Not all 34 bodies have the crows foot stiffening rib in the rear wheel tub. My 34 5 window coupe I am working on has flat wheel tubs and it didn't have any metal work done to the body until I started fixing it. It was still in the original black paint and not a lot of rust.
My guess would be that this was similar to a 27-28 type of deal where early cars could have some holdover from the previous year. I would bet that my car was a very early 1934. If I didn't have pictures to prove this, nobody would believe that the sheetmetal wasn't replaced.
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Originally Posted by alchemy
34’s are easy to tell even if you have an absolutely stripped down body with nothing bolted to it. There is a divot at the top edge of the firewall for the hood side to sit in. The rear wheelwells have a crows foot stiffening rib. And the lower hood latch fits in a hole with a flat top edge and the foot of the cowl.
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