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1937pickup · 12-29-2012, 10:28 PM

I usually hang out over in the early v8 section-but as a youngster my friends and I played with the Model A. This was back when JC Whitney (or Worchowskis sp) had a big section of Model A parts-but I degress. I was in having the oil changed at a local Ford dealer in my grocery getter and they have a Model A on the show room floor. As I was looking at it the wheels were a strait cream color. I seem to remember that the wheels on an A had a pin stripe that complemented or matched the body. Am I remembering right or was the pin stripe just a dress up by later owners?

CarlG · 12-29-2012, 10:52 PM

My truck has the cream wheels with a black pin-stripe. Have no idea if that was just something added by the builder or not. It was "restored" in the late '80s.

Mike V. Florida · 12-29-2012, 11:04 PM

I beleive that all passenger cars had a pin stripe. Not so sure about commercial vehicles. The wheel color "normally" would have been the same as the pin stripe. In 1931 there was a letter that went out to the dealers about colors and combinations for the owners of commercial vehicles that also wanted passenger cars. (I can't find it on my computer right now)

Barry B./ Ma. · 12-30-2012, 07:20 AM

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No pinstripe on the wheels from the factory, only on the body.

12-29-2012, 10:28 PM	#1
1937pickup Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 586	Model A wheels I usually hang out over in the early v8 section-but as a youngster my friends and I played with the Model A. This was back when JC Whitney (or Worchowskis sp) had a big section of Model A parts-but I degress. I was in having the oil changed at a local Ford dealer in my grocery getter and they have a Model A on the show room floor. As I was looking at it the wheels were a strait cream color. I seem to remember that the wheels on an A had a pin stripe that complemented or matched the body. Am I remembering right or was the pin stripe just a dress up by later owners?

12-29-2012, 10:52 PM	#2
CarlG Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Anchorage, Alaska Posts: 9,116	Re: Model A wheels My truck has the cream wheels with a black pin-stripe. Have no idea if that was just something added by the builder or not. It was "restored" in the late '80s.

12-29-2012, 11:04 PM	#3
Mike V. Florida Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: South Florida Posts: 14,054	Re: Model A wheels I beleive that all passenger cars had a pin stripe. Not so sure about commercial vehicles. The wheel color "normally" would have been the same as the pin stripe. In 1931 there was a letter that went out to the dealers about colors and combinations for the owners of commercial vehicles that also wanted passenger cars. (I can't find it on my computer right now) __________________ What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them. - Henry Ford II

12-30-2012, 07:20 AM	#4
Barry B./ Ma. Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Southbridge, Ma. Posts: 1,614	Re: Model A wheels Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) No pinstripe on the wheels from the factory, only on the body.