| ravi.avalur | -- 12-24-2014 @ 12:40 AM |
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I am the proud owner of a 1937 Ford V8 Phaeton that was built in Canada (picture attached). The car has been on the road for a year and I would like to bring it to concours level specification. There are a few points on which I seek advice from the perspective of concours judging in the US: A) Are dual side white wall tyres correct, single side white wall or standard black wall tyres ? B) Which tyre brand would be most authentic for the period ? C) Did the car come with cloth covered wire originally ? Would cloth covered wire be considered more period correct than ordinary wire? Are rodents a problem for cloth covered wire? D) Should I stick to the original 6V wiring or will the practicality of a 12V system be considered , and not penalised ? Regards,
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| TomO | -- 12-24-2014 @ 7:58 AM |
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That sure is a pretty car. A:Page 31 of the current Roster states that double white wall tires are required for 1932-1939 vehicles. You should do some research to see if they were available in Canada. Black wall tires are acceptable and were probably on the majority of cars sold. B:I believe that Ford script or Firestone tires were the preferred brand in the US. I do not know the preferred Canadian brand. C:Cloth covered wire was the only available wiring in the 1930's. Rodents will attack any material the smells good to them. D:The car came with 6 volt battery, lamps and accessories and will be judged as it left the factory. Your car will start and run fine on 6 volts. There is no advantage to converting to 12 volts, unless you want to add air conditioning. I suggest that you buy the Early Ford V-8 Club's 1937 book. It will answer most of your questions. You can also download the judging forms from the Forms link on the home page. The book can be bought on this site or at the Early Ford V-8 Foundation Museum's site. http://www.fordv8foundation.org/ Tom
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| ravi.avalur | -- 01-09-2015 @ 11:35 AM |
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Thank you Tom ! Your guidance is much appreciated.
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