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10-13-2016, 12:21 PM | #41 |
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Re: The new one from germany
Hello Tommy,
I can only tell you what is sitting in front of me. Both my cars are May 1928, both have the hand brake on the left and both have single brake systems. The Tudor Sedan was built in Canada and the Standard Roadster was built in the US. |
10-13-2016, 12:21 PM | #42 |
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10-13-2016, 12:59 PM | #43 |
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SportCoupe - Welcome aboard! How about the clutch? Still running the 'multiple disk' setup?
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10-13-2016, 01:57 PM | #44 |
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The handbrake on the left inner side, which operate both a service brake and a parking brake on a linkage, have only been used on the 27s of the year. From 1928, 2 brake rods were installed for safety reasons.
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10-13-2016, 02:27 PM | #45 | |
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Here is a link to an article from the MAFCA site on the early Model A's. https://www.mafca.com/downloads/Rest...ly%20Birds.pdf Bob |
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10-13-2016, 04:37 PM | #46 | |
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10-14-2016, 12:33 AM | #47 |
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When a car was returned to the Ford agency for service, or especially for repair, it would be modified with the latest part then being issued by the factory service department. Naturally, after thirty or forty years of wear and accumulated grime, that rePlacement part is going to look just as legitimate and original as all the other parts on the car.
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10-14-2016, 02:18 PM | #48 | |
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10-15-2016, 12:15 AM | #49 |
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It is always tough when comparing US built cars to even Canadian built cars, never mind overseas.
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10-16-2016, 10:28 PM | #50 |
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The New Ford with the single brake system was not authorized for sale in most European countries....so any early Model A's in Europe with the single brake system would have been independantly imported from the US. Attached is a two page article from Automotive Industries, March 31, 1928 that discusses this issue for separate independant brake requirements for cars in Europe (note reference to Ford in the seventh paragraph):
Though I can not put my hands on the exact reference, I recall reading that the Model A release in Europe was delayed (from the American release) in order to allow for Ford to make the required design modifications to bring the New Ford in compliance with the two independent brake laws of Europe. ....anybody got further insight/references to this? So it makes sense to conclude that Tommy's Sport Coupe, if it has the single brake system, would be a US manufactured car that was independently imported to Europe at some point in its life. Brad in Maryland |
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