Vehicle Description
1941 Ford Super Deluxe Club Convertible� One of 30,240 convertibles
made in 1941 Rare combination of Florentine Blue exterior and
striking original red leather interior 221 CID Flathead V-8 engine
Three-speed manual transmission Black convertible cloth top with
matching boot and correct back window Optional cabin heater New
Firestone wide whitewall tires Travel back in time to before Pearl
Harbor, when a new house cost about $4,000, gas cost 12 cents a
gallon and the average price for a new car was $850, in this 1941
Ford Super De Luxe Club Convertible, now at MotoeXotica Classic
Cars. This car's previous owner was an avid Ford collector and this
example was part of his collection. Dressed in Florentine Blue,
this top of the line Super Deluxe's paint and trim are in overall
very good order, with just a few minor blemishes visible upon close
inspection. The car's windows are in very good condition, as are
its lights, although the driver's side turn signal shows some
moisture leakage. This classic Ford droptop rides on new Firestone
Deluxe Champion wide whitewall tires, size 6.00-16, and surrounding
factory chrome wheels with body-colored beauty rings. All of the
car's body panels are solid and straight, including the black cloth
convertible top with its correct black window and matching boot,
black running boards and its chrome bumpers. Its trunk is in great
shape and includes a full-size spare tire. The engine bay is quite
tidy and the battery appears new. Under the hood is Ford's famous
Flathead V-8 engine, mated to a three-speed manual transmission and
backed by a 3.78:1 rear end. Inside, the car's genuine red leather
interior is quite a striking contrast to the Florentine Blue
exterior. The seats are in overall very good order with very minor
flaws, while the red carpet is in good shape. The red metal
instrument panel, with its beige trim, is in very good condition,
however the wipers are inoperable. The two-spoke steering wheel is
in good order while the inner door panels and mirror glass are in
very good order. This model has the optional cabin heater, the
shift lever is in good order and the car is a radio delete model.
Fords for 1941 were much more modern with a body that nearly
covered the�running boards. The front and rear fenders were still
pronounced, but were now integrated more into the body and the
headlights were pushed all the way up and out over the front
wheels. The grille was a three-part affair with a tall center
section bookended by twin kidneys low on the fenders and vertical
bars all around. Body styles included two-door and four-door
sedans, a sedan coupe, a business coupe and convertible coupe,
sedan delivery wagon and woody station wagon. The 1941 design would
continue in an aborted 1942 model year and would be restarted in
1946 and produced until the more modern�1949 Fords�were ready.
During the initial year of this car, it evolved considerably. The
front fenders came in three pieces, the theory being that small
damage could be replaced easily. The 1941 convertible had no rear
side windows, the only side windows being in the doors. This is
thought to be the first Ford to offer an oil filter. The two
interior heaters were a "Southwind" gasoline burner, which had the
advantage of keeping one warm in winter at drive-in movies
(provided a small electric fuel pump was used), and a more ordinary
hot-water type. Both had window defrosters. Electric windshield
wipers were available in addition to the vacuum-powered wipers.
Three different convertible power top mechanisms (vacuum, electric
screw and hydraulic) and two different header bar latching systems
were used. Rear suspensions sometimes had a sway bar; most did not.
It had excellent brakes for the time and the best handling of an
ordinary car at the time. It was a very transitional car. The two
previous Ford car lines, Standard and De Luxe, blossomed into
three, Special, De Luxe and Super De Luxe. The popular 221�CID V8
remained as the top-line engine and was standard in De Luxe models.
The chassis was longer, with a 114-inch wheelbase. The "ignition
key" for these cars was actually used to operate a bolt lock,
which, on one end, unlocked the steering column (a feature destined
to return, mandated, decades later), and on the other end unblocked
the ignition switch, allowing it to be operated. Starting the car
was then accomplished by pressing a�pushbutton�on the dashboard,
another feature destined to return with the advent of "smart keys."
Although starting�cranks�had been replaced by�electric
starters�decades ago, Ford cars included a manual starting feature
as an�antidote�to dead-battery syndrome. The wheel-lug
wrench�served as a handle (also for the�jack) and the jack shaft
with�bayonet-coupling pins could be inserted through a small hole
in the grille to engage a bayonet socket on the forward end of the
engine�crankshaft. A quick-and-easy twist of the handle was
sufficient to start the�Flathead V8 and the bayonet coupling was
self-disengaging for safety. Competition to this car in 1941
included Buick's Series 50 Super Convertible, DeSoto's Custom
Convertible Club Coupe, Hudson's Super Six Convertible Brougham,
Mercury's Sportsman Convertible and Oldsmobile's Custom 8 Cruiser
Convertible Coupe. This car is currently located at our facility in
St. Louis, Missouri. Current mileage on the odometer shows 53,575
miles. It is sold as is, where is, on a clean and clear, mileage
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