The Ford Barn

jb-ob · 04-28-2021, 08:22 PM

eystein,

Understand that all 197 1931 Town Car bodies where custom hand made by Briggs body company for Ford. Nearly none of the wood frame work or body aluminum skins would fit a different body. From a pile of original body skins, the height from the belt rail to the crown of the roof varied by as much as a full 1".

While unique for a Ford Company to offer a 'custom' built body, it was very common with higher end body builders of that era.
The 1929 Ford Town Car sold well up to the stock market crash of October 1929. The 1931 Town Car Delivery was a sales flop, most being sold, deeply discounted in 1932.

As for replacement body parts, they probably sold with the idea 'trim to fit'.

jb

04-28-2021, 08:22 PM	#33
jb-ob Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 787	Re: Town Car Deliveries eystein, Understand that all 197 1931 Town Car bodies where custom hand made by Briggs body company for Ford. Nearly none of the wood frame work or body aluminum skins would fit a different body. From a pile of original body skins, the height from the belt rail to the crown of the roof varied by as much as a full 1". While unique for a Ford Company to offer a 'custom' built body, it was very common with higher end body builders of that era. The 1929 Ford Town Car sold well up to the stock market crash of October 1929. The 1931 Town Car Delivery was a sales flop, most being sold, deeply discounted in 1932. As for replacement body parts, they probably sold with the idea 'trim to fit'. jb