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Can anyone tell me if the battery cover on a 37 was metal or wood? thanks
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I could be wrong but the battery was under the floor and the cover is made from the floor cutout. My 38 RHD is like that, the cutout gives access to battery and brake cylinder res.
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The 1937 was wood - was metal in 1938 and up.
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I had (sold it a couple of years ago) an all original, never-restored, April '37 built, 1937 Town Sedan and the battery cover was metal and snapped into the opening. There was no evidence of any captured nuts for screwing down a wood cover. My 12/36 built and never-restored '37 Sports Coupe (I was 3rd owner and I know the 2nd owner made no changes) had (and still has) the original wood cover and there are four captured nuts and counter-sunk, slot-head screws (1/4-20, as I recall) securing it to the floor. Based on my observations, I believe the metal covers were a mid-year introduction. My Sports Coupe also came with the '36 style jack assembly & tools, so I beieve running changes were normal back then, just as they are today ("subject to change without notice" . :rolleyes: )  -Bob
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The 1940 Master Parts book list only one Battery floor board inspection "Plate" p/n 4076902 for all 1937 closed cars. 1938-39 used p/n 597973 inspection cover plate. (usually a plate is made from metal). All the trucks used a metal plate cover up to 1940.
34 & 35 trucks are the greatest. 36 high cabs are OK too.
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My '37 had a wooden (plywood) battery cover held in place at each corner with a slotted pan head machine screw. I believe it was a 1/4 - 20 or 1/4 - 28.
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1938 Engineering describes the new snap-in type battery cover.
Gene Schneider
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Thanks guys for all the info i was curious because i saw a metal battery cover on ebay for a 37 and thought it odd that my 37 had a plywood cover, my car is a unrestored all original 4 dr sport sedan. Thanks forall the input everybody! Joe
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MY 37 BATTERY COVER IS METAL
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My 37's been in the family since new and the battery cover is wood.
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Well, there you have it!!! 4 - 5 cars and they're all exactly... errrr different?!? Good luck to the "judges." :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: 
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The judges never look under the floor mat.....and if they did they wouldn't know the difference unless they were a chat site regular.
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My 37 Coach has a plywood bat cover. I've had it since 1971, and believe it's original. My serial number starts 14GB 04 so it's April 1937.
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Bob, Your April built car has the wooden cover and my April built one had the metal cover. The difference being that the two cars were assembled in different plants. My guess is, that the individual plants used up their supply of parts before starting to use the new design parts. Not at all unusual, even in today's plants.......things didn't get tossed away unless there was a safety problem. I think we can safely assume that the change from wooden to metal covers came about in the spring of '37 and either cover should be acceptable for judging '37's. -Bob
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