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Kinda ungainly looking
 

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IIRC, this was a conversion done by an independent company. John Jagger did an excellent article on cabovers in the V8 Times many years ago which had more details about these.
 
James Wagner's book Ford Trucks Since 1905 has a couple more pictures of this conversion as well as other interesting conversions from the 1935-37 era. There is at least one of the Dearborn Line conversions that has been restored. I remember seeing a photo in one of my antique truck mags a few years ago. Was displayed at one of the national truck shows.


In Wagner's book this is another not quite so radical conversion of a slightly raised cab and sloping hood unit not unlike the Mack C600 series of the early 60's.
You need a copy of this book if you have any interest in Ford trucks.


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34fordy said:
Could never understand why they quit that split window coupe.
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Mainly because you couldn't see out the back. (Zora hated it and he was the one who killed it.) BTW, mine is a '67, which I prefer because of the cleaner styling, without the gee-gaws the earlier cars had. The "splits" are desirable because of their one year only production. In my opinion, if they would have continued it through 1966, with 1967 being the only year with a one piece rear window, my car would be worth 200-300K, not the '63.
 
Here are a few other images of early Ford cab-over trucks. I believe the original post features a 1936 conversion by Transportation Engineers who built the "Dearborn Line" of cab-over trucks.

The V-8 TIMES article referenced can be found in the Jan-Feb 1984 issue.
 

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I took my '41 COE to a show years ago, a woman looked at it briefly and stated "that is the ugliest thing I have ever seen. Shortly after another woman looked at it for a bit and said " isn't that cute!" It is truly in the eye of the beholder...
 
Only the lack of storage space kept me from purchasing the cab-over pictured. It is a 1935 Ford Model 51 converted to cabover by Eaglesfield and Irish of Indianapolis identified by their distinctive "cowl" vent located above the radiator grille bars.
I hope it survived and now think I should have gotten it regardless of my lack of storage space. I think only about 250 to 350 were produced in 1935.
 

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