Re: '31 Model A Victoria

Posted by John Icenhower on March 25, 1997 at 08:31:07

In Reply to: '31 Model A Victoria
posted by Rick Black on March 23, 1997 at 22:15:27

: : Has anyone ever heard of a four door, Murray Body Victoria with three side windows?
: Nope.A Model A Victoria was always a two-door sedan.It's different than a Tudor Sedan in the shape of the rear part of the body. The Tudor body is longer at the top; the Vicky rear has what's called a "bustle", a protrusion of the lower body away from the rear window.Inside, there's slightly more room in the rear seat in a Tudor than a Vicky.
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: Murray (and Briggs) made 3-window Fordor sedans in 1931 in 2 models and 2 designs.The two models were the Standard Fordor and the Town Sedan.The two designs were straight windshield and slant windshield.The slantwindshield Fordors had identical bodies, and the side windows were not arched at the top like earlier Murray Fordors.
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: Hope this helps.
Rick is quite right about the Victoria was a two door body with a rear seat.But it was actually refered to as the Victoria coupe not a sedan.The bustle in the rear allowed a limited amount of storage or stowage behind the rear seat back rest.The Victoria also had a dropped floor pan in the rear and a lower roof (the windshield frame is shorter than most other earlier closed cars).Except for a preproduction model, all were slant windshield bodies.
John

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