The Ford Barn

Bob Johnson · 03-19-2021, 11:00 AM

Brad,

That is definitely not my car. I have the Danish registration paper for the car. In 1931 my car was still owned by the original owner Vlad Pedersen of Odense. The windshield posts on my car was not lowered.

From what I can see in the picture it is a Ford factory built Town Car. All of the Town Car bodies were built by the Briggs company and shipped to the assembly plants where they were mounted on a chassis. It is possible that this Town Car body sat around in the Copenhagen plant until 1930 when it was finally put on a 1930 chassis. Ford did convert about 100 Town Car bodies to fit on 1930 chassis. However that required using 1930 front doors, cowls, hoods and radiators from 1930 Briggs Fordors. This one is not one of those. The upper hinge is the correct aluminum hinge for the 1929 Town Car. The front door has the single drop just below the window.

Bob Johnson

03-19-2021, 11:00 AM	#28
Bob Johnson Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: California Posts: 1,021	Re: Model A Town Car? Brad, That is definitely not my car. I have the Danish registration paper for the car. In 1931 my car was still owned by the original owner Vlad Pedersen of Odense. The windshield posts on my car was not lowered. From what I can see in the picture it is a Ford factory built Town Car. All of the Town Car bodies were built by the Briggs company and shipped to the assembly plants where they were mounted on a chassis. It is possible that this Town Car body sat around in the Copenhagen plant until 1930 when it was finally put on a 1930 chassis. Ford did convert about 100 Town Car bodies to fit on 1930 chassis. However that required using 1930 front doors, cowls, hoods and radiators from 1930 Briggs Fordors. This one is not one of those. The upper hinge is the correct aluminum hinge for the 1929 Town Car. The front door has the single drop just below the window. Bob Johnson