Dealer Plate inside 31 Tudor

[Wick]

A 31 Tudor i picked up has a nice Dealer identification plate with the engine # on it.
Recommends change oil at 500 miles.
It's installed inside the car on the firewall.

 

[jb-ob]

If these cars could talk.....and sometimes they do .

 

[Shelbycsx]

I have the exact same dealer tag on mine.

 

[mercman from oz]

Dealer Plate inside 1931 Ford Model A Tudor - Wick

 

[ronn]

now its time for someone to reproduce them...............
dmv


would be happy to do an inspection and find one inside.

 

[Big hammer]

Some really really good glue ! and very cool !

 

[ModelA29]

Some really really good glue ! and very cool !

Little rivets still in 3 of the corners. Probably installed by a mechanic with a "Big hammer"..........



Here is the Martindale dealership in a vintage 1931 movie.
https://historicfilms.com/search/?q=like:61233-1140341&reel=10860&log=316502&in=540.83&out=557.83

 

[Wick]

That Film is awesome.

 

[Big hammer]

Little rivets still in 3 of the corners. Probably installed by a mechanic with a "Big hammer"..........



Here is the Martindale dealership in a vintage 1931 movie.
https://historicfilms.com/search/?q=like:61233-1140341&reel=10860&log=316502&in=540.83&out=557.83

Wow, maybe I need to see an eye doctor, more eyes are better than four eyes ;-)

 

[Chuck Dempsey]

Here's a coincidence - I did a Google Image search on 'Thomas Martindale Ford', looking for pics of the dealership. It brought up this pic of an infant on a Model A, in the obituary of Thomas J Martindale. He was born in 1928, and died in California in 2016. No indication that he was related to the dealership owner...


https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/glendora-ca/thomas-martindale-7018248

 

[ModelA29]

Here's a coincidence - I did a Google Image search on 'Thomas Martindale Ford', looking for pics of the dealership. It brought up this pic of an infant on a Model A, in the obituary of Thomas J Martindale. He was born in 1928, and died in California in 2016. No indication that he was related to the dealership owner...

Looks like he was born in Arkansas. He's buried in the same cemetery as my wife's grandfather.

 

[Chuck Dempsey]

Looks like he was born in Arkansas. He's buried in the same cemetery as my wife's grandfather.

Small world... Thanks!

 

[rackops]

The dealer was sadly young when he passed away... 32 in 1944

 

[rackops]

So it looks like that was the son who worked at the dealership...his dad ran the dealership. Here's a longer obituary.

 

[rackops]

New engine, anyone?

 

[Wick]

Yall have found some great information on this dealer.

 

[alexiskai]

His death came just before the mass availability of penicillin. It existed but was mostly reserved for the war effort.