Step Plate Location

lfg

lfg

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Does anyone have a pattern or measurements for locating the step plate on the right rear fender of a '30-'31?

Larry
 
Step in flour and step on the running board. Where the foot print is is where the step goes. As the steps were an accessory there is no right or wrong place to put the step.
 
I think lfg might be asking about the rumble seat step? My 29 is on top of the fender, 31.5" from the back bottom edge to step edge, 2.5" - 2.75" from the body (taper of the body rear is the difference there on my square step). If asking about the running board, then see above!
 
I may be mistaken but I seem to recall something to that effect being told about in the Ford Service Bulletins...I just can not put my fingers on the month it told about it...but then again, it may not have.

Maybe it was the placement of the taillight assembly...think?

This article was in The Restorer...
“Fender Step Plate Location”: TR/24/1/20 (1979)

Here are some others:
A-41663: Step (deck) on rear fender and bumper (with rumble seat)
“On the Road”: MAN/37/6/13 (1990)
“On the Hill…A-41563 Step Plate (deck) and Pad on Rear Fender”: MAN/56/2/34-35 (2009)
“Pictorially Yours…1928 (Location of Early Plate)”: TR/13/4/27 (1968)
“TIP…Fender Step Plate Location”: TR/24/1/20 (1979)

Pluck
 
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lfg ..........................
Anywhere, but top dead center, is not going to look right. The step plate (rumble) wants to be level.
MIKE :)
 
In the 1930 1931 coupes book by Marith McCoul
it states "To correctly drill the fender step hole, hook your tape measure over the outer lip of the fender and measure up over curve 8 5/8" to
8 7/8 . Chalk mark it vertically. On the underside of the fender, measure directly from runningboard mount end of the fender in a straight line up to the center of fender 31 1/2". Chalk mark it horizontally, Double check this measurement by measuring from the edge over the crown 34 1/4 and
marking that . Triangulate the hole point with the three marks, Drill.

Hope this is clear to you because I copied direct from book.
 
Thanks for the information. I figured "top dead center" but I wondered if there was a measurement about how far away from the body. I guess "top dead center" takes care of that too.

Larry
 
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