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Old 01-05-2012, 05:54 AM   #10
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Default Re: 34 Roadsters how many were built?

Ted,

The bodies were built in Australia and not from U.S. bodies with the floor partially removed. First of all, they would not have come from the U.S. as Ford Australia was a Ford of Canada subsidiary. Second, the Australian bodies do not meet up flush with the running boards at the bottom of the rocker panels, just like in your photo. The U.S. and Canadian-manufactured bodies' doors and quarter panels do meet up with the running boards which means that the quarter panels, rocker panels, and doors (and much inside those components) are not interchangeable between the Australian and North American built bodies.

Ford may have done some goofy things in those days, but with all due respect what you suggest is not one of them.

Roadster36,

Those are U.S. domestic production figures only and as a result significantly understate total world-wide production.
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