Guest b4bear Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Have tried several times to find the visable difference in 1947-8 ford cars,,,no luck...anyone there know ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 The only external difference that I know of is in the door lock covers. The 47 has a skinny teardrop while the 48 has a drop center circle. I might have it reversed but I think that's how it is. Internally,the dashboard's different and the ignition key left the 47 steering column and went to the dash in 48.These changes might not have been exactly at the model year or the calendar year but at some point, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 1947 dash. Note the key on the column. there is also a flip switch.The gauges are different on the convertible and wagon from the other cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 48 modified dash. note the keyhole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Closer view of the 47 arrangement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidAU Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 From the rear of the car, the 48 has a large chrome strip with the Ford name in it running across the trunk lid above the number plate. The 47 does not have this strip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest b4bear Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Thanx, Dave...the switch key is the first positive thing I have seen posted. I will also check out the door key slots as I see these two years....b4bear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest b4bear Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 David AU...sorry...some 47's have this strip, also...think it has to do with the model..{standard, deluxe,etc.] Is that au at the end auburn university by any chance ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 As B4Bear noted, the trunk strip is for "Super Deluxe" and is for 47 or 48. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ceresco Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 I think the tube shocks are on all 1948 Fords. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosmo Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 According to the book Ford - the Complete History, there were running changes from years 1946-48. Some of the differences usually mentioned are the parking lights mounted up high on the 1946 and early 1947 models, whereas they moved below the headlamps on the late 1947 and 1948 models. Likewise, the same is true for the two chrome strips on the trunk lid below the license plate for the 1946 and early 1947s. The single strip above the license plate as in the yellow convertible is for late 1947s and 1948s. The chrome fender moldings are beveled on the 1946/early 47s, not beveled on the late 47s/48s. Grilles on the 46/early 47s had red highights, which disappeared from late 47s/48s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Henderson Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 I believe the horizontal fender trim was placed above the ridge in '46 and moved below it for '47. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosmo Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 For some reason, I couldn't view some of the photos posted above showing the instrument panels. The gauge clusters with red numerals are for the 46/early 47s, and the goldish numerals are for the late 47s/48. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 I believe the poster was asking for any differences between 47 and 46. Let me tell you there are extremely few. I only know of the lock cylinder covers and the ignition moving from the column to the dash. If there's more please tell me. This is a 47 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 This is 48 to the best of my knowledge. There could be some overlap. If you see a car at a show which has the wrong cover it could have had its door changed or I'm wrong.48 was a short year as there was a big push to launch the 49s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 See the key hanging on this 47 there's a switch right above. this was typical of the Ford V8s going back to the early 30s and replced the foot switch on the As and maybe the very early V8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 In 48 they lost the flip switch and had a push button for your left thumb like the 49 and beyond. It's hard to see in this pic but the key hole is different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete O Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 One of my favorite stories about the design of the '42 (and there the '46-'48) Fords involves the front fenders. E.T. Gregory was proud of the full shape of the fenders. But when the sheet metal stamping boss (I forget his name at the moment) came to look at the clay models, he said he couldn't form sheet metal into such a large, full shape as shown on the clay model. So he scored a horizontal line in the clay model showing where the fendor had to be broken into two pieces, to the horror of the designers standing nearby. In '42, the break line was on the side of the fender, above the wheel arch. But after the war, the break line moved to the top of the fender, where it wouldn't be visible from the side any longer. Seeing that the dies were carried over from the pre war period, it must have really irked the designers that they essentially re engineered the fenders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Pete, the 42 Ford and 46 Ford both have the same fender with a seam on top. The 41 has it on the side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 41 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete O Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Thanks Dave, I got the dates mixed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest prs519 Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Yes, and on the 42, they were worried the Japanese would disapprove of the styliing, and hence, camouflaged the car so the Japanese would not bomb it! Ho! Shows what paranoia can do to large numbers of people. Thanks for the great pictures, Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Nothing like big pictures to establish facts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pomeroy41144 Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 I just purchased the 1941-1948 Ford Book published by the Early Ford V-8 Club of America. Very good reference book. As usual with the club's books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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