Finding your New Way Engine Serial Number and AGE

New Way Engines did not always have an ID plate that readily identified a particular engine's SERIAL No., MODEL or TYPE. The following should allow you to locate the Serial No. for your particular engine.

• New Way Type D Vertical - Brass I.D. plate on crankcase on the carburettor side with serial number stamping.
• New Way Type C Vertical - Brass I.D. plate on crankcase on the carburettor side with serial number stamping.
• New Way Series J Horizontal (Jewel) - No I.D Plate. A Serial No. stamping is located on a ground flat on the top side of the cylinder flange where it bolts to the Crank housing.
• New Way Series M Vertical - No I.D Plate. The Serial No. stamping is similar to the Jewel, located on the cylinder flange where it bolts to the Crank housing.
• New Way Series S Twin horizontal - Brass I.D. plate on crankcase cover moulding facing upwards practically in the centre of the motor has the serial number stamping.
• New Way Series S Standard horizontal  - Brass ID plate is mounted on the top of the crankcase cover between the flywheels.
• New Way Series F Vertical - Brass I.D. plate on crankcase on the carburettor side should show a serial number stamping.
• New Way Series A Vertical Model CH - aluminium plate on shroud has serial on top left hand corner or if plate badly corroded may also be found stamped on flywheel near timing marks on the flat outer flywheel face.
  NOTE- S/N 5598 was fitted to a Feb 1923 Centaur Tractor
• New Way Series A Vertical Model DH - aluminium plate on shroud under decompression lever.
• New Way Series A Vertical TWIN Model EH - Brass plate on front top of shroud or stamped on the end of cylinder flange where it bolts to C/Case. 
• New Way Series A Vertical TWIN Model GH - Brass plate on front top of shroud
• New Way Series A Vertical Model JH - Brass plate on front of shroud 

AGE:- New Way Motor Company does not have a straight forward method of allocating serial numbers tied to year of manufacture. Consequently use of serial number alone is not a means of determining age.

• A particular model motor with a serial number and a dated sales invoice provides a dating reference that others can use to date their motors of the same model.
• Like cars today, New Way introduced changes within models that give pointed guidance to age. eg use of flat or round fan belts. Knowing dates of changes allows some reasonable age determinations. This is particularly applicasble to the CH model ( promoted as 5 engines in 1) which was produced for around 10 years.
• Use of patent dates provides a very rough guide to age at best
• Knowing when a Series / Model was introduced allows you to determine its earliest possible date.

Can you help your fellow New Way Enthusiasts?

If you have a motor with an invoice date, Please contact me via my email as these definite datings can be used to reference other enthusiasts motors to give a close to accurate age. I am in the process of building a reference table to accomodate this data.

My email  is geo.covey@gmail.com

I will need the following to provide meaningfull data for others to use:

• Model and Type
• Serial Number
• Invoice Date

Cheers