1933 Ford Deluxe V8 Phaeton in France

[mercman from oz]

1933 Canadian passenger car floor - DavidG

[uncle buck]

This is the floor in my 34 Canadian standard phaeton

[petehoovie]

Originally Posted by uncle buck

This is the floor in my 34 Canadian standard phaeton

[TomC750]

A friend of mine had a German Ford, wish I had a pic. Similar to the French ones. He sold it and since passed.

[rockfla]

Originally Posted by TomC750

A friend of mine had a German Ford, wish I had a pic. Similar to the French ones. He sold it and since passed.

Do you remember what year German Ford, what the color was?? I have been following ALL German Ford's I can find since about 2003 and never knew of one up in Tennessee??? I am always eager to find out about more of them!!!

[DavidG]

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Torpedo,


Other things? Please refer to Trevor's two photos in #2 and #3 above. If the body does come down all the way to the way to the top of the running boards, the doors must be shorter, top to bottom. You also keeping overlooking the narrower doors with eight separate hinges compared to only four combined hinges on Canadian and U.S. 33-'34 phaeton bodies

[DavidG]

Dave,


Over the hears I've had a total of seventeen '33-'34s. Of those, only the 5-window coupe shown in my earlier photo was of Canadian origin.. All the rest wee manufactured in the main in the U.S., six for domestic sale and ten exported. Of the ten, I imported four from Brazil (LHD) and six I imported from Argentina (RHD). All six of those Argentine cars had two battery access holes in the floor (one on the left for V8s and one on the right for fours). In other words, both Canada and the U.S. made both types of floor pans for their vehicles destined for RHD countries (and evidently sometimes by mistake).

[koates]

Another difference in the Australian assembled 33-34 car chassis from the USA one is it has four rear brake rods, two extra for the handbrake where as the USA and some Canadian cars had only two rear brake rods. I have a Canadian manufactured South Africa assembled four door sedan RHD which has only two rear brake rods. Regards, Kevin.

[uncle buck]

Originally Posted by DavidG

Dave,


Over the hears I've had a total of seventeen '33-'34s. Of those, only the 5-window coupe shown in my earlier photo was of Canadian origin.. All the rest wee manufactured in the main in the U.S., six for domestic sale and ten exported. Of the ten, I imported four from Brazil (LHD) and six I imported from Argentina (RHD). All six of those Argentine cars had two battery access holes in the floor (one on the left for V8s and one on the right for fours). In other words, both Canada and the U.S. made both types of floor pans for their vehicles destined for RHD countries (and evidently sometimes by mistake).

David,
I figured it was for versatility to build LHD and RHD cars on the same production line. My phaeton does have a vin number that starts with "C" so I am pretty confident it was built for the Canadian market. As always , Thank you for sharing your research and knowledge. We are always learning.

[DavidG]

And my thanks to Trevor and Dave Slater as my teachers of things unique to the period products of Ford Australia.

[mercman from oz]

Twin Brake Rods to each rear wheel - Australian 1933 & 1934 Fords as mentioned by Koates in #46

[mercman from oz]

Anti Rattler Spring separating twin rear Brake Rods - Australian 1933 & 1934 Fords

[deuce lover]

The French,33,34 as well as the 35's have the 4 brake rods for the rear.32,s also.I have seen a German 35 with the 4 rods also.Here is a pic of the French 32 chassis

[mercman from oz]

[torpedo]

Hi David, Trevor
With your additional comments I can surely conclude that I have an Australian body. Attached pic of the car that shows dual rear brake rods

[DavidG]

Without the post-production add-ons.

[petehoovie]

Originally Posted by torpedo

Hi David, Trevor
With your additional comments I can surely conclude that I have an Australian body. Attached pic of the car that shows dual rear brake rods

[petehoovie]

Originally Posted by DavidG

Without the post-production add-ons.

[mercman from oz]

Australian 1933-1934 Ford Cowl showing "pie-cut" to alter angle of lower Moulding because of our wooden floors.

[alchemy]

I did not know that the Australian factory actually modified a North American cowl. I just figured they stamped their own. Learn something new every day.