1931 A Slant Window 4 Door Town Car Vehicle Count

[JohnB15632]

Would anyone have the production count of the 1931 Model A Slant Window, 4 door, Town Car, 160B?

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

JohnB,
My friend, Joe has ONE!---My mistake, it's a town sedan, sorry.
Bill W.

[CarlG]

There are at least 2 in our club.

[jm29henry]

Are these town cars or town sedans would love to see pic of a real 1931 town car sound like a very rare car

[WTSHNN]

There were no 1931 4 door slantwindow town cars made.

-Tim

[JohnB15632]

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That is the car that I am trying to restore.

[Charlie Stephens]

My guess is that you really have a town sedan. What makes you think it is a town car? How about some pictures? The '31 town sedan is my favorite body style, good luck with it.

Charlie Stephens

[WTSHNN]

Town Car


Town Sedan


This website will greatly assist you in finding out the correct names for vehicles.
http://www.gwcmodela.org/bodyphotos.asp

-Tim

[160B]

Here is a link to a table on the MAFCA web site that has production numbers by body type and year. Unfortunately the data for the 1931 160B Murray is included with the production numbers for the 1931 160B Briggs which are included with the production numbers for the 1931 155C Murray. So the conclusion is for the 1931 155C and 160B ( Briggs and Murray) there were 55,471 vehicles produced.

http://www.mafca.com/downloads/Technical/Body_Numbers.pdf

Info from the table on the MAFCA we site.

155-C Murray M604 1931 Town Sedan 55,471

160-B Briggs 141 1931 S/W Town Sedan included in 155-C ('31)

160-B Murray 160 B 1931 S/W Town Sedan included in above

[160B]

Originally Posted by JohnB15632

Would anyone have the production count of the 1931 Model A Slant Window, 4 door, Town Car, 160B?

There was no such thing as a 1931 Model A Slant Window, 4 door, Town Car.

There were three Models of the slant window,
160A The Ford Standard Fordor Sedan
160B The Ford Town Sedan
160C The Ford Deluxe Fordor Sedan

When Ford built the 31 Slant Window, he had Murray and Briggs build the bodies the same so parts were interchangeable. So all slant windows, Murray and Briggs, have the curved top on the side window openings.

There are some telltale differences such as Briggs used d-nuts on the fire wall and Murray used caged nuts on the firewall. The locations on the firewall are where the speedometer cable clip attaches on the passenger inside, and where the clip for the wire loom from the generator attaches on the driver side near the terminal box.

Also Briggs had a manufactures mark, the Briggs “Bug" on the LH and RH lower cowl between the cowl band and the cowl lacing an inch or two above the splash apron and on some production parts. See the attached photo showing the “Bug’ on the RF cowl.

The 160A. The Ford Standard Fordor Sedan had scrolled door and window handles, painted molding around the windows and painted front dash; the dome light was centered in the car with a switch on the light and a rubber mat in the driver's compartment.

The 160B. The Ford Town Sedan had a pull rope on the back of the front seat, simple non scrolled door and window handles, wood grained molding (with a scalloped lower frame ) wood grained front dash, the dome light was over the back window and was controlled by a sliding switch on the door post, cowl lights and carpet.

The 160C. The Ford Deluxe Fordor Sedan - Same as the 160B but no rear quarter window, referred to as a blind back.

[RonC]

Didn't Ford also make the bodies? There seems to be a lot of 31 S/W Town Sedans around

[burner31]

At least one 160-B Town "Sedan" in Oklahoma

[burner31]

Originally Posted by JohnB15632

That is the car that I am trying to restore.

Post some pics, we can compare to the "160-B Town Sedan" that I'm doing

[John Stone]

I know of at least 5 in the Wichita club. They are a nice riding car and quite comfortable.