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alchemy · 02-26-2013, 12:20 PM

I was reading my copy of Thacker's "Deuce" book last night, and saw two different archival pics of an October '31 produced prototype chassis. It has a lot of peculiarities, including no reveal on the side. But I did note it did not have the notches on the top for the cowl band bolts. Yours does.

This proto chassis also had a very odd K-member, and yours is regular, correct? The proto K is actually a whole lot like a '49 F-1 center crossmember, which hangs down below the tail of the transmission.

So, since your chassis has the cowl band notches, and the October '31 proto pic shows none, I'm guessing your chassis is still unexplainable (so far).

02-26-2013, 12:20 PM	#58
alchemy Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: middle of Iowa Posts: 657	Re: 1932 Ford Chassis without the Reveal. I was reading my copy of Thacker's "Deuce" book last night, and saw two different archival pics of an October '31 produced prototype chassis. It has a lot of peculiarities, including no reveal on the side. But I did note it did not have the notches on the top for the cowl band bolts. Yours does. This proto chassis also had a very odd K-member, and yours is regular, correct? The proto K is actually a whole lot like a '49 F-1 center crossmember, which hangs down below the tail of the transmission. So, since your chassis has the cowl band notches, and the October '31 proto pic shows none, I'm guessing your chassis is still unexplainable (so far).