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02-06-2015, 04:33 PM | #1 |
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Who built the 1930 Roadster pickup bodys?
Hi all, I recently bought a 30 roadster pickup. It has a Briggs body tag on the firewall below the Ford patent plate. I thought Briggs only built the high end bodys for Ford? Maybe the firewall came from another car?
Thanks for any help, i will try to post a pic soon.
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02-06-2015, 10:37 PM | #2 |
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Re: Who built the 1930 Roadster pickup bodys?
thats not an original Briggs tag
can you read the number they stamped on it? tom |
02-07-2015, 11:59 AM | #5 |
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Re: Who built the 1930 Roadster pickup bodys?
After I took the pic, I realized there was no number stamped on it, so it must be a repro. Still curious if Briggs made these?
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02-07-2015, 02:19 PM | #7 |
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Re: Who built the 1930 Roadster pickup bodys?
I would have said that too - except that Budd was later called in to do the steeltop closed cabs.
But this looking more like a recycled firewall - if not a desire to fill previously drilled holes with SOMETHING. Maybe a 1960s restoration? Real or faux rivets on that plate? If real/original they're probably tubular. Well, maybe split rivets if put on homestyle. Joe K
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02-08-2015, 10:58 AM | #8 |
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Re: Who built the 1930 Roadster pickup bodys?
Briggs did build the beds and bodies. They were a coach builder and built what was ordered.
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02-08-2015, 12:23 PM | #9 |
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this is an original Briggs zinc tag
i cant find a better one right now briggs also made a tag just like this that mounted on the floor,and it was brass but not painted yellow like the reproductions are it was painted with a black background tom |
02-08-2015, 01:27 PM | #10 |
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It's worth noting that Tom's tag is from a '31 Cabriolet (68-C) based on the 138 prefix. I've certainly never heard of a Briggs built 76-B Open Cab. I've heard ONE claim of a Briggs built 82-B Closed Cab.
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Thanks for all the info. This truck was last on the road in 1971 so I thought it was mostly original. I dont know why someone would add a tag if it didnt come with one originally.Also, looks like the tags were black, why would a repro be yellow ????
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