The Ford Barn

DavidG · 08-07-2020, 04:51 PM

To detour a bit, perhaps an even rarer '32 cap is the black-painted gas cap for commercial vehicles and big trucks. Of course you can just paint one of the stainless- steel-clad passenger car caps as they are otherwise identical. Ford likely saved more than a few pennies with the plain steel, black-painted version as they were out of sight underneath the bottom front seat cushion. Even if it was only a penny a cap, that added up to over $1,000 over the course of the model year. As with the radiator cap with so many produced it is a bit of a head scratcher that their survival rate is seemingly so low.

The sedan delivery had the stainless cap as it was exposed like the passenger car caps.

08-07-2020, 04:51 PM	#21
DavidG Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: southeastern Michigan Posts: 10,103	Re: 1932 Ford "Commercial" Rad Cap? To detour a bit, perhaps an even rarer '32 cap is the black-painted gas cap for commercial vehicles and big trucks. Of course you can just paint one of the stainless- steel-clad passenger car caps as they are otherwise identical. Ford likely saved more than a few pennies with the plain steel, black-painted version as they were out of sight underneath the bottom front seat cushion. Even if it was only a penny a cap, that added up to over $1,000 over the course of the model year. As with the radiator cap with so many produced it is a bit of a head scratcher that their survival rate is seemingly so low. The sedan delivery had the stainless cap as it was exposed like the passenger car caps.