Mystery Boxes

[johnr9q@yahoo.com]

1931 Fordor Slant Windshield. These boxes are in the floorboard where the rear seat passengers feet would rest. They have electric plugs in them that have been cutoff. They look like they were added because the cutout is ragged.

 

[1930artdeco]

Electric feet warmers is my guess. Hook them back up and use them or as a conversation piece.

Mike

 

[Bruce_MO]

My guess is they’re for a radio. Take a look at the optional radio for ‘32 Fords. They had two boxes installed in the floor, one for the tubes & one for the motor generator. They are quite rare

 

[midgetracer]

Bruce is right.Plugs on the wires are for a radio.

 

[Bruce_MO]

Here’s a picture from the 1932 Ford Restoration guidelines by Dave Rehor. It shows the nominal sizes of the holes in the floor, usually cut in front of the rear seat. The book has several pages about the accessory radio, made by Grisby-Grunow.

 

[Keith True]

At this point you have some really,really nice built in toolboxes.Unless you want to spend lots of time and lots more money tracking down the vintage radio units,the headgear,and the antenna.All to end up with a third rate AM radio that you can hear your spark plugs on.

 

[johnr9q@yahoo.com]

Mystery Solved. So they were for a 32 so they were after market for my 31?

 

[nkaminar]

I will second what Keith said. That would be a good place for something special. Maybe for smuggling moonshine.

 

[Keith True]

Didn't the vendors sell in-floor boxes years ago for the sedans??? Seems I remember them being advertised somewhere.I's spiff them up and show them off to everybody.

 

[JayJay]

FYI, if you ever want to put a Mitchell overdrive in that car it’s likely that those boxes will interfere. The Mitchell tucks up into that space below the floor pan. But they are way cool.

 

[Richard Knight]

I have a 29 Murray with a mystery rectangle hole in the rear floor. Very neat but no box. Clearly something was there at one time.

 

[stevests]

Most likely was some type of heater for the rear passengers.

 

[ModelA29]

C'mon the only mystery is why the radio was removed.