Did the 1953 Henry J or Allstate ever NOT come w/ a trunk lid

[bearman]

Hi, all

My 1953 Henry J is indeed a 1953 (K533......) and does NOT have a trunk lid.  It has the dome light and other '53 features.  I guess I didn't realize it was considered all that rare.  BTW, it has no radio, no air vents, and no driver's side sun visor either.

[Fid]

The car that I posted the picture of, that did not have a rear stone shield/gravel shield, whatever, was a junker that was missing a lot of parts. I'm sure it had the gravel sheild originally and someone removed it. As I stated in my post, that car was clearly an authentic example of a '53 HJ which came from the factory without a trunk lid. The tag listing it as AG 34  is the proof. If you look at Harold Hagen's registry,

http://www.eskimo.com/~hhagen/reg/reg.htm

there are 93 '53 Henry J Corsairs listed. Most listings do not include the AG but of those that do, there are eight which are listed with AG 34 - still a pretty low ratio.

[kaiserfrazerlibrary]

Refer to my earlier posting.  The information on the Allstates (which types had deck lids which did not, etc) in KFOCI HANDBOOK Version 6.0 can be a help.  The new version goes out in the mail next week.

[rande77]

Hi guys
Here are pics of the tags in ques. unfortunately you can't read the AG Code. Hopefully "The Historian" can decipher
Bob

[kaiserfrazerlibrary]

The upper right corner of the tag has bad lighting & clean up does only so much.  The TRIM number 5500 is the code for what appears to be a more or less standard color for later 1953 HJ Corsairs equipped with fold-down rear seat (cars without trunk lids came with the fold-down rear seat; the paint and trim combination does not show up in the initial order guide but does show up in the revised combination list issued in June 1953.  It does not look like there is the 2-digit number that was used for the different Accessory Groups used on the HJ so I am guessing that there is no number under AG.  That confirms the bare-bones version with no deck lid and fold down rear seat.

If you check the information on Henry J automobiles in KFOCI HANDBOOK either Version 4.0 or the first revision 5.0 that goes out the end of this month you will find more information on all this.