Which version is my 1933 V8 ?

[Karmdal]

Hallo

Could anyone please help me with identifying this V8 ?

I took in a trade on this beautiful 1933 Ford V8 Tudor. It’s an original Danish car, complet with the original registration slip from 1933.

I am a bit curious on the built-in boot. It seem very professionally built. There is no wall between the backside of the backseat and the boot. It is fully open.

On the photo I can find online, I don’t see this boot on any other cars. When I google the early V8’s, it seems that a few sedans were deliveried with a built-in boot,. I guess they were called Touring Sedans (I guess).

So the big question; is my car a Touring version ?

Cheers
Soren from Denmark

[mfagan]

Beautiful car!

[Karmdal]

Thanks :-)

[Karmdal]

By the way; The boot is made out of steel.

[42merc]

Looks like an aftermarket Potter (or similar brand) trunk.

[Mart]

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As the car is not US market, it was probably modified as a one-off by a European coachbuilder. Unless, of course all Danish built cars came this way.

Nice car, I wouldn't be surprised if it were the only one in existence.

Mart.

[deuce lover]

Aftermarket accessory.Its not a Potter.Please post a pic of the gas filler side if you can.Thanks

[Mart]

Guys, why keep saying "aftermarket accessory"? It's welded in as one piece, and there is no rear panel between the trunk and the inside of the car. Would an accessory Potter style trunk be welded to the body?

Mart.

[Karmdal]

Here is some pictures of filler side (inside)

[B-O-B]

Gas tank filler pipe sure looks after market to me. I would think ford would have made a curved one & a better connection.

[deuce lover]

Originally Posted by Mart

Guys, why keep saying "aftermarket accessory"? It's welded in as one piece, and there is no rear panel between the trunk and the inside of the car. Would an accessory Potter style trunk be welded to the body?

Mart.

Potter trunks were not welded to the body but attached with bolts.I do not believe Ford offered this conversion.Could be a coach builders offering.I have an original 1933 Ford European brochure and it does not show this body type.

[Karmdal]

Great. I guess you are all right that it is an aftermarket conversion. Especially based on the post of "Deuce Lover" with the Ford European brochure.

Thank you all for your answers :-)

Cheers from icy cold Denmark
Soren

[ford38v8]

Soren, don't think that just because it was a conversion that it's any less desirable. Some of the most desirable and valuable Fords were conversions... Just look at Edsels cars, the most widely known being the first Lincoln Continental.

[TomO]

Soren,

The people on this site have a lot of experience on USA made Fords, and little experience on foreign made Fords. So take anything said here with a grain of salt.

Ford did not introduce the Touring Sedan in the USA until 1935, but Chevrolet did have one in 1933. Several European car manufacturers had that body style in 1933. Competition in Europe could have led to that body style being built there.

Ford had a few plants in Europe in 1933. They did not build all of their bodies, some styles were contracted out. There was NO one European brochure that covered all of the models built. Each country had its own brochures.

Check out your 33 for a body tag that may show where it was built and by which body builder. The usual place for these tags would be in the engine compartment or on the lower cowl.

Look for a sales brochure form Denmark or Germany for the 33 Fords.

That is a very nice and unusual car, you should try to research it more. Here is a link to the Early Ford V-8 Club's Denmark Regional Group. They may be able to help you with your research.

http://www.fordv8.dk/

[rockfla]

Soren
Don't know that I can add anything more to what has been surmised in previous post. I can give you my opinion based on we have two German Coach built Fords, I have been researching, collecting, tracking any and all information we can about foreign built Fords for more than 10 years. I will say that any info, pictures or brochures for foreign 1933 & 1934 are very very scarce. In my opinion (based on known foreign & coach built cars) it is a very well done aftermarket add on.
First, all the trunks on the cars we have seen do not have the bumper brackets bolted to the outside of the trunk. All have extended brackets that run under the trunk to the frame and act as a support (for lack of a better description) to the trunk.
Second, though very close in construction, all the trunks we've seen are steel on wood construction and the opening of the trunk has a drip trough that completely surrounds the opening (on both sides, top and bottom).
Third, none of the trunks on cars originally equipped with them are welded to the body, they are slide through affairs which are then screwed to the wood structure of the body or a wood structure that surrounds the opening.
That is my opinion (and only that). You have a very beautiful car and really like the two tone paint, very European looking. I would love to get any info if you find any that is contrary to my opinion.

Regards

[flatford8]

Originally Posted by mfagan

Beautiful car!

X2.....Nice!......Mark