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Old 11-09-2010, 08:28 AM   #1
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Made in 1933, this animation depicts the story of a Ford worker who goes home from work one car short of the production target and dreams that the outstanding unit is built by a fa... To read the rest of this blog entry from The Ford Barn, click here.
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brilliant!!
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Film was made for showing at the Ford Building at the 1934 Chicago Worlds Fair. The car being built is a 1934 (check the hood -- two hood handles per side).
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Old 11-09-2010, 09:04 AM   #4
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Awsome... I wish that went on in my garage at night!
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I liked it...even my kid sat on my lap early this morning at watched with me.....
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That was a neat little movie. That little fairy sure makes putting a car together look easy. It would take me nearly twice as long to do the same job.
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Old 11-09-2010, 10:54 AM   #7
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RYAN .........................
That was great ! I had never seen that before.
Thanks for posting it.
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Great little movie
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Old 11-09-2010, 01:21 PM   #9
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Entertaining and creative.
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I think the "Bad Fairy" comes into my shop at night and messes things up. I KNOW I'm not that messy.
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Old 11-09-2010, 04:21 PM   #11
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What a cool little movie! Must have taken a lot of effort and talent to do all that in 1933. Thanks for sharing that with us Ryan.
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Old 11-09-2010, 04:39 PM   #12
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Thanks Ryan, This is one I have not seen and it was good. Jim Langley...
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Old 11-09-2010, 05:17 PM   #13
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Thanks Ryan for that,
We took our 34 coupe out in the pouring rain yesterday for coffee, when you think how long ago they were made ,and they still work and LOOK great.
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Old 11-09-2010, 05:28 PM   #14
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Deja vu...

https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19505
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Old 11-09-2010, 07:47 PM   #15
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Thanks Rayn, I was there in 1951 the year I started at the Henry Ford Trade School "T" section. Close to the Engine assembly building Rouge Plant Dearborn.
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I love the flying Flathead! Ken
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Old 11-09-2010, 09:34 PM   #17
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Very cool, amazing history available - thanks.
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Old 11-10-2010, 08:40 AM   #18
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I saw a movie once where this same thing happened to a '58 Plymouth... It didn't end as well.
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That was wonderfull---------Thanks for sharing it with all of us.
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Old 11-11-2010, 01:27 AM   #20
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That was fun! I felt like a kid again watching that. That probably took some serious technology for its time.
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How many parts were in a '33 or '34 Tudor? I seem to remember that the T was @ 5,000 and the A @ 6,500.

Do half of connecting rods come with skirts??
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Old 11-11-2010, 02:51 PM   #22
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Thanks Ryan that was great keep on finding these movies Two of my kids sat with me an watched it GREAT !
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Fantastic !!!
Where I could download the film?
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Thanks Ryan,

That was totally cool. Now if I could only have gotten my valves to go in that easy!
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Old 11-13-2010, 12:55 PM   #25
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my wife loves learning about the old cars...she's going to love this film. When we got married, she went to the barn and saw one of my disassembled cars and said, "Wow, I never saw a naked car before."
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Old 11-13-2010, 02:20 PM   #26
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my wife loves learning about the old cars...she's going to love this film. When we got married, she went to the barn and saw one of my disassembled cars and said, "Wow, I never saw a naked car before."
You're lucky to have a wife like that. Mines gone now and she never liked my first v8 (46cpe). The present cpe came later.

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Old 11-14-2010, 12:40 AM   #27
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That was really neat. Although I might have been a little creeped out by the dancing male and female connecting rods if I didn't know what they were lol
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Old 11-20-2010, 09:31 AM   #28
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Great movie!!!
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check it out!
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Neat little video/Film Thanks for posting
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Awesome film! I loved it! Too bad they don't go together that easily when you're trying to restore them. thanks for sharing it.
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Great film; thanks! It was made fairly late in the '34 model year given the square ends on the spring leaves.
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Thanks Ryan seeing the '34 'going together' was great! Thanks for sharing! Chris
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Thank you "Henry Hopper" for the video link, it's much appreciated...


The why is, that I'm in the start process of making a model of a 1933 Ford Fordor Deluxe Sedan in honour of my parents; it was the vehicle my dad had when they were married in 1950.


I've been searching the internet for photos from the sides, front, rear and top of the 1933 Ford that would help me scale the toy/model without a lot of success. Blueprint measurement would of also been great to find but alas not enough information to do the project justice.


In the search I came across the video posted here and so registered.


My hope is that someone can either point me in the right direction or maybe even supply photos and specifications I'm chasing please.


I've added a couple of the photos I have of my mum & dad on there wedding day with the 1933 Ford.


Also I've added 2 photos of projects I've completed in the past 6 months to show you the sort of wooden toy/model I've done, Ford's of course.


Thank you one and all in advanced for any and all assistance is offered.
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YES, On Top Downunder is my home, crowie
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Hi there, the photos of your parents 33 Ford show an Australian built (Geelong, Victoria ) four door sedan which was considerably different in body construction and appearance than the north American model. There was much wood in the body frame and the floor whereas the USA car was virtually all steel construction like a modern car. So you need pics or drawings of an Australian car to base your model on. Plenty of photos in Australian hot rod magazines or find a car locally where you live which is where ? That car has a side mounted spare wheel and a folded down rear luggage rack which is a slight departure from normal which was a rear mounted spare. Regards, Kevin.
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BY the way, welcome to the FORD BARN. I do have some original factory photos of Australian 33-34 fords but cant post them on here. Regards, Kevin.
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Thank you Kevin for the welcome and information.
I'd surely appreciate the photos if email is an option, please, thank you.
Cheers Peter

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