Re: Pre War Service Index Groupings

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2011/5/19 16:24:03

You might go along these lines:

Differences between the Light Eight (900) and other Eights of that era is mostly the front clip and elimination of some features like the Bijur, Pines winterfront, etc. So I think you could logically keep the Light Eight with the other Eights that shared the same basic engine. In fact some 1933 Eight sedans used leftover Light bodies with new front clips on a shortened wheelbase and the 34 Eights returned to the 1932 wheelbase.

One logical place to break the 320 and 385 engined Seniors is at 1937 as that's where the 320 engine became the Super Eight, IFS was adopted, hydraulic brakes were adopted, etc.

If you didn't want to break out the 37-39 Senior Eights because of the changes noted above, then you could consider All 320, 357 and 385 Eights, 1924-1939 as a single grouping.