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Shadetree · 02-03-2011, 10:05 PM

Just how rare are the 2 door Phaeton Model A's? I have only seen one other in my life. I just saw one on our favorite auction site along with two other body styles.
Shadetree

peters180a/170b · 02-03-2011, 10:18 PM

George DeAngelis production figures at 6,174 from Mid 1930 thru 1931. Click on my name peters180a/170b and i have a few pictures..Give under 2 hundred or so left if that.

Tudortomnz · 02-04-2011, 01:45 AM

Only 3 of these were sold new here in NZ. One was still getting around after The War ,but a later search for it was fruitless. One may be now in US restored to LHD.
But there are still at least 3 here now , imported from Argentina which is also RHD.
I saw a rough one a few years ago & it had formidable wood framework, being a low volume Briggs built body.

31rpu · 02-04-2011, 06:12 AM

Got one in my shop as I write, belongs to a fellow in Dade City Florida. I understand there is another one in the same area.

2manycars · 02-04-2011, 07:09 AM

I went to the club picnic several years ago, and one drove in. I remarked to someone at how rare that car was. By the time everyone had arrived, there were 4 of them at a picnic of less than 50 cars. That is the most I have ever seen in one place.

roccaas · 02-04-2011, 07:37 AM

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Arguably the most beautiful A of all time?? I think so. Very rakish, looks better top up than top down. Very Gatsby like.

FL&WVMIKE · 02-04-2011, 11:42 AM

SHADETREE ....................
Close to our homes, in Elkview, W.Va., I once found a two door phaeton, out in the woods. It must have been anandoned thirty years before, as this was about 1965. The body man, who painted my roadster said that he wanted it. We took a trek and carried it out. It was so far gone, that to carry out the rear body section, we were able to FOLD the two sides over the rear section to make a carryable package. The doors were just as bad.
That fellow did make a whole car out of it. I don't know where it eventually went, or if it held together. It was RUFF !
MIKE

02-03-2011, 10:05 PM	#1
Shadetree Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Cottageville, WV Posts: 1,535	1930 Two Door Phaeton Just how rare are the 2 door Phaeton Model A's? I have only seen one other in my life. I just saw one on our favorite auction site along with two other body styles. Shadetree

02-03-2011, 10:18 PM	#2
peters180a/170b Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Putnam Valley N.Y. Posts: 2,151	Re: 1930 Two Door Phaeton George DeAngelis production figures at 6,174 from Mid 1930 thru 1931. Click on my name peters180a/170b and i have a few pictures..Give under 2 hundred or so left if that.

02-04-2011, 01:45 AM	#3
Tudortomnz Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Canterbury, New Zealand Posts: 1,242	Re: 1930 Two Door Phaeton Only 3 of these were sold new here in NZ. One was still getting around after The War ,but a later search for it was fruitless. One may be now in US restored to LHD. But there are still at least 3 here now , imported from Argentina which is also RHD. I saw a rough one a few years ago & it had formidable wood framework, being a low volume Briggs built body.

02-04-2011, 06:12 AM	#4
31rpu Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 33	Re: 1930 Two Door Phaeton Got one in my shop as I write, belongs to a fellow in Dade City Florida. I understand there is another one in the same area.

02-04-2011, 07:09 AM	#5
2manycars Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Eastern CT Posts: 2,732	Re: 1930 Two Door Phaeton I went to the club picnic several years ago, and one drove in. I remarked to someone at how rare that car was. By the time everyone had arrived, there were 4 of them at a picnic of less than 50 cars. That is the most I have ever seen in one place.

02-04-2011, 07:37 AM	#6
roccaas Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Savannah, GA Posts: 1,300	Re: 1930 Two Door Phaeton Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Arguably the most beautiful A of all time?? I think so. Very rakish, looks better top up than top down. Very Gatsby like. __________________ 20 years ago we had Johnny Cash, Steve Jobs, and Bob Hope. Now we have no Cash, no Jobs, and no Hope...please don't let Kevin Bacon die!

02-04-2011, 11:42 AM	#7
FL&WVMIKE Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Daytona Beach, Fl & Spencer, W. Va, Posts: 4,442	Re: 1930 Two Door Phaeton SHADETREE .................... Close to our homes, in Elkview, W.Va., I once found a two door phaeton, out in the woods. It must have been anandoned thirty years before, as this was about 1965. The body man, who painted my roadster said that he wanted it. We took a trek and carried it out. It was so far gone, that to carry out the rear body section, we were able to FOLD the two sides over the rear section to make a carryable package. The doors were just as bad. That fellow did make a whole car out of it. I don't know where it eventually went, or if it held together. It was RUFF ! MIKE