Original Ford Dealer Parts Shelving from the Teens
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2023 9:46 am
A number of years age, my good friend Bill Bohlen called me and asked if I knew of anyone who wanted to purchase some Ford shelving. I said I would take them!! The shelves are wood and were used some time during the teens. Years prior, Bill had purchased these shelves from Gerry Rader, the wife of the late Bill Rader. Rader had a parts business and bought the shelves years sometime earlier. Unfortunately, Bohlen did not know where the Ford dealer and the shelves were located when the shelves were in use at the original Ford dealership.
The shelves stand seven foot tall and are built in six foot sections. They weigh around 300 pounds each and are constructed from soft wood with not one knot in the wood!! They are stained a dark color and have wooden drawers for small parts. The drawers have the Ford part number stenciled on the drawer faces. In the drawers, the part numbers are stamped above each area where the small parts are placed. The open bins are stenciled with the Ford part number so the correct part can be easily found. I have compared the part numbers found in the [uFord ]Price List of Parts[/u]from 1915 and 1916, and they seem to match the part numbers found on the shelves.
I have not made an attempt to place the original parts in the bins as this would be an monumental task, but I have placed some original parts in the bins for display purposes. It would be interesting to find other shelves that match these shelves.
The shelves stand seven foot tall and are built in six foot sections. They weigh around 300 pounds each and are constructed from soft wood with not one knot in the wood!! They are stained a dark color and have wooden drawers for small parts. The drawers have the Ford part number stenciled on the drawer faces. In the drawers, the part numbers are stamped above each area where the small parts are placed. The open bins are stenciled with the Ford part number so the correct part can be easily found. I have compared the part numbers found in the [uFord ]Price List of Parts[/u]from 1915 and 1916, and they seem to match the part numbers found on the shelves.
I have not made an attempt to place the original parts in the bins as this would be an monumental task, but I have placed some original parts in the bins for display purposes. It would be interesting to find other shelves that match these shelves.