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09-02-2011, 03:27 PM | #1 |
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29 Cowl differences
Hello, I am green as they come, but I noticed that some 29 Town Sedan cowls are like the 28 and some are like the 30-31. Am I correct on this? Is there a late 1929 build that brought the newer cowl and used 28-29 fenders, running boards, and headlight bar? or Is it a Briggs vs Murray thing?
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09-02-2011, 03:38 PM | #2 |
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Re: 29 Cowl differences
Both the Briggs and Murray built various '29 Fordor sedans with cowls very similar to the '30-'31 styles. Briggs made that type of cowl for their 60A Fordor in 1928. The '29 Briggs 68A Cabriolet also had the same cowl as the Fordors. Gar Williams
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09-02-2011, 03:44 PM | #3 |
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Re: 29 Cowl differences
So its a Murray vs Briggs thing then? Murray used a newer 30-31 looking cowl on the Town sedans and Briggs used a 28-29 look with no belt line, right?
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09-02-2011, 04:46 PM | #4 |
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Re: 29 Cowl differences
The Briggs and Murray cowls both would look similiar to the 30-31 to the uneducated eye. No offence by the use of the word uneducated. These cowls were used on the fordor, town sedan, town car and the convertable cabriolet there were some variations. there was a fordor cowl of this style built in 1928 that had a vent in the drivers side of the cowl. the fordor cowls of this style didn't have a cowl band or cowl lights. all of the other mentioned cowls did have cowl lights and cowl band. The Briggs built cowls had more wood and the windshield posts were made seperately and attached to the wood frame with nails. The later 29 Murray cowls had an upper dash panel that was more similar to the 30-31. All of these cowls used the same 28-29 gas tanks that was used with the tudor,coupe, roadster and pickup but was mounted under the skin of the cowl instead of being exposed as the other models. The firewall was not at all like the 30-31 but more like the 28-29 tudor, coupe and truck except there was a removeable panel between the tank and lower firewall that would have to be removed to remove the gas tank. No part of these cowls will interchange with the 30-31 cowls.
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09-02-2011, 05:10 PM | #5 |
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Re: 29 Cowl differences
there is an exception
Briggs made the taxis and they had the coupe pillar |
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09-02-2011, 06:52 PM | #7 |
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Re: 29 Cowl differences
Thanks so much for such valuable info. You guys are great! Much appreciated.
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