Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Is this what they called a "business coupe?"

 


Thanks, Chris

12 comments:

  1. Yes, it is. 1946-48? I always liked the way Ford used the lower door shapes to cover the running boards.

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  2. Salesmen kept a lot of junk in the trunk. =~ )

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  3. Kardashian rear end.

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  4. monkey business...

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  5. Are we sure about the year? [Google's pictures do not match].

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    1. Not a 39. The 38- 40 had a very different body shape. This body style changed only a little until the 49 "shoebox" came out.
      Bubbarust

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  7. Aggie has it right, '46-48' Definitely post-war. It's a Business Coupe if it does not have a rear seat.

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  8. Looks like something from a robert crumb cartoon. All it needs is Mr Natural standing proudly beside it.

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  9. Back in the early oilpatch days in Texas, perforators used to use these. They would roll up at a drilling rig, open the trunk, and in the trunk was a slickline winch drum, driven by a PTO. They would set up the perforating guns, hook'em up to the wireline, and cycle down the hole to perforate a well so it could start producing oil. Never saw one myself, before my time, but a lot of old timers have told me about these. Imagine driving around with a trunk full of perforating shaped charges rattling around in your trunk, and rolls of primacord. A lot of them were ex WWII special ordnance (demolition) men, and have crazy to boot.

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  10. No rear seat, crazy big trunk?

    Bootlegger Special.

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  11. My blessed grandmother had a '39 Ford businessman's coupe. She tried to give it to me during high school but my parents said, "No." So, she used it as a trade in for a 1962 Chevy II. What a sad time of my life.

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