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1940 commerical colors
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trjford8 |
09-02-2013 @ 7:38 PM
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I suspect if Ford had a chance to sell 5 or more commercial vehicles the seller could request whatever color he needed. I don't recall seeing any white Ford vehicles, but I have seen many Fleet V-8's painted white. Nowhere in the Ditzler book of Ford V-8 colors do I see a white color. Ford was in the business of selling vehicles and I'm relatively sure that if they had a chance to sell 5 or more they would do whatever it took to keep the buyer happy. Don, do you still have that nice black 37 pickup?
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Lincoln |
09-03-2013 @ 7:00 PM
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We should include the colors Garnet and Silver (Garnet was a Spring 1940 Passenger car offering). The Garnet and Silver color combo was offered for Commercial and Truck DEMONSTRATORS when the 1940's were first being introduced. An October,31,1939 MAILGRAM from the Kansas City Plant to its Dealers pointed this out. It goes on to say that the HOOD,CAB,BODY,FENDERS,and RUNNING BOARDS could be Garnet with Silver stripe and WHEELS. Special lettering on the Side DOORS was also available. Price extra per unit was $11.50. Most Ford Dealers (especially the larger Dealers) relied heavily on Demonstrators to sell their vehicles. Probably many ordered one or more of these from Ford. And sooner or later these DEMONSTRATORS were sold to customers, and then supposedly became available on the Used Car market. Given all this,I am somewhat amazed that "Ford Demonstrators" are not referred to more often when discussing the Special Options and Accessories which were available on our old Fords. If any older Fords were to be sold off the Dealer's showroom floor equipped with "a substantial number of Authorized accessories,Special equipment,and with out-of the ordinary colors",then I think those most likely were Demonstrators. And just think what "stories" they could tell us if only we could find them (and if they could "talk"). Lincoln.
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donnicoli |
09-04-2013 @ 8:29 PM
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trjford8, yes, still have the black '35 pickup. I'm very happy with how it turned out. The delivery restoration will be a bit more challenging! Thanks
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donnicoli |
09-04-2013 @ 8:32 PM
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Lincoln, I have never seen Garnet. Is it light or dark? metallic? Any idea where I can see an example? Don
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kubes40 |
09-05-2013 @ 6:23 AM
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It's difficult to describe how "light" or "dark" a color is in words. Garnet was quite a bit lighter than Mandarin in my opinion. It was not available until approximately April, 1940. NO metallic colors were offered on 1940 Fords. Mike Kubarth
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donnicoli |
10-15-2013 @ 7:20 PM
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Lincoln, I think you may be right about Silver being available. After removing the dash there was silver paint up under the dash and cowel vent. What convinced me was silver paint under the wiper towers, that look like they had never been off.
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