Features Coachbuilt early Fords

Courtesy of jimTN on the Ford Barn...Posted May 2010;

If this works, am attaching progress photos of the 32 Edsel Ford Speedster taken last spring in Knoxville, TN.

http://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=31245&highlight=edsel+ford

 

Some of these coachbuilt Fords are so cool!
http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2009/01/12/coachbuilt-fords-spotted-at-hershey/

 

That one's by Gläser. Lot of German bodies we're getting.

On the same page:

'36 tourer by Jensen. This is a particularly happy example of a type that was very easy to get wrong. Many coachbuilders tried tourers on the wider chassis of the '30s with far less satisfactory results.

 

Here are a couple of pictures of the Oliver Hines '33 Ford Coupe as it looks now. Currently owned by Barry Ewing, Detroit Autorama 2011 coverage in the August 2011 Rod And Custom Magazine reads;

And speaking of important history, here's a good throwback for you; the Oliver Hines built '33 Ford now owned by Barry Ewing. Among it's distinctive eastern flavored touches is the sweetheart Brewster grille, a definite unique feature given the rarity (and value) of the vehicle that bore the grille in the first place.

 

German Drauz Model-A currently for sale:
http://markt.motor-klassik.de/index.php?page=detailansicht&id_anzeige=255990&context=suchergebnis

This one of the only two surviving Berlin built Model-A's I'm aware of.

 

... at the risk of the hotlink expiring ...

 

my old 30 cabriolet roadster was coach-built by either murry or briggs ill try and look it up. you can see some of the wood in this picture, the whole subframe was wood also. my friend joe bought it off me and hes now building it back into a hotrod in my driveway, ill try to get some pictures later.


heres one in the classifieds thats more complete then mine was. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=543581

 

This vehicle borders on the criminal.................another coachbuilt vehicle butchered into a fucking street rod- there outa ba a law, but I'm glad there isn't!


" Beware the irrational however seductive "

 

I'm not sure it was coachbuilt to begin with, just posted because it has Brewster touches now. If it was truly a coachbuilt car it would have been a crime to mess with it.

 

Some A Fords built in Sweden or Denmark,got a rear door .Could have been made for salesmen that wanted a carlike impression without going for a pick up or a delivery.

 

Is this the white one of which you speak?

Click link: http://www.justauto.com.au/justcars/buy_and_sell/for_sale/99110e3c-5b45-401f-89b8-6e0d862e927e

 

http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/cars-and-the-motor-industry/3

 

wasnt only in sweden, they were called flower cars and it was a factory option on the tudor i believe (they could also be had with the rear side windows blacked out). i have heard they're either the second or third rearest factory option around for the years they were available.

 

Our Cologne plant built some tailgate Model-As as well, but unfortunately none of the the Cologne built model As survived to my knowledge.



1931 German Model-A with lettering form a Cologne drugstore.
The dealer plate and the Leverkusen chemistry works in the background indicate this photo was taken on the plant's premises next to the river Rhine.

 

Interesting stuff!

http://www.flickr.com/groups/carguide/discuss/72157624999268063/

http://www.fordyandcmodelregister.co.uk/Pages/AboutCars/ModelIdentification.html

 

A rather well known "coachbuilt" Ford, or Koach built from early Fords -




http://www.flickr.com/photos/83274560@N00/2985436682/

 

A German cabriolet



more photos-

http://www.conceptcarz.com/view/photo/233625,11346/1932-Ford-Type-18-German-Cabriolet_photo.aspx

 

1932 Ford B400 convertible sedan - 1 of 41 built:



more photos -

http://www.carpictures.com/Ford/B400-Convertible-Sedan-1932-11EOG422811803

 

1936 Cunningham


best read this -

http://www.restorodstogo.com/2010/01/1936-ford-towncar-delivery.html

 

Drauz Deuce

http://www.hemmings.com/hcc/stories/2005/06/01/hmn_feature16.html

 

Mystery 1938 Ford.
Not like one I ever seen!
Built by Drauz??

http://www.hemmings.com/hcc/stories/2005/12/01/hmn_feature21.html

 

some coach-built German Ford pictures at our club's event this weekend here in Cologne
one of them is a real German Deuce

 

the Hebmüller Rheinland on the left

 

That's the one - a Model 40 Sport Coupe - not a model Y as listed - but I'm damned if I can grab the photos to post them here, so anyone who wants to see it should click on your link....

 

Further tp post #82.

Cunningham of Rochester NY was also involved in some other "coach built" (????) Fords.



http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/UnitedStates/unarmored-halftracks/unarmored-half-tracks.html

That's one of the first models (pictured above) and there are more to see on the link.

 

Robert Roeder's Custom 1934 Ford

 

Nlce piece, Can someone post the Rollston 34 Towncar?

 

From October 1954 Mechanix Illustrated - Stuart Special.

Based on 1949 Ford Body ........

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2011...&Qif=sports_cars_0.jpg&Qiv=thumbs&Qis=XL#qdig

Photo is toward the bottom right. (I am not able to separate the photo from the others on the page - sorry)

 

A couple of cars featured in FORD Times - September 1953. These cars were built by the Ford dealership in Covington, Va..

Glasspar G2 built by Wright Ford dealership -



and ........ another Wright Ford dealership car.



Read details:

http://www.forgottenfiberglass.com/?p=11690

 

From Ford Times -August 1954




From the article, "The car above (Glasspar G2) was assembled at Modern Motors, the Ford dealership in St. Joseph, Missouri, from standard Ford or Mercury parts with the exception of the glass fiber body which was supplied by a California firm. The Mercury engine is speed equipped; wheelbase is 101 inches with an overall length of 159 inches, and top speed is estimated at 140 mph."


http://www.forgottenfiberglass.com/?p=11653