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07-16-2014, 02:31 PM | #21 |
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Re: Late 1931 Indented Firewall
Anybody know which came first , the rough indent or the smooth indent? Surely I'm not the only one that is aware of this variation.
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07-16-2014, 03:16 PM | #22 |
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Re: Late 1931 Indented Firewall
I have never seen a "rough indent" in person although I am aware that they do exist. I would suspect it was later but really not sure.
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07-16-2014, 03:35 PM | #23 |
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Re: Late 1931 Indented Firewall
There were also some "Re-Stamps", where they took a flat firewall & re-stamped it to make an indented firewall.
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07-16-2014, 03:47 PM | #24 |
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Re: Late 1931 Indented Firewall
Ok, Thanks for all the input guess this will get "Rat Rod" in the title when I list it, hope someone has a few bucks to spend on it. Bob
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07-17-2014, 10:29 AM | #26 |
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07-17-2014, 04:31 PM | #27 |
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Re: Late 1931 Indented Firewall
Dad's Coupe is an early '31 and I for one am glad. I'm not a fan of the late firewall, not because of the extra step of having to open the hood, I just don't think they look near as good as the flat version.
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07-17-2014, 09:00 PM | #28 |
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Re: Late 1931 Indented Firewall
New club member said he had a 31 with a tear drop fire wall . Tear drop sounds a look more sexy than indented . Makes me feel a lot better about my 31 s/w tear drop with a B engine. So many negatives this week about a B engine and 31 indented fire wall .
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07-17-2014, 11:08 PM | #29 |
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Just remember........two negatives make a positive!
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07-18-2014, 06:02 AM | #30 |
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Re: Late 1931 Indented Firewall
Purdy Swoft, Is this what you are calling a rough indent? This is what I have heard called a re-stamp. They were initially flat firewalls that Henry re-stamped in order to use with the new tank design to use up the stock.
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07-18-2014, 10:43 AM | #31 |
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Re: Late 1931 Indented Firewall
Yes, my rough firewall was a restamp. Being a bodyman, I just couldn't resist doing some bodywork to smooth out the rough areas. I've always wondered which came first. Here is my smoothed up firewall.
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Correct. The rough indented firewalls came first right after the law change. They took their left over flat firewalls and restamped them before making the new dies. I knew a guy that drilled a hole in his indented firewall and put a little metal rod there connected to the shut off valve handle. He could push and pull on the rod from inside the car and it would shut off the valve on the outside of the car. I have always thought it funny that people call the indented firewall "rare" because it was at the end of production, but it always seems like I see more indented cars on tours than flat firewall cars. I've owned 6 Model As and 4 have been indented firewall cars. Just the luck of the draw.
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07-18-2014, 01:55 PM | #33 |
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Re: Late 1931 Indented Firewall
I own two indented firewall Model A's, a 40B and a 68C. These are the only two Model A's I've owned so I'm used to lifting the hood. It never seemed to be a big hassle because I've always done it. I met a lady on the MAFCA Blue Ridge Parkway tour last year who had drilled a hole in her firewall and added a remote shutoff (piece of stiff wire) to her car but I can't bring myself to do that. As was stated before "ignorance is bliss."
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07-18-2014, 02:01 PM | #34 |
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Re: Late 1931 Indented Firewall
Every re-stamp I have seen (5-6) has been in a truck.
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