The Museum car in Mal’s photo is 429, a wartime austerity car built in 1941 without brass or chrome fittings.
Most passengers preferred the wooden seats as they are quite comfortable for suburban trips.

Cheers,

Mick in Brissie

From:tramsdownunder@... tramsdownunder@...> On Behalf Of TP
Sent: Monday, 10 August 2020 10:55 AM
To: TramsDownUnder tramsdownunder@...>
Subject: Re: [TramsDownUnder] Re: Brisbane FMs

The window winders are a modern touch but the spartan interior belies the image of modernity expressed in the exterior! Sydney certainly had it all with those plush seats facing the direction of travel. In one paper, Maclean had a dig at his interstate counterparts for persisting with wooden seats at a time when buses were rapidly bounding ahead in seating comfort. I think he was the only one in Australia among the senior tram personnel who saw the writing on the wall.

Tony P

On Monday, 10 August 2020 at 09:57:50 UTC+10 Mal Rowe wrote:

On 10/08/2020 09:45, TP wrote:
> Did I read somewhere that the FMs had wind-down windows like a car?

>

Yes.

See attached pic.

A lot easier for passengers to operate - most likely when a sudden
shower of rain arrived on a summer day.

Note also the circles on the glass in this example - a visual cue that
the tram had windows!

Mal Rowe who was somewhat surprised to see these some 50 years ago