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08-01-2022, 01:37 PM | #1 |
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What's the story on....
...1934 Ford?
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08-01-2022, 01:48 PM | #2 |
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I've read that during the Great Depression, Well-To-Do folks didn't want to flaunt their wealth, and bought Fords instead of Lincolns. There were also a great number of custom coach builders in the day, not only here in the States, but world wide. Your picture may be an example of that, a Custom Coach built Ford? Or perhaps a stock Ford as built in Europe or Africa?
Hey.... Maybe Photo Shopped?
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Not Ford IMO
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As Sheldon posted, Not a Ford BUT a 1934 Franklin Airman Sedan
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I really like the looks of it...
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08-01-2022, 04:07 PM | #8 |
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Who copied Who?
1934 Franklin-Airman Sedan (US) with Six-Cylinder Air-Cooled Side-Draft Engine of 274ci (4.5L) at 100Hp
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The only thing nice about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.... "Silver rings, your butt! Them's washers!" "We shot our way out of that town for a dollar's worth of steel holes!" - from 'The Wild Bunch' - 1969 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NReUd2_0u0 Last edited by petehoovie; 08-01-2022 at 09:05 PM. |
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A close coupled sedan or five passenger coupe with a separate trunk nested between the rear fenders was not a new idea by any means, but it takes a long wheel base to achieve the "look". In the case of the subject Franklin, that's 132". Sloping heart-shaped radiator shells were all the rage in 1933 and 1934 so it's hard to say who started that trend. There is some archival evidence that Murray, one of Ford's suppliers of bodies, sold Ford on the idea.
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Seth, I see where you're coming from. The custom coach builders of the 20s and 30s is unmatched in many ways. Ford's introduction of the Shoebox was a radical change but basically nothing more than a blank canvas for custom car builders. I think the late 50s early 60s saw a different kind of radicalized car styling. They were all one year only cars. The body parts to a 58 Chevy are unique to that year. 57 or 59 are different. You're not looking at parking light design or a piece of trim to identify that year. It is a completely unique car. The manufacturers had to be dumping a pile of money into designs and changes. Somewhere in the 70s cars became boxes. I was driving with a friend and spotted a 1990 Firebird. It was a 30 something year old car but hardly stood out like a 30 year old car would when I was a kid. You know, like putting a 36 Ford next to a 66 Mustang. When building cars came down to aerodynamics there was only so much one could do.
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Frank is right. Once computers and wind tunnels started designing cars it is no surprise that they all look about the same. I can't tell one make from another with all these new econoboxes.
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And then there’s NASCAR.
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Now there's a real joke.
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I quit watching NASCAR after they said Bill Elliot had too small of an engine. JMO
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