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Posted By Discussion Topic: 1940 ford car original price listing -- page: 1 2 3     TomO 01-20-2011 @ 7:34 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 7243 Joined: Oct 2009 It would be nice if the novice judges could be trained before the Concourse day, but most people go to the meets to enjoy the activities as well as the cars. Probably the best way to teach the novice judges would be to have some Rouge cars at each meet and have a knowledgeable person give a seminar on the vehicle and video tape the seminar. If one year was covered at each meet and the videos were made available to all judges, the Club would have a good start on approaching consistent judging. If this cannot be done, the next best would be to video tape Rouge cars and then point out the areas that should be judged and what is correct. The cost of video taping and distribution of the material could be covered by selling copies of the video. The 32 was done at the last Grand National, It would be nice if a 36 was done this year. Tom Lincoln 01-20-2011 @ 12:35 PM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 56 Joined: Oct 2009 On the subject of tire locks, I think that the focus is on the lock used for the trunk-mounted spare tire. My sources reveal the following: 1939 Passenger Cars: A 11/13/38 Buffalo Branch Sales Letter states that tire locks were standard equipment on FORDS. A 11/13/38 Green Island Letter states that tire locks were standard on MERCURYS. A 3/15/39 Cleveland Letter confirms they were furnished on MERCURYS. 1940 Passenger Cars: All Branch Sales Letters, but one, starting on October 6,1939 and continuing through 1939, did not mention that the spare tire lock was included as standard equipment on FORDS and MERCURYS. BUT a 10/9/39 Green Island Letter stated that both the V-8 and Deluxe V-8 FORDS were to be furnished with the tire lock as standard equipment. (Was this an error?) (Which was correct?) Did not review the 1940 Branch Sales Letters to see if Ford changed their Sales Policies. Using another reference, the Ford Sales Reference Book, Form 7218 of 10/39 made no mention of Fords having the spare tire lock, but did mention that Mercurys had them. This reference book was released to the Dealers about the end of November,1939. Faced with the info given, I believe all the 1939 and 1940 Fords,and Mercurys, came equipped with Spare Wheel Tire Locks as standard equipment. Ford had assigned a part number for the lock which was a carryover from 1936, and the Dealer carried these in stock in case they needed replacement. No doubt these locks were lost or misplaced whenever the spare had to be used. How many ORIGINAL, or restored, cars still have one these locks still in place? Aftermarket spare tire locks were also available at the time but they do not match the ones that Ford offered. Lincoln. Stroker 01-20-2011 @ 2:30 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 1460 Joined: Oct 2009 Perhaps it was because Ford considered a Station Wagon a commercial vehicle, but my dad's 38 Ford Station Wagon came with a spare tire lock that matched the ignition key. The spare of course, lives behind the front seat, so would be locked in the car if the doors were locked. We seldom used the lock, and it normally lived in the glove compartment. The special,long v-grooved wheel nut still resides on the spare wheel mount however. All our trucks had these locks, but because they were never parked overnight off-premise, we would take them off and pitch them. I still have the 38 wagon lock, and while I'll never enter a concourse, I believe it is correct to this particular vehicle. TomO 01-21-2011 @ 8:57 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 7243 Joined: Oct 2009 Thank you Mr. Lincoln. These letters confirm the information in the Chassis Parts Catalogs from the period and IMHO would be the final word on the locks. The Sales Reference Book and Chassis Parts Catalogs are more likely to have errors than the letters, as they were sometimes released before policy was determined. The Branch Sales Letters were only issued after policy had been finalized. Tom

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