1933 Ford Deluxe V8 Phaeton in France

[mercman from oz]

The Green Phaeton in Post #2 is actually an early production 1934 Ford Deluxe V8 Phaeton.
It has the lowest Body Number for a Australian 1934 Ford Phaeton.
There was no break in numbers starting with the 1933 models.
All Body Numbers lower than this example are 1933 models.
As such, they were fitted with 1932-1933 style Door Handles.

[mercman from oz]

Exterior Door Handle for 1932, 1933 and early 1934 Australian Open Fords

[mercman from oz]

Exterior Door Handle for late 1934 Australian Open Fords

[mercman from oz]

Interior Door Handle on 1933- 1934 Australian Open Fords

[Karl Wescott]

Originally Posted by mercman from oz

Exterior Door Handle for late 1934 Australian Open Fords

This appears to me to be the exterior style of 1932-34 closed cars with the mounting bezel of the 1932 3 Window/1933-34 closed car style. My understanding is the US "1934" open car handle did not have the pronounced "eyebrow" of the closed car handle and used the narrow bezel similar in dimensions to 1929-33 open cars.


The inside handle appears to me to be the same or very close to what was used US 1929-31 and 1933-34 open cars, and was also used on the panel truck rear doors 1929-1956 (or even later).