1938 Ford Standard Coupe

[mercman from oz]

Illustration of the 1938 Ford Standard Coupe from the original Sales Brochure.

[mercman from oz]

Fairly recent import into Australia - 1938 Ford Standard Coupe seen at the Australian Early Ford V8 Nationals in 2016.
The fact that this fine example does not have a passenger side rear tail light would mean that it was built as a Right Hand Drive car.
It could have originated in News Zealand or South Africa?

[mercman from oz]

1938 Ford Standard Coupe seen at the Australian Early Ford V8 Nationals in 2016

[FordyOne]

Really nice car

[TonyM]

When I was a kid in the 70s, I found a 1938 Standard Coupe in a junkyard in Laredo, Texas. In my ignorance I thought that it was a modified 1937 car. I went home and got out the Warshawsky's catalog and began writing down all the items that I was going to buy to get that car going. I had big plans for that car. But I was just a kid, with no real money. So, it probably was crushed.

[Kens 36]

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Tony, you probably need to point out to the Fordbarn masses that Warshawsky = J.C. Whitney. The story behind the name would be the subject of another thread....

Ken

[Seth Swoboda]

Originally Posted by TonyM

When I was a kid in the 70s, I found a 1938 Standard Coupe in a junkyard in Laredo, Texas. In my ignorance I thought that it was a modified 1937 car. I went home and got out the Warshawsky's catalog and began writing down all the items that I was going to buy to get that car going. I had big plans for that car. But I was just a kid, with no real money. So, it probably was crushed.

You either get the Early Ford bug at a young age or it was ingrained into your DNA at conception. The later would be my diagonisis. I cannot help myself.

[ford38v8]

Originally Posted by Kens 36

Tony, you probably need to point out to the Fordbarn masses that Warshawsky = J.C. Whitney. The story behind the name would be the subject of another thread....

Ken

Well, off topic, but what the hell... As a kid in the '50's, I began my lifelong obsession with cars, and as many others had, I had JC Whitney catalogues coming in about every couple of months for years and years. They were still coming in after I went into the Navy, my mother saving them for me. Not once did I ever buy anything from them, but enjoyed reading the mostly kookie add-on stuff, the good stuff being mostly for Model T and A Fords in those days.
Many years later, a small side trip to the La Salle location on the way to a V8 Club meet brought me up to speed and burst my bubble image of the old JC Whitney. In all those 70 odd years, though, never before now had I ever heard the name Warshawsky associated with JC. Never too old to learn!

[tubman]

As I remember, the prices were better in the Warshawsky catalogs than they were in the Whitney edition.

[JM 35 Sedan]

Originally Posted by Kens 36

Tony, you probably need to point out to the Fordbarn masses that Warshawsky = J.C. Whitney. The story behind the name would be the subject of another thread....

Ken

I remember those Warshawsky catalogs very well, even though I wasn't much of a kid in the 70's. I may still even have a copy squirreled away some where, maybe in my antique catalog collection.

[TJ]

I always remember the Ford hubcaps that J C Whitney sold. Instead of Ford on the hubcap it said "Fool" and were made in Argentina. Every once in awhile you see one of those caps at a swap meet.

[mercman from oz]

Reproduction "Fool" Hubcap - probably by J. C. Whitney

[Kens 36]

Not J.C.Whitney...

[mercman from oz]

Quality Reproduction 1958 Ford Hubcap that reads FOOD
Is this a J. C. Whitney product?

[Kens 36]

I doubt it.

[ford38v8]

JC Whitney was the one that offered all those funky Cadillac fins for Chevies, shiny gas door scuff plates for what ya got, wanna-be Buick portholes, ‘49 Ford grille spinners, Dagmars for anybody, imitation De Soto bumpers, bobble hipped Hawaiian girls for dashboards, fuzzy dice, Suicide Knobs, Porta Walls, Curb feelers, and of course, they also had Wolf Whistles and Bermuda Bells!

[mercman from oz]

Getting this Thread back on track, here is an
Early production 1938 Ford Standard Tudor Sedan

[30ccpickup]

Originally Posted by mercman from oz

Getting this Thread back on track, here is an
Early production 1938 Ford Standard Tudor Sedan

Is this from the U.S.? The head lights are round.

[mercman from oz]

Yes, those headlight surrounds are after market to accept 7" sealed beam headlights. Photo of car in the USA.

[mercman from oz]

1938 Ford Deluxe Sedan with After-Market Headlight Rims to accept 7" Sealed Beam Headlights