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Argentina "Knock Down" Kit Info
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Bombsaway |
05-17-2017 @ 3:35 PM
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Bombsaway |
05-17-2017 @ 3:34 PM
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Guys I recently purchased this 1938 Ford Pricelist from Argentina. I thought anyone interested in this thread might enjoy seeing it. According to what I see my 1938 Deluxe Coupe Club Cabriolet (Coupe Club Convert) with the 85HP motor was $5,275.00 pesos. Agencia Ford Del Sud G.S. Franck & Cia. AV. Montes De OCA 1040 Argentina
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04-23-2017 @ 5:56 PM
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Wow what a great forum...thank you all for your assistance with this. Alan the book you mentioned was well received and I am studying it daily. Don those pictures of the 1935 knockdown kit in a crate was fascinating! I hope to pick up my car in mid May and will post some photos once in my possession.
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ken ct. |
04-22-2017 @ 7:53 AM
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Very interesting, ken ct.
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Don Rogers |
04-22-2017 @ 7:13 AM
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Here are several examples of 1935 coupe and 1935 chassis in knockdown form, ready for export.
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04-19-2017 @ 7:08 PM
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Alan, Per pages 2-11 and 4-41 of the referenced book seem pretty clear that the open car bodies were still outsourced and not brought in house (at the Warren Avenue Lincoln plant) until the 1939 model year.
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04-19-2017 @ 12:11 AM
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Reports of very poor working conditions, as well as a crippling labor strike at Briggs prompted Henry and Edsel to pull back from outside suppliers Briggs and Murray, therefore the 1938 model year is not all that certain as to where the open bodies were manufactured. Chances are that some body stampings were made at Briggs, but then assembled at either Ford or Lincoln. I have no information on whether Murray made any '38's or not. Budd had no contracts for open bodies. You'll be able to read this in the "1938-'39 Ford Book, which should be in your hands soon.
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3w2 |
04-18-2017 @ 6:22 PM
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Sorry for the confusion. That Ford did not make the open car bodies does not mean that they were made outside the U.S., but rather by one of Ford's U.S. suppliers such as Murray or Briggs. (Alan will know which in the case of a '38 club cabriolet.) That body builder supplied all of Ford U.S.'s requirements for that body type, be they destined for export or for domestic sale. SKD kits required only minimal local assembly as they included finished bodies. There is a fundamental difference between manufacturing and assembly and local operations such as that in Argentina at that time were strictly assembly operations and did not manufacture anything (i.e. create components from raw materials such as casting, forging, machining, and stamping sheet metal).
This message was edited by 3w2 on 4-18-17 @ 7:53 PM
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Bombsaway |
04-18-2017 @ 2:06 PM
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Thank you all for your information. 3w2 - I have to admit I am slightly confused by your statement "In the case of open cars such as yours where Ford did not manufacture the bodies themselves, those exports were in the form of SKD (slightly knocked down) kits wherein the bodies were completely finished, including upholstery and top." I am sorry but I am not following. So Ford made my body / upholstery / top in the US and then exported it down to Argentina for completion (SKD), or are you saying the body parts were likely produced in Argentina and assembled with parts that Ford had shipped down to Argentina in "Knock Down" kits? Or a combination of both? Thank you I am just trying to get a better understanding. I did purchase the book mentioned in an earlier post but I have not received it yet.
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04-17-2017 @ 8:55 AM
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We have a 38 conv. coupe that was really rough, had to make my doors like you did, took 7 years and nearly 4000 hours.its now a 1st car, painter it desert sand
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