Thread: Classic Ford
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	06-23-2008 05:32 PM #1Classic Ford
 
 While out for a walk, we spotted this Classic Ford.
 
 I am not certain of the year, but think it is 1949 to 1952.Norm Dunne 
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	06-23-2008 05:59 PM #2
 hard to tell the grill, but looks like a '51.. '52 was a different body all togetherYou don't know what you've got til it's gone 
 
 Matt's 1951 Chevy Fleetline- Driver
 
 1967 Ford Falcon- Sold 
 
 1930's styled hand built ratrod project
 
 1974 Volkswagen Super Beetle Wolfsburg Edition- sold
 
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	06-23-2008 06:02 PM #3
 No, it's a '49.......in '50 they went to a gas door instead of a cap on the outside, and the little parking lights are also '49. Cool car.
 
 Don
 
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	06-23-2008 06:05 PM #4
 We did some research when Dan got his, that is how I know, otherwise the '49-'51's confused me some too.
 
 Don
 
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	06-23-2008 06:17 PM #5
 The grill is what really threw me.. w/ the normal '49 and '50 grill looking like this, the blue car in the picture has a diffrent grill, which closer resembles a '51 grill but still not quite... 
 
 
 '49-'50 Chevys are even harder to tell apart, as it is just a slight diffrence in the grill that tells them apart.. I think it's cool how the old cars changed a little every year.. not like todays cars where they run the same style for 2-3 years..
 
 I know you can tell a '51-'52 Chevy apart by, having or not having the grill teeth, but if a '51 has had '52 grill teeth added, you can still identify it as a '51 because of the way the parking lights mount in the frontYou don't know what you've got til it's gone 
 
 Matt's 1951 Chevy Fleetline- Driver
 
 1967 Ford Falcon- Sold 
 
 1930's styled hand built ratrod project
 
 1974 Volkswagen Super Beetle Wolfsburg Edition- sold
 
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	06-23-2008 06:27 PM #6
 Yeah, you are right Matt, I just saw that. Maybe it is a Canadian version, they had some differences I think from the American versions. The rest of the car looks pretty stock, so I don't think he did a grille swap to a '50 Merc grille.
 
 Would love to see a head on shot.
 
 Don
 
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	06-23-2008 06:31 PM #7
 just found it I think.... 1949 Ford Meteor.. Canadian Ford.. I remember hearing they were Mercury lookalikes
   You don't know what you've got til it's gone 
 
 Matt's 1951 Chevy Fleetline- Driver
 
 1967 Ford Falcon- Sold 
 
 1930's styled hand built ratrod project
 
 1974 Volkswagen Super Beetle Wolfsburg Edition- sold
 
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	06-23-2008 06:35 PM #8
 Bingo. Sherlock Holmes has nuthin' on you bud!!    
 
 Don
 
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	06-23-2008 07:27 PM #9
 Yep, the Meteors had a Merc type grille. If you open the hood and look at it from the inside, you can see where the piece was welded in to get rid of the bullet housing.
 
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	06-23-2008 07:28 PM #10
 Nice.....all of themI thought I was broke 'til I bought a streetrod 
 
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	06-24-2008 11:03 AM #11
 My thanks for sharing the info on this thread.Norm Dunne 
 Here to Assist - Not Criticize
 
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	06-24-2008 11:25 AM #12
 its a 49 that year had a pull type door handle the 50 had a push button below the handle I know because back in the day I had one of each ..Francis ..FrancisFrancis Blake Its not an opinion I am just right (I wish) 
 
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	06-24-2008 05:32 PM #13
 don dont the 49s have the trunk hinges on the outside and the 50s are on the inside???? 
 
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 Kenny
 





 
		
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