Re: John I. :Briggs or Murray?

Posted by David Dewey on Oct. 24, 1998 at 01:33:23

In Reply to: Re: John I. :Briggs or Murray?
posted by John Icenhower on Oct. 22, 1998 at 22:56:14

John,
Why would you assume that the Briggs tags were 'changed out'?? Why would anyone in the 'pre-restoration' period bother with changing out tags, and finding ones with the right numbers on them?? Maybe the Square cage nuts were specified by Ford, or maybe they were cheaper from the hardware suppliers than the D nuts. Many late 30/31 Windshield Belt moldings have the square nuts on coupes, which are assumed to be Ford manufacture (although I'm aware of at least one Briggs coupe body--but I don't know what kind of nuts are on it)
Based on the evidence you have presented so far, I'd think the 'nuts question' needs some rethinking, but that's Just IMHO, and based only on what I've read here, and what I've seen.
---David D.

Follow Ups:
Re: John I. :Briggs or Murray? John Icenhower Oct. 25, 1998 at 21:12:52 (0)
Re: Briggs or Murray? Marco Oct. 24, 1998 at 10:44:07 (1)
Ah, it *couldn't* be 20 years ago!!!! David Dewey Oct. 25, 1998 at 00:04:40 (0)

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