Can someone help ID this car?

[Ed H Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Ed H]

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[DaWizard Grumpy Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close DaWizard]

It looks very much like an early '31 Town Sedan to me. But then, I ain't da brightest bulb on da tree.

[Mitch Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Mitch]

Photos like that are great, i love studying them
I wonder if Wiz once owned it cause it has a starter solenoid :p:p That's a cool horn also

Looks like a slant window

[DaWizard]

Hey, I don't use starter solenoids!!

[Tom Wesenberg Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Tom Wesenberg]

Early 31 Slant Windshield Town Sedan, and it just needs wax and a tune up.

[Mitch]

Tom ,, what makes you say early 31 and not a late 30?

Oh yea RAN WHEN PARKED

[Ted Duke Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Ted Duke]

[Tom Wesenberg Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Tom Wesenberg]

Tom ,, what makes you say early 31 and not a late 30?

Oh yea RAN WHEN PARKED

The slant Town Sedan came out in 31, and this one doesn't have the indented firewall which came out a few months later.

[Mitch]

Right O

[Ray in La Mesa Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Ray in La Mesa]

The arched windows in the doors pegs it as a Murray body.

[Bob C Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Bob C]

Ford specified that Briggs and Murray had to build the slant bodies to the exact same blueprints and the parts should be interchangeable.

Bob

[Pickupman Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Pickupman]

The arched windows in the doors pegs it as a Murray body.

Both Briggs & Murray had arched windows in the Slant Windows. You can not uses this to identify the body builder.

[Pickupman]

Here is a link with some information from Vince Falters Ford Garage on some of the Murray/Briggs body difference.

http://www.fordgarage.com/pages/murraybriggs.htm

[Paul K. Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Paul K.]

"It will buff out!"

[Ed H Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Ed H]

Thanks everyone, I have had this car since 1962, just now getting the itch to git her going. Motor still turns free.
I have all the parts, front end has been under cover since I have owned it. Radiator is original still in my barn. I have another fire wall for it, like new, will submit some pics to make sure it is date specific.
Thanks again.

[Ray in La Mesa Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Ray in La Mesa]

Always learning every day, today it was- both Briggs & Murray made the arched windows for '31. Thanks for the info.

[Mitch Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Mitch]

Saved info i had

In 1930
Briggs had a square side window openings.


Murray had a curved top on the side window openings.

The 31 Slant Window were both built by Murray and Briggs so the parts were interchangeable. The slant windows, Murray and Briggs, have the curved top on the side window openings.

Some S/W differences of the two are Briggs used d-nuts on the fire wall where Murray used caged nuts. Briggs had a manufactures mark on the R/F cowl

[plyfor Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close plyfor]

Our SW had Murray stenciled on the front seat wood frame if that helps.