41 bumpers

[moefuzz]

Mercman,

There's something fishy about the blue '42


There are no bumperettes or 3 5/16 long bolts (to attach bumperettes)
listed for rear of 1942 when used with ribbed bumper.

All in all, ribbed bumpers for 42 are very rare...
I wonder if Ford was using up the last of the '41 bumpers during the
early production of '42?
A search for pics of '42 Ford reveals very few cars with ribbed bumpers
but many cars with plain bumpers.




Compare 1941 rear ribbed (has guards/bumperettes) and 1942 rear ribbed:

Part#'s 11A-17996B and 11A-17908 respectively (1941 parts/numbers).












1942 rear ribbed bumper -no 3 5/16" bolts, no guards.
*this is the only listing for ribbed rear bumper for 1942 passenger.
Irregardless of Deluxe - Super Deluxe or Special.




And as you mentioned, bumper mount/holes were repositioned for '42
which also forces a change of bumper arms which are more than likely
lengthened and/or re-arched to accommodate for wider hole spacing.








It appears that 1942 non ribbed bumper can be optioned with guards
depending on model.

Rear guards/holes are closely spaced requiring yet another style of bumper arms.








Perhaps a prior owner of the blue '42 customize/modification
sometime within the last 74 years?





Or ??


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[moefuzz]

Originally Posted by mercman from oz

For safety reasons, Ford did round the bottom corners of the trunk lids, so that you didn't poke your eye out if you happened to walk into one with the trunk lid open. That was one very good idea that the USA didn't think of?

Canada didn't get it either,
This makes your tailpan unique.
At least North American market has/had 41-48 tailpans available aftermarket at one time.
Fairlane was the company I purchased my fiberglass tailpan from..


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[moefuzz]

Originally Posted by Fibber Mcgee

What's up with the parking lights? Seem different and further forward than normal.

Fibber, I think it was easier for Ford to use the directional Truck tail light pods rather than to try and hide or redirect the light coming from '41s
large/bright fender top lights.
Part of every vehicles 'black out' package were lights that didn't shine up and/or couldn't be seen by enemy aircraft.

Due to the curvature of the fender, They probably moved the pod as far forward as possible to keep the pod from pointing to the sky.



How's Molly doin?


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[Fibber Mcgee]

Originally Posted by moefuzz

Fibber, I think it was easier for Ford to use the directional Truck tail light pods rather than to try and hide or redirect the light coming from '41s
large/bright fender top lights.
Part of every vehicles 'black out' package were lights that didn't shine up and/or couldn't be seen by enemy aircraft.

Due to the curvature of the fender, They probably moved the pod as far forward as possible to keep the pod from pointing to the sky.



How's Molly doin?


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That makes sense, I didn't think about them being different for the war and Molly is doing fine but Teenie won't leave me alone.

[woodiewagon46]

moefuz, it was the '38 and '39 Ford Wagons that had the spare tire mounted on the front seat just behind the driver. Also correct that the station wagon rear bumper had no "script". The rear bumper on the wagon had the center section depressed, to clear the tailgate mounted spare when it was opened. From 1940 thru 1948 the spare was tailgate mounted, not an option to mount it inside the car.

[39topless]

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Originally Posted by mercman from oz

This is how the 1941 Ford Sedan in the above pictures finished up. These photos were taken in 1989 when the Wrecking Yard was closing down, as the land had been purchased for a housing estate. The Scrappies had a field day at this yard which was full of cars from the thirties to the sixties.

I believe that's a '53 stude 4dr sitting behind the ford., That was one of the most beautiful production cars ever made.

[mercman from oz]

39topless, you are 100% correct. The owner of this yard when it was operating was a Studebaker man, and the yard was full of Studebakers. Unfortunately, the majority of the Studebakers finished up as scrap metal along with most of the rest of the cars. In the end, even cars that looked good were full of rust. I remember hearing of a guy who bought a 54 Ford Customline from the closing down auction, only for it to break in half when he was trying to load it onto his trailer. High humidity is the major cause of rust in this area.

[fordor41]

Originally Posted by Graeme / New Zealand

I see that cream 41 has 46 stainless trim on the boot lid (trunk)


GB

Also extra trim on the front fenders