1940 Ford Deluxe Coupe Clock

[1934clint]

Terry,OH Thanks for the information. The car I have is very early production, it is a Deluxe, original never restored. No strips or hole for the clock. Appears to be the door that has always been there. Could it be they did not have the clocks ready to be install this early? It has the 1939 trunk lid frame and wiper motor tack welded to firewall no holes to bolt to.

[Kube]

Originally Posted by 1934clint

Terry,OH Thanks for the information. The car I have is very early production, it is a Deluxe, original never restored. No strips or hole for the clock. Appears to be the door that has always been there. Could it be they did not have the clocks ready to be install this early? It has the 1939 trunk lid frame and wiper motor tack welded to firewall no holes to bolt to.

Clocks were to be installed on ALL 1940 Deluxe models beginning with Job #1.
Job #1 was Ford's way of identifying the very first production vehicle of a specific model year.
Your car, and all other deluxe models were built with a clock.

Many so called "unmolested" cars have in fact been altered through the decades. There were many years when these cars were nearly valueless and to keep them going, things were done that after numerous following years appeared to be 'all original".
I'd like to see many photographs of your car. At this time, the instrument panel especially.

The spot-welded wiper bracket I find interesting. I have had a few of those early cars. I'd wondered why Ford went to bolt on style bracket.

[mcgarrett]

1934clint,
Forgot to ask the most obvious question...do you have an original 1940 Ford clock and does it run??