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John L
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Does anybody have a picture of

Post by John L » Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:51 pm

Does anyone have a picture of the rear schakles for an early 1923 coupe with suicide doors?

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Re: Does anybody have a picture of

Post by TRDxB2 » Tue Aug 25, 2020 10:57 pm

Did a INTERNET search found this 1923 Doctor's Coupe (suicide doors) http://classiccardb.com/ford/140727-192 ... coupe.html I copied and enhanced one picture from a site showing the rear axle below
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a second from this site https://www.cars-on-line.com/gen3-cars/ ... ting/75701
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Re: Does anybody have a picture of

Post by CudaMan » Wed Aug 26, 2020 11:02 am

Looking at the words in the MTFCA Encyclopedia, early '23s could have come with the L-shaped shackles, but some time in 1923 Ford switched to the later U-shaped shackles. :)
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Re: Does anybody have a picture of

Post by TRDxB2 » Wed Aug 26, 2020 11:05 am

Photos of the T's show the L shaped
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