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Chevguy49Ford

10-22-2009 @ 10:14 AM

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Is there a way to find out what my car came equipped with besides having original dealership paperwork? I don't know much about the history of the car and I was wondering if there is a way to find anything out about it. I have left about a dozen messages for the Archives Dept at Ford of Canada Historical Services over the last three weeks and haven't heard a thing back.

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1949 Custom Tudor.
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nelsb01

10-22-2009 @ 1:32 PM

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Suggest you wander over to the online store and get the 1949 1950 1951 Ford Book. It will give you the low down on standard equipment (there wasn't much) and available accessories.
Your 1949 did not come with a Magic Air Heater, but could have come with a clock. It came with 2 visors. No side rearview mirror. With locking glove box. Customs can with armrests on the doors, ash trays.

I think I am missing one other thing......

Chevguy49Ford

10-22-2009 @ 4:35 PM

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I was planning on buying that book. My car has the heater, so was that a dealer add on? I was wondering if there was a way to tell whether it was equipped new with the grille guard, fender skirts etc or is my only hope of that finding the original dealer invoice or receipts?

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10-22-2009 @ 8:09 PM

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Scott, from your picture, I can tell you that your hubcaps, thin whitewalls,
fender skirts, grille guard, fog lamps, spotlights, rear view mirrors,
sunvisor, and fuzzy dice are add-ons. I can't see your gas cap, but if there
is a tiger in your tank, that was added also.

That said, it's very retro, very cool, and a very personal choice which is
yours alone to make.

Alan

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10-23-2009 @ 8:15 AM

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It was the common practice of the dealers to add all kinds of "extras" such as those mentioned above. At the Ford dealer where I worked, we spent a lot of time putting on visors, bumper guards, spotlights, and so forth. Demand was high, but profit margins were thin, so the "accessories" were pushed to the limit. Sort of like the :upholstery treatment", rustproofing, and other add-ons that dealers push hard today on new car purchasers.

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10-23-2009 @ 7:26 PM

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Undercoating was a big money maker for the dealers, especially in the "rust belt" states. No one realized (or maybe they did) that the undercoat actully trapped the salt and caused more damage than it prevented.

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