Re: 1947 Clipper 2dr. ?

Posted by BH On 2014/2/11 10:26:40

After some further, private, disucssion with BDeB, it is clear that the 2001A and 2003A commercial chassis were not based off of any Clipper chassis, but designs that carried over from previous years. IMHO, it would have made more sense for the factory to designate those chassis as 2021A and 2023A, respectively, but I wasn't there then and don't have all the deatils.

Although the parts books continued to use the '120' designation (even on the 42 Clippers, in a chart found in the 41-47 edition), it was dropped from the model names for the Convertible model, which was a carry-over body and chassis.

Therefore, I would now like to suggest that the aforementioned hearse be listed as '2001A - Henney Hearse', since that entry shows a '2001-A' VN and a 288 engine. I'm suggesting the 2001A chassis number be used in lieu of a bona fide body number, following similar examples from prior years/Series in the Registry.

However, since the Model Info feature doesn't cover the commercial chassis and only the Owner Registry is affected, this is strictly Mal's call.