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Old 06-09-2025, 06:31 PM   #1
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A 31 Tudor i picked up has a nice Dealer identification plate with the engine # on it.
Recommends change oil at 500 miles.
It's installed inside the car on the firewall.
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Old 06-09-2025, 07:10 PM   #2
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If these cars could talk.....and sometimes they do .
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Old 06-09-2025, 07:49 PM   #3
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I have the exact same dealer tag on mine.
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Old 06-10-2025, 01:46 AM   #4
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Dealer Plate inside 1931 Ford Model A Tudor - Wick
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Old 06-10-2025, 07:20 AM   #5
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now its time for someone to reproduce them...............
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would be happy to do an inspection and find one inside.
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Some really really good glue ! and very cool !
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Some really really good glue ! and very cool !
Little rivets still in 3 of the corners. Probably installed by a mechanic with a "Big hammer"..........



Here is the Martindale dealership in a vintage 1931 movie.
https://historicfilms.com/search/?q=....83&out=557.83
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Old 06-12-2025, 06:33 AM   #8
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That Film is awesome.
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Old 06-12-2025, 07:03 AM   #9
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Little rivets still in 3 of the corners. Probably installed by a mechanic with a "Big hammer"..........



Here is the Martindale dealership in a vintage 1931 movie.
https://historicfilms.com/search/?q=....83&out=557.83
Wow, maybe I need to see an eye doctor, more eyes are better than four eyes ;-)
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Old 06-12-2025, 11:45 AM   #10
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Here's a coincidence - I did a Google Image search on 'Thomas Martindale Ford', looking for pics of the dealership. It brought up this pic of an infant on a Model A, in the obituary of Thomas J Martindale. He was born in 1928, and died in California in 2016. No indication that he was related to the dealership owner...


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Here's a coincidence - I did a Google Image search on 'Thomas Martindale Ford', looking for pics of the dealership. It brought up this pic of an infant on a Model A, in the obituary of Thomas J Martindale. He was born in 1928, and died in California in 2016. No indication that he was related to the dealership owner...
Looks like he was born in Arkansas. He's buried in the same cemetery as my wife's grandfather.
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Looks like he was born in Arkansas. He's buried in the same cemetery as my wife's grandfather.
Small world... Thanks!
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Old 06-13-2025, 12:58 PM   #13
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The dealer was sadly young when he passed away... 32 in 1944
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So it looks like that was the son who worked at the dealership...his dad ran the dealership. Here's a longer obituary.
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New engine, anyone?
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Yall have found some great information on this dealer.
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His death came just before the mass availability of penicillin. It existed but was mostly reserved for the war effort.
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