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Tudortomnz · 02-07-2020, 02:00 AM

Steve, the figure of 378 total production for 1931 of the Deluxe 170B is the same as I have on my figures on Canadian production. They are not listed on the Ford Canada Overseas Shipments records, so maybe only for domestic sale or they were included in Town Sedan figures. Canada did sometimes use US assembled bodies [ complete or in white ?] for low volume types eg. the RHD Cabriolet bodies here in NZ were US Briggs assembled plus I have seen a very late RHD '31 Victoria with a US assembled body, but they were on Canadian chassis with Canadian made engine. This is also stated in Canadian Judging Standards. BTW, Canadian production did not begin & end with only Robertson screws, but just about the whole running chassis was Canadian produced. They did complete body assembly for all the high volume types but could import stampings or body work when required.

02-07-2020, 02:00 AM	#14
Tudortomnz Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Canterbury, New Zealand Posts: 1,242	Re: 1931 - 170B Fordor DeLuxe Sedan Steve, the figure of 378 total production for 1931 of the Deluxe 170B is the same as I have on my figures on Canadian production. They are not listed on the Ford Canada Overseas Shipments records, so maybe only for domestic sale or they were included in Town Sedan figures. Canada did sometimes use US assembled bodies [ complete or in white ?] for low volume types eg. the RHD Cabriolet bodies here in NZ were US Briggs assembled plus I have seen a very late RHD '31 Victoria with a US assembled body, but they were on Canadian chassis with Canadian made engine. This is also stated in Canadian Judging Standards. BTW, Canadian production did not begin & end with only Robertson screws, but just about the whole running chassis was Canadian produced. They did complete body assembly for all the high volume types but could import stampings or body work when required.