In the shop where I work is a stripped shell of a delivery. Can't remember if the owner said it was a '35, 6, or 7 but he said it's a 'Town Delivery'. Looks like a sedan with side windows but has a delivery back door. Owner said it was very rare and is being restored for a museum. I'll get some pictures next week. You can see it behind the Nova. I Googled but didn't find anything.
A lot of those were considered flower cars. Because of the rear windows left intact they were used for just that purpose. I can't wait to see some good shots of it.
Likely not a Ford production car, just a 35-36 Standard Tudor with a rear door modification from an aftermarket body builder/modifier of the day. There were probably thousands of odd body mods done by these commercial coachbuilders during the 20s thru the 60s.
ford did actually offer a Town Delivery in '31. It was a slant cowled delivery body with an open drivers compartment. I'm not aware of any other year production though.
Surely, you're correct...I also don't believe Henry rolled these out His door. The seller says..."by Briggs". Link below to the original 'Barn ad. DD http://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=68662
There was a similar slantback for sale down here the other year. All OEM Ford and no could explain it? Rear side windows and a delivery rear door.
That body style looks like it would have been popular with flower shops, funeral homes for flower cars or other businesses that had light delivery work to do. One would sure make a nice and handy road trip hotrod.
From http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/f/ford/ford.htm Although Briggs supplied Ford with an all new sedan-delivery body (Type 46-850) for 1933, they offered their own budget-priced $86.50 delivery conversion based on a standard Type 40-700 Tudor Sedan. National Cash Register ordered a fleet of the Briggs-modified Tudor deliveries which featured a 36" wide x 35" high rear cargo door, a relocated spare (to the right front fender) and replacement of the split rear bumper with a stock Ford front bumper. Coachbuilt claims the picture below is a Lebaron body...But I'm not so sure about that...
There was one of these 31s in the Jim Leake Museum in Oklahoma a few years back...Looked like open cockpit and Sedan Del rear
The rare Town Car Delivery version of the 1931 Ford Model A truck was a shortened panel truck with an aluminum body and open driver's quarters. As in past years, the factory offered a comprehensive selection of commercial bodies for the 1930-1931 Ford Model A truck. The most popular and practical versions of these were the fully enclosed Ford DeLuxe panel delivery and the closed-cab pickup. But no iteration of the 1930-1931 Ford Model A truck was prettier than the Town Car Delivery. Offered for only two years, the Town Car Delivery was a close-coupled, foreshortened panel truck with an aluminum body and an open driver's compartment that could be protected by a soft roof in inclement weather. http://fordofwestmemphis.blogspot.com/2009/05/1930-1931-ford-model-truck.html More Model A Town Car Deliveries pictured here; http://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3878&showall=1
That looks like a proper door to me, hinges on the left so you can open the door and safely load from the sidewalk. Bob
The Jalopy Journal
