wayne swayze Posted January 9, 2016 Posted January 9, 2016 Can anyone explain the difference between '33 and '34 Fords ? Cars and/or trucks. Thanks in advance!
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 9, 2016 Posted January 9, 2016 (edited) Most obvious are the shape and angle of the grille shell and fins, and the louvers on the hood sides. Here's the scoop: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/33-34-ford-5-window-coupes.515870/ ...and more here... http://www.macsmotorcitygarage.com/2012/10/18/mcg-spotters-guide-to-the-1933-36-fords/ The '33 grille is slightly curved to the rear, concave...with curved hood louvers... The '34 grille is straight...straight hood louvers... Edited January 9, 2016 by Ace-Garageguy
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 9, 2016 Posted January 9, 2016 The '33-'34 pickup cabs are very similar to the '32 pickup cabs, with some differing stamped details. They're built on '33-'34 car frames.Here's more info on the pickup differences: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/1933-1934-ford-pickups-questions.222614/
wayne swayze Posted January 9, 2016 Author Posted January 9, 2016 Thank you Bill ! That helps a lot. I could never figure it out.
junkyardjeff Posted January 10, 2016 Posted January 10, 2016 One year had a single handle on the hood sides and the other had two and I do not remember which years was what and if you really want to get technical I think the 34 has a notch on the firewall to hold a hood side where the 33 does not.
Art Anderson Posted January 10, 2016 Posted January 10, 2016 '33 Ford trucks (pickups through 1.5 ton BB) had the same shape louvers on the hood side panel, where the '34 truck hood sides have several shorter louvers in the middle of the top edges of the louvers, to accommodate a chrome-plated emblem: A Ford oval badge superimposed on their V8 logo (same as appears on the AMT/Lindberg '34 Ford pickup) with the Model B 4-cylinder powered trucks having just the plain Ford oval badge. 1933 and 1934 Ford truck cabs are identical, but differ from the '32 in having that wider "3rd" reinforcing rib above the smaller, narrower twin "belt line" moldings. This was added to the then-1932 cab for 1933, as Ford's fixing the backrest of the seat directly to the sheet metal of the back of the cab resulted in fatique cracking of that panel around the bolt heads. Art
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