Is it a 30 or a 31?

Can anybody tell me if this is a 30 or is it a 31 coupe from this picture?
I am saving the money to buy the car and just wondering what year it actually is.

Donation welcome....

 

So, where is it?

 

the radiator shell and splash aprons are `30

who know what happened to it in the last 79 years

 

if it has a stock grill shell, its a 30, cause the 31's had a painted upper grill
check out this link for more info- http://www.mafca.com/whatyear.html
ps great find

 

this is a great link! thanks for this

 

Thank you, this is a really good link.

 

Those two together say '30.
The two piece aprons (see the split at front edge of the running board) would require removing the body from the frame to change so they probably haven't been changed

 

looks to be a 31

 

look at the firewall
see if it has a teardrop "late 31"
if u can lift the body
bout where the front of the cowl is
back of the motor mounts
clean it up for the number..

 

i'm curious , how did you come to that conclusion?

 

Early '31s had a '30 style grill shell. Henry used them until they were gone. Then switched to the '31 style shell. The late '31s had a dimple in the firewall. The motor is probably not original. The only way to know for sure it to find the serial number on the frame.

Great find. Good to see that they are still out there hiding in the weeds.

 

Does it matter?

 

Man that is a score. Get it before I do! I think I know where that yard is...

 

Ditto

 

What do you guys do to the photo to allow you to see if the splash aprons are 30 or 31, black blob on my computor.

 

Fill hole of radiator looks like no threads(31). Good after market eyes help to beat the band.

 

Will this be c***ified as a barn find yard find field find hill find under tree find ??????????

 

Exactly my thoughts too

 

does it really matter.....? Hell half of the guys on here would buy it in a heart beat....doesn't matter what year it is.....

 

I would say 1931---SS strip around cowl, like my old 1931 pickup in 1959.

 

To enlarge the picture left double click on the picture. If you still can't see it well enough you have other problems.

Charlie Stephens

 

From the grille shell and the splash aprons it is almost certain to be a '30. A dead sure way to tell is to look under the dash on the firewall and see if there are rectangular support brackets for the radiator support arms. 30's didn't have these and Henry added them in 1931. And for the record the stainless cowl band was on both years.

 

blow it up to 400% n ya can see the line straight down from the backside of the cowl runs thru the apron 1 year only definately 1930 aprons

 

If you want to buy it, why does it matter? Buy it and the paperwork should tell you. Needs the same amount of work eiter way, and you can build it to the same car from either year. Parts are available for both, mostly interchageable.

 

Does not matter in the least, I have always wanted a 30 or a 31 A coupe and never cared which one it was. I was just wondering because I never was quite sure how to tell them apart.

This one will be in my shop soon, 30 or 31.

 

i was going by the ss strip . billy

 

Post some pictures when you get it in your shop. The experts will have some other views to reference.

Frank

 

Yes, it gets larger but the darkness stays the same.

 

I got a 29 open cowl in the shed at my folks place with a stainless band..

From the grille I say 30.

 

If you plan on chopping,channeling or any other kool ideas I wouldn't think that was an issue.