37 3 window coupe

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NEVER say "NEVER" when it comes to old Fords. I found this picture years ago, somewhere! It is obviously NOT an American '37, considering the right hand drive, the funny fender lights, and likely the license plate. My money would be on German. Note old hooptie on far side of pasture. Also note the "V'd", two piece windshield (unlike a '36). Coop


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Coop, I think that car was produced in Canada in 1937, and was also imported to England to sell in 1937. I think they were advertised as having a 30hp engine... I don't remember how many were produced.




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If 11 are known to exist, have the seller tell you where the other 10 are. Tell the seller to show you the area under the headliner directly behind the driver and passenger head area. I think you will find your answers. I gave the 3W idea to a builder once and he did one. I don’t know if that’s the car, but it sure looks like it.
 
Guess some people like them; but to my eyes a Minotti glass 3w roof line isn't shaped very attractively and the lines of that red and black one are lacking too. Just saying.
 
It looks like they transition from the 1937 belt line at the front to the 1936 belt line from the front doors rearward at the cowl, see the small "Z" in the pinstripe.
 

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V8COOPMAN said:
NEVER say "NEVER" when it comes to old Fords. I found this picture years ago, somewhere! It is obviously NOT an American '37, considering the right hand drive, the funny fender lights, and likely the license plate. My money would be on German. Note old hooptie on far side of pasture. Also note the "V'd", two piece windshield (unlike a '36). Coop


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Where it "German" it would still be "left" hand drive. My instant guess when I saw it was "Australian" since given the distance, most models were late in the same model year down under and maybe had some leftover 36's to "clear" out?? Maybe Trevor could chime in here.....Obviously, if not Aussie or NZ then a "Dagingham" creation would be my "next" logical guess.....also given the the fender marker lights!!!! NOT that I know anything about foreign or European Fords. IS it me OR is it also "two tone" paint job A La the OP hot rod........fenders look black, the body looks to be a dark color BUT NOT black......OR is it just the angle of the photo???
 
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I have the other ten tucked away. And, yes, I'm Canadian. Send an e-transfer to my banker friend in Nigeria and his lawyer will arrange for shipping at your earliest convenience. Don't like red and black? We also custom paint, for slightly extra.
 
Over on the HAMB, there was a thread a number of years ago, about the
steel '37 Three Window Ford coupes, and RonC on the HAMB had a picture.

Maybe Mart will chime in here, as he was expecting a picture of a white OR
light blue one, from RonC that was thought to be in England ???



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>>>That red & black thing wreaks>>>It reeks>>>


A nice black monotone like this one reeks good to me. A flathead or SBC preferred though 8^)


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Lanny said:
Over on the HAMB, there was a thread a number of years ago, about the
steel '37 Three Window Ford coupes, and RonC on the HAMB had a picture.

Maybe Mart will chime in here, as he was expecting a picture of a white OR
light blue one, from RonC that was thought to be in England ???



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That is a British registration plate, another view of the car here. 9858AC is still registered in the UK albeit the car off the road since 1990. Shows as a much later registration date with 4700 cc, that said the UK registration date from that era doesn't always represent the year of manufacture. Am fairly certain it was owned when this picture was taken by a guy called Bruce Whitehouse. I too believe it subsequently was hot rodded in the mid 1980s with a SBC and painted a very pale blue - will endeavor to find a picture!

Update: found an article on 9858AC in the August ‘85 edition of the UK Custom Car Magazine. The article details that the ‘37 had been converted to a home made cut down farm truck as far back as the Second World War. When the floor of the pickup bed rotted through the owner went to the local scrapyard and bought the body of a ‘36 cabriolet. Not wanting an open top car he at the same time bought the tops from a couple of Ford Pilots and had built into a coupe. If anyone wants a copy of the article, pm me and can scan and e mail.
 

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Wow, as "rockfla" mentions above, it sure does appear that this car IS in fact painted two colors. The top of the car, including the hood and trunk ABOVE the belt line, as well as the fenders appear to be black and shiny, whereas the rear quarter panel BELOW the belt line, the door and hood side panel appears to be a lighter, not-so-shiny color. Coop


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I think Deuce-Addict is right on the nail the rear roof of this looks like the rear roof section including rear door profile for a UK Ford Pilot (E71A) . The English one is far nicer looking than the "butchered" red and black 37 IMO.

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Robert,


While the fender-mounted lamps are usually associated with cars in the U.K., they were required in some other countries as well starting with the '35 models when cowl lamps were no longer utilized, such as Argentina which coincidentally was also still RHD at that time.
 
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Robert,


While the fender-mounted lamps are usually associated with cars in the U.K., they were required in some other countries as well starting with the '35 models when cowl lamps were no longer utilized, such as Argentina which coincidentally was also still RHD at that time.
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You have started an interesting study for me on ALL my 35 photo library!!!
 
Is it just me? The picture in post 31, there is a vertical section visible above the door handle where the pin stripe doesn't line up with the rest of the picture? Like the picture had been constructed in Photoshop. Makes me suspicious of that 5w one.
 
Deuce-Addict said:
Update: found an article on 9858AC in the August ‘85 edition of the UK Custom Car Magazine. The article details that the ‘37 had been converted to a home made cut down farm truck as far back as the Second World War. When the floor of the pickup bed rotted through the owner went to the local scrapyard and bought the body of a ‘36 cabriolet. Not wanting an open top car he at the same time bought the tops from a couple of Ford Pilots and had built into a coupe. If anyone wants a copy of the article, pm me and can scan and e mail.
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deuce_roadster said:
Is it just me? The picture in post 31, there is a vertical section visible above the door handle where the pin stripe doesn't line up with the rest of the picture? Like the picture had been constructed in Photoshop. Makes me suspicious of that 5w one.
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Mike .....Yup, it's just YOU, and the fact that you ain't had enough coffee yet this morning. That picture is a '37 5-window that I believe "Jack E/NJ" kind of jokingly 'doctored-up', blacking-out the RIGHT-Side quarter window, while leaving the quarter window on the OTHER side un-altered (look thru windshield at LEFT-side quarter window), and in doing so, somehow altered the pinstripe. But you knew that! Dick D


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