Front fenders

rob63mess

rob63mess

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Are all 28-29 front fenders the same. For instance will coupe fenders fits a roadster or sedan and phaeton? thanks
 
There have been reports of original cars with mis-matched fenders.

Leave it to frugal Henry.

Joe K
 
My 1928 Roadster Pickup has the Early Fender on the drivers side and the later style on the right.
Since its a commercial vehicle they may have used up the early inventory on them.
 
Fullraceflathead said:
My 1928 Roadster Pickup has the Early Fender on the drivers side and the later style on the right.
Since its a commercial vehicle they may have used up the early inventory on them.
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yea the commercial vehicles got all the leftovers... Hence AAs having 28-29 cabs and fenders till June 30.
 
My Sports coupe has early on left hand side and late on the right but may not have been from the factory though common thought is there were a few cars came like that. There was a thread about it a year or so ago.
 
Mike,
I think he was asking If the January through June 1930 pickups also had the 28/29 cabs, like the AA' s.

I think the 28/29 cabs were only used on the AA, not the Jan-Jun30 pickups.
 
Mike V. Florida said:
Yes, all 103.5" wheelbase vehicles are on the same chassis for the same that same year.
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Which would make sense if you think of Ford's assembly line production methods.

All 103 inch wb vehicles came from the same assembly line(s) All were provided with the basic "black" components. Only once a completed chassis/black components were assembled would the body (random on this?) be fitted.

The truck line was similar EXCEPT for those fenders and body - and earlier truck adaptable body parts shifted over from cars to the truck line.

Use it up make it do personal values.

Joe K
 
NO TELLIN' what's been changed on out cars????
Chief said WRECKING YARDS were a BIG business, in the "old days". AND, folks saved their DEFUNCT cars, for spare parts. Chief would buy some of them to fix up & re-sell, for grocery money!
Bill W.
 
Mike V. Florida said:
Yes, all 103.5" wheelbase vehicles are on the same chassis for the same that same year.
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Joe K said:
Which would make sense if you think of Ford's assembly line production methods.

All 103 inch wb vehicles came from the same assembly line(s) All were provided with the basic "black" components. Only once a completed chassis/black components were assembled would the body (random on this?) be fitted.

The truck line was similar EXCEPT for those fenders and body - and earlier truck adaptable body parts shifted over from cars to the truck line.

Use it up make it do personal values.

Joe K
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Neil Mylar LakewoodCA said:
Mike,
I think he was asking If the January through June 1930 pickups also had the 28/29 cabs, like the AA' s.

I think the 28/29 cabs were only used on the AA, not the Jan-Jun30 pickups.
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Yes, that was my question - whether the 28-29 style cab/fenders were used on early-30 A pickups as well as AA trucks. I know pickups are on the same chassis as passenger cars.

It's been posited the cab/fenders were carried over to use up parts. Undoubtedly Ford did some of that and I know commercial vehicles sometimes lagged behind passenger cars in getting upgrades. But if Henry was the penny-pincher he's reputed to be, I don't think he'd tie up funds by squirreling away six months' worth of truck cabs. I wonder if there was some other reason for the mid-year changeover. But if that's the case, why not change AAs at the same time as pickups? I do know the early-30 "square cab" trucks had some 30 features - e.g., the "flat" steering wheel. But I don't know if any of those affected the cab per se.
 
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