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01-26-2012, 07:24 PM | #101 |
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Re: What would the judges say about this?
I hope the wife does well with her surgery...and this is the best post yet.......Dave
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01-26-2012, 08:35 PM | #102 |
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01-26-2012, 10:01 PM | #103 |
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I am planning on the engine number/frame number, the body number, the gas tank date and the firewall. I will see if I can get a shot underneath the cross member. If there are any others I should get, just tell me and I'll try. The body is in one corner of the garage, the gas tank is in the basement and the chassis is tucked along one wall. Only the gas tank is easy.
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01-26-2012, 10:02 PM | #104 |
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I have to go along with Pluck's #2 senario. How (and why) would a dealer change a right hand drive car over to a left hand drive? That would mean changing the fuel tank, cowl, windshield and wiper, steering column, bell housing, pedals, manifolds, etc. That is an incredible task.
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01-27-2012, 02:37 AM | #105 | |
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For the rest of the readers thinking this was a factory job, I'm still having a hard time believing the factory torched the brake rod hole, because then you still have to explain the multiplate clutch and tranny, which as Marco said, was certainly changed to a single plate clutch by this time. So, we have two wrongs going on here that need to be explained. |
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01-27-2012, 06:46 AM | #106 | |
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More than likely this RHD frame got mixed up with the rest of the LHD frames that were being shipped out to the assembly plant for where this vehicle was originally assembled. I think, but can not prove the fact, that the reason the center cross member was "torched" was because there was no way (???) that FORD could of "punched" another nice looking hole in that cross member once the frame was totaly assembled and once that RHD frame reached the final assembly line, instead of discarding the frame, FORD did the next best thing and hacked out the hole to make the new style brake system fit their cause. And again, this was the first item of business on the assembly of the chassis, was the fitting of the service brake parts so it was much easier to do the "hack" job right from the get go. Question here then is this...were all the cross members and frame side rails first formed and then the holes punched into the parts OR were the holes punched first on to the flat iron then the iron formed into the part? Also, since this frame has 2 stamped and 2 forged running board braces, according to the MARC/MAFCA Restoration Guidelines and Judging Standards, it places this frame at about December 1928 through March 1929. Pluck Last edited by Steve Plucker; 01-27-2012 at 11:11 AM. |
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01-27-2012, 10:41 AM | #107 |
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Marco, I just checked my 9-27-28 frame side rails and my 2-23-29 frame side rails and both frames have 3 steering holes on the right rail to mount the steering box. So, my complete 2-23-29 frame is ready to use for either RHD or LHD because the center crossmember has holes on both sides for the brake rod, but my 9-27-28 complete frame can only be used for LHD because it doesn't have holes on the right side for the brake rod or brake linkage mounts.
Maybe John Stone's frame is the one mix up that made Ford think we better start making frames ready to use for either RHD or LHD. |
01-27-2012, 11:00 AM | #108 |
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Steve,
From post # 76 "Marco and I had a discussion some time back about frame rails. He said the holes in the rails were punched prior to forming. From my experience in forming, you need alignment pins for the part, if no flash is to be removed, after forming." Gary and I are in agreement about changing from RHD to LHD. Dudley |
01-27-2012, 11:18 AM | #109 |
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[QUOTE=Tom Wesenberg;350844]I just went and measured my 9-27-28 brake hole and it's a 1.15" diameter round hole. The hole on the top right of the crossmember is 5/8", but I'm not sure what that hole is for.
I also measured the holes in my 2-23-29 crossmember and both the brake holes (for LHD and RHD) are 2" but they are also both flat on the top, so the top to bottom measurement would be less. The center rectangular hole (on the top side) is 1" x 1 1/4" and I don't know what that hole is for either.[/QUOTE] Tom, It was used for lifting the frame assembly for both I think. Pluck |
02-20-2012, 12:35 PM | #110 |
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I'm back with the pictures I promised plus a couple. The swap meet kept me busy for a while. Here goes,the engine number, frame number, gas tank date, an underneath cross member shot, a shot showing the 2 different running board braces, one of the body showing it was not a RH drive body and one of the body number but it was not legible (looks like a gorilla stamped it because the area is bent down).
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02-20-2012, 01:17 PM | #111 |
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John,
You have convinced me if my eyesight is 100%. Engine number A697220 stamped on 11/30/28 and gas tank date of 11/21/28 putting assembly sometime in December 28/January 29 depending on just where it was assembled. The running board brackets are right for this time period I think (don't have the RG's in front of me). There are the "brake stops" on the back of the center cross member plus the two square holes for the old style service brake set up, all of which was discontinued I think in late October/November 1928 HOWEVER... Your frame runs in the same context as my February 1929 Tudor frame except I am dealing with a front cross member that was suposed to be discontinued back in November 1928. Am I going to change it out to suit the RG's? No. So here is another case of the fact that Ford used up all the parts if they could be used without any major revision to the assembly of the car or truck itself. Can you tell just what the assembly plant codes are? Pluck Last edited by 329s; 02-20-2012 at 01:22 PM. |
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