Hot Rods (dumb) QUESTION: Do '36 Ford Slantback Tudors have a decklid?

I have tried searching all over the HAMB and the rest of the interwebs©, but I can't find a definitive answer. Is there an opening trunk on the '36 Ford Tudor Slantbacks (not trunkbacks)? From what I can see there is not. If that's the case, does the rear seat fold down or is that space just lost?

Thanks!

 

There is a trunk. Henry like to carry a cooler.

 

I had a '37 slantback with a trunklid. I,m sure i,ve seen pics of '36 models without a trunk but maybe they just fit real good and you can,t see the lines. Seat would fold down.

 

'35 & '36 Ford slantback sedans did not have a trunk lid. Storage was accessed by tilting the rear seat forward.

 

OK, that's two votes for and one against. I'm still confused!

 

Looks like "no"....

 

very impractical. what were they thinking?

 

Here's another pic of one thats on the 'bay right now. No again.

 

Chevy also built these Coaches without trunks, and Mopar, and other makes too. There was a place in the market for them then. Remember, if it was just a town use car why have luggage space?

The space behind the seat was for tool pouch, jack, and maybe a jug of Southern Comfort.

The 35-36 Touring Sedans, the proper name for the Tudor and Fordor with trunk, had a very small deck lid which was horizontal making all in and out of the trunk area a chore.

 

No there is no decklid on the slant backs. The rear seat does flip forward and there is a good size space back there to store stuff, but it is not finished off real well with carpet or fabric so it is more of a storage area than a place for luggage on an original.

Also, the spare tire cover is bolted to a rigid iron bracket and does not flip forward so even if there was a trunk there you could not get to it with the spare in the way. Here is one I used to own...

 

Looks like my eyes haven't been deceiving me. I really like these cars, but was wondering where the essentials like tools and jack were stored. Most of time if I'm on the road in an old car, it's just my luggage or one other person's anyway, so I don't need a trunk really. The back seat works just fine.

 

1936 - No lid. 1937 - Yes lid. The end.

 

35 and 36 slant back NO trunklid, humpback had a trunklid. To access the slant back the rear seat was on a pivot and would come forward to access.

 

There was a special delivery model with a door that opened. I recently saw one on fordbarn or ebay.

 

,,yeah,it was just posted here within the last hour,

 

Humpback has trunk, Slantback no truck

 

Well isn't that something new to learn!
I wonder if there's any original Australian models?

 

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=569498

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ford...54316770QQptZUSQ5fCarsQ5fTrucks#ht_558wt_1167

 

Thanks for all the input I was just wondering the same question. Looking at a trunkless '35 slant back right now

 

Perhaps Ford should have removed all doubt, then and now, and just called them Victorias - because that's what they are, eh? Gary

 

Up until 1934 if you wanted a trunk you bought a luggage rack and put a trunk on it. The built in trunk as part of the body began in 1934 and not all cars had them. By 1937 they did. Ah progress!