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Originally Posted by twostickmutt
kube was it the later 39's that had the 2 bolts that went from the arm to the cowl or was just that a 1940 addition ?
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I've restored a LOT of '39 Deluxe models, from very, very early production to quite late. I've never witnessed the '40 style support on any of them.
That doesn't mean it didn't happen of course...
The engineering drawings show the "new" style with the extra hinged piece (with two holes) being released for production at the end of May, 1939 and were to be utilized "as soon as possible".
That's very ambiguous to say the least.
So again, the possibility exists that some '39 deluxe models were fitted with the "new" design. How many I suppose is anyone's guess. My guess is not many.
Keep in mind to utilize the "new" design, all of the tooling that produced the dash panel (firewall) as well as both the right and left cowl panels had to be modified to accept them. Plus, the logistics of getting all of those parts together as an assembly and getting the "new" supports on line at the same time as the cowl / dash assembly...