The Ford Barn

Dave Mellor NJ · 02-28-2025, 01:36 AM

outside lift

nkaminar · 02-28-2025, 06:29 AM

It looks like a 31 Model A, but somehow the front bumper is different.

nkaminar · 02-28-2025, 06:30 AM

Delete, duplicate

Joe K · 02-28-2025, 08:41 AM

It may be a bumper off an AA Truck.

https://aafords.com/wp-content/uploa...1bar-sb-q8.jpg

Joe K

Keith True · 02-28-2025, 09:09 AM

There's a bunch of weird stuff going on in the front of that car,but I think a lot of it might just be reflections.What's that between the headlights?What's in the suspension behind the backing plate? What's that light colored thing you can see between the front bumper and ends just about over the axle? I'm kind of thinking the front bumper has been removed and the mechanic tied something in it's place,those brackets would be at just about eyeball level for him.Kind of like me putting tonic bottles over the running board brackets on my A's in the cellar.It's easy to run your shins into the bare brackets,but to run into a 6 inch diameter plastic bottle is on me.

nkaminar · 02-28-2025, 11:24 AM

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The front license plate is foreign. Might be European.

There is something funny mounted above the license plate.

JayJay · 02-28-2025, 11:39 AM

‘31 radiator shell, can’t see the splash aprons, but it’s not a slant window. Were there early ‘31 non-slant four doors?

Pilotdave · 02-28-2025, 05:38 PM

Yes - until the SW Fordor was introduced in mid-1931.

mass A man · 02-28-2025, 05:53 PM

Even the buildings have a European flair to them.

Gene F · 02-28-2025, 06:10 PM

There is a tire store in downtown Columbus, OH that still has them outside. However, theirs are the ones that only pick the car up about a foot-and-a-half or so.

Ayers1 · 02-28-2025, 07:28 PM

That looks similar to a fire chief bell hanging over the headlight bar. Could it be a European police car with the different bumper and bell?

Keith True · 02-28-2025, 09:57 PM

There is a lift like that in Barrington N.H.in an old garage on route 9.The owner,(now passed) had a Volkswagen junkyard there up until about 1980.I thought he had put it in for the VW's,but he said no,it was there when he bought the property in the early 50's.The building had burned,but the concrete floors and lift were still intact.He just built one story buildings on the slabs for his VW business.The locals told him it was an old Ford garage that had burned before the war.

Brad in Germany · 03-02-2025, 01:11 AM

That photo was taken in The Netherlands: note the Dutch license plate and the trafficator.

The bell looking thing between the headlights (above the license plate) is actually a type of black-out type light. It points directly down (and tilted very slightly forwards) towards the ground illuminating just the ground immediately in front of the car.

The hydraulic lift was made by VLC (VLC item #123), the KR Wilson equivalent for Europe.

Brad in Maryland

02-28-2025, 06:29 AM	#2
nkaminar Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Western North Carolina Posts: 5,855	Re: give me a lift It looks like a 31 Model A, but somehow the front bumper is different. __________________ A is for apple, green as the sky. Step on the gas, for tomorrow I die. Forget the brakes, they really don't work. The clutch always sticks, and starts with a jerk. My car grows red hair, and flies through the air. Driving's a blast, a blast from the past.

02-28-2025, 06:30 AM	#3
nkaminar Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Western North Carolina Posts: 5,855	Re: give me a lift Delete, duplicate __________________ A is for apple, green as the sky. Step on the gas, for tomorrow I die. Forget the brakes, they really don't work. The clutch always sticks, and starts with a jerk. My car grows red hair, and flies through the air. Driving's a blast, a blast from the past. Last edited by nkaminar; 02-28-2025 at 11:20 AM.

02-28-2025, 08:41 AM	#4
Joe K Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Cow Hampshire Posts: 4,610	Re: give me a lift It may be a bumper off an AA Truck. https://aafords.com/wp-content/uploa...1bar-sb-q8.jpg Joe K __________________ Shudda kept the horse.

02-28-2025, 09:09 AM	#5
Keith True Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Epping N.H. Posts: 3,421	Re: give me a lift There's a bunch of weird stuff going on in the front of that car,but I think a lot of it might just be reflections.What's that between the headlights?What's in the suspension behind the backing plate? What's that light colored thing you can see between the front bumper and ends just about over the axle? I'm kind of thinking the front bumper has been removed and the mechanic tied something in it's place,those brackets would be at just about eyeball level for him.Kind of like me putting tonic bottles over the running board brackets on my A's in the cellar.It's easy to run your shins into the bare brackets,but to run into a 6 inch diameter plastic bottle is on me.

02-28-2025, 11:24 AM	#6
nkaminar Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Western North Carolina Posts: 5,855	Re: give me a lift Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) The front license plate is foreign. Might be European. There is something funny mounted above the license plate. __________________ A is for apple, green as the sky. Step on the gas, for tomorrow I die. Forget the brakes, they really don't work. The clutch always sticks, and starts with a jerk. My car grows red hair, and flies through the air. Driving's a blast, a blast from the past.

02-28-2025, 11:39 AM	#7
JayJay Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2020 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 2,104	Re: give me a lift ‘31 radiator shell, can’t see the splash aprons, but it’s not a slant window. Were there early ‘31 non-slant four doors? __________________ JayJay San Francisco Bay Area ------------------------ 1930 Murray Town Sedan 1931 Briggs S/W Town Sedan It isn't a defect, it's a feature!

02-28-2025, 05:38 PM	#8
Pilotdave Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Grafton, MA Posts: 1,273	Re: give me a lift Yes - until the SW Fordor was introduced in mid-1931.

02-28-2025, 05:53 PM	#9
mass A man Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Danvers, Ma. Posts: 794	Re: give me a lift Even the buildings have a European flair to them.

02-28-2025, 06:10 PM	#10
Gene F Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,476	Re: give me a lift There is a tire store in downtown Columbus, OH that still has them outside. However, theirs are the ones that only pick the car up about a foot-and-a-half or so.

02-28-2025, 07:28 PM	#11
Ayers1 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2021 Location: Waynesboro Va. Posts: 504	Re: give me a lift That looks similar to a fire chief bell hanging over the headlight bar. Could it be a European police car with the different bumper and bell?

02-28-2025, 09:57 PM	#12
Keith True Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Epping N.H. Posts: 3,421	Re: give me a lift There is a lift like that in Barrington N.H.in an old garage on route 9.The owner,(now passed) had a Volkswagen junkyard there up until about 1980.I thought he had put it in for the VW's,but he said no,it was there when he bought the property in the early 50's.The building had burned,but the concrete floors and lift were still intact.He just built one story buildings on the slabs for his VW business.The locals told him it was an old Ford garage that had burned before the war.

03-02-2025, 01:11 AM	#13
Brad in Germany Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Potomac, Maryland Posts: 1,061	Re: give me a lift That photo was taken in The Netherlands: note the Dutch license plate and the trafficator. The bell looking thing between the headlights (above the license plate) is actually a type of black-out type light. It points directly down (and tilted very slightly forwards) towards the ground illuminating just the ground immediately in front of the car. The hydraulic lift was made by VLC (VLC item #123), the KR Wilson equivalent for Europe. Brad in Maryland Last edited by Brad in Germany; 03-02-2025 at 02:09 AM.