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Re: Super Flash ID
« Reply #1 on: 06.08. 2020 18:39 »
I checked two of my engines. They both have the 'V' stamping as on yours.
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Offline edboy

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Re: Super Flash ID
« Reply #2 on: 06.08. 2020 23:09 »
V must be a batch number/ letter from the factory for exported s/f models. but what does the V stand for?
Vic the storeman ?
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Re: Super Flash ID
« Reply #3 on: 07.08. 2020 10:18 »
More Vroom
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Re: Super Flash ID
« Reply #4 on: 08.08. 2020 10:02 »
Mine also has the V on it. I also checked a number of pictures of other SF I have and they all have the V on.
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Offline BritTwit

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Re: Super Flash ID
« Reply #5 on: 08.08. 2020 23:46 »
Well, it looks like the "V" may indeed be the mark of the beast.
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Offline Bsalloyd

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Re: Super Flash ID
« Reply #6 on: 25.08. 2020 18:31 »
Excellent humor BT.
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Offline Lightningpower

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Re: Super Flash ID
« Reply #7 on: 02.05. 2022 03:35 »
I know this thread is older, but mine also has the V.
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Re: Super Flash ID
« Reply #8 on: 30.09. 2022 20:21 »
My '54 SuperFlash doesn't have the 'V' but it is the later 'wide fin' moter fitted in 1954. Neither does it have the 'S' in the engine number, but the number has been confirmed correct from shipping records.
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