The Ford Barn - View Single Post

mercman from oz · 07-18-2018, 03:59 AM

Take a look at the above picture, and see if you can see something odd on this restored 1940 Ford Deluxe Fordor Sedan?
Give in?
If you look closely, you will see that the Right tail Light is mounted higher than the one on the left?
Some years ago, a friend from down south in Victoria told me that the Tail Lights on his 1940 Ford Deluxe Sloper were not positioned at the same height.
As 1940 Fords are thin in the ground in Australia, I was unable to confirm his findings, however, the owner of this lovely Fordor Sedan recently joined our local Early Ford V8 Club. I asked him to measure the position of the Tail Lights on his car. This was his reply:- I have measured the distance from the centre of the bottom tail light screw to the trailing edge of the mudguard in each case.
The left is 29cm and the right is 32cm! In Imperial language, that equated to just over one Inch. Is this anomaly unique to Australian assembled 1940 Ford Deluxe vehicles, or does it extend to USA models also?

07-18-2018, 03:59 AM	#1
mercman from oz Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 10,377	1940 Ford Deluxe Tail Lights Take a look at the above picture, and see if you can see something odd on this restored 1940 Ford Deluxe Fordor Sedan? Give in? If you look closely, you will see that the Right tail Light is mounted higher than the one on the left? Some years ago, a friend from down south in Victoria told me that the Tail Lights on his 1940 Ford Deluxe Sloper were not positioned at the same height. As 1940 Fords are thin in the ground in Australia, I was unable to confirm his findings, however, the owner of this lovely Fordor Sedan recently joined our local Early Ford V8 Club. I asked him to measure the position of the Tail Lights on his car. This was his reply:- I have measured the distance from the centre of the bottom tail light screw to the trailing edge of the mudguard in each case. The left is 29cm and the right is 32cm! In Imperial language, that equated to just over one Inch. Is this anomaly unique to Australian assembled 1940 Ford Deluxe vehicles, or does it extend to USA models also?