Re: murray bodies

Posted by carla on March 13, 1998 at 23:34:12

In Reply to: Re: murray bodies
posted by Marco on March 13, 1998 at 20:48:07

: Carla,
: The firewall change applies to all models and the transition appears to have been completed during the month of May. I do suspect that if they still had any supply of the earlier gas tanks, they may have continued on the commercial vehicles a little longer.
: I believe the announcement date of the new Fordors (160-A,B,C) was March 2, 1931. The earliest of the 160-B,C had no pockets in the doors, a pocket in the right side cowl trim, a large pouch on the rear of the front seat, and a visor on the left side only. The second visor was added at the end of April and the cowl pocket and seat pouch were replaced by four door pockets approximately the same time as the firewall change.
: It's common to see a late Jan. or Feb. engine number on the early cars but Dec. '30 would surprise me some. Were you fortunate enough to get an old registration or pink slip? They usually have the chassis number on them still (here in CA).
: There's no way to tell where it was built unless the floor cross sill just behind the front floorboard was stamped.
: Regards,
: Marco
thank you, marco and lew,
my fordor has all the early trim details just as you describe. the little pocket on the rh side had to be freed up gingerly cos it probably hadn't been opened since new and it still had the original owners manual hidden away inside. i might have been mistaken about the engine date tho, # is 4, 212, 695 and was called out by that no. on the title, i wasn't able to get any other records or papers with the car. all the little details of the engine bay argue that the engine has never been out of the chassis (proper capscrews, no wrench marks, etc. etc.) that, in combination with the total lack of body rust and the well-preserved interior suggest it was simply stored away, probably during the war (well-detiorated prewar tires) you can see why i want to be really careful with this one!!

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