REAR FENDER TRIM

The swoopy rear fenders of the Bantam and their Art Deco trim are a signal feature of the car for a lot of people, sort of like the goofy "fishtail" muffler on a Velocette Thruxton. However, quite a few cars, mostly export models, went out with full cutouts on the rear fenders. You will see this treatment in pictures on the Polish and Swedish sites and the Argentine Roadster in the Buy Sell section.

TRIM :
1938 Apparently some early cars had removable fender skirts and a single, horizontal trim piece, but open cars had the 3 striper (below).

1938/39 "Two Main", that is most Bantams, had skirted fenders had the three piece staggered stainless steel trim pieces.

On 1940/41 model cars after 10-4-39 which had "Three Main" engine (from ENG# 65500) a four piece diagonal arrangement was used.

There is some evidence that some cars may have left the factory with the fender skirts partially cut out and beaded. COMMENTS?

TRIM CLIPS: I believe suitable clips to hold the trim pieces on can be had from vintage Ford parts dealers