Another Big Foot Model A
 

My neighbor just emailed me this. AA radiator shell and 30-31 rear brake drums. Other than that, this is a mystery. Would anyone else like to shed some more light on this very odd and interesting AA truck?

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Wow!! Didn't know they had DUB's back then... :eek::eek:
http://www.carid.com/dub-wheels/32-inch/

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Looks like the front axle is turned upside down.

Bob

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That was a 'custom made' vehicle made exclusively for the delivery of U.S. Mail to the rural areas of the country side. I have seen several of these types of vehicles - all were made to deliver the U.S. Mail, although I am sure that others were built to deliver other types of goods as well.

Other similiar vehicles of this type I have seen were based on the then current Model T. None of these types of vehicle have I seen that were not based on the FORD platform.

- Doug Vieyra, Eureka, Calif 56 degrees at noon.

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Where ever it is, must have some pretty high water, & Mail Boxes !!..

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They mostly were made for winter snow and BTW all of our cars had "DUBs" form the factory 19" and 21" !! LOL....

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Shoot, 19's are "normal" these days. My wife's 2014 FLEX has 20's from the factory. That Mail Car in the OP has some DUB's... wahaha!!!

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That radiator shell was used on all commercial trucks. A and AA.

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Fred,
There's a mailbox on top of a 12' pole, just south of town. It's lettered, "AIR-MAIL"---It's been there since the '50's!
Bill W.

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Hey Mike,
Wow, they were into customizing As from the beginning ! Wonder where they got those humongous custom tires make and by what company ?

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That A belonged to P diddys Dad.....

He started the "high wheel" movement!

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Hi Mike,
Interesting A with a T front axle or A upside down?. Also I like the gas station in the back ground.
Thanks, Jim Sinclair

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The tires have the same tread design of the old basket style hay rakes,wheels most likely from the same implement and just modified for the truck hubs.

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I was thinking the same thing. I just wasn't sure if the farm implements had rubber tires back then.

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That's neat. Monster Model A's. Could you imagine this parked outside a Ford dealership today;) for display?

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I think the "Unauthorized Accessories" book shows the High Wheel options.

Maybe referred to as "Stilt wheels?"

Joe K

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Hey Tom,
Ha, none that I ever rode on or worked with had rubber on wheels. Cannot tell whether these are with air (pneumatic ..where in heck did the P come from in newmatic anyway :confused:) or not.

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Pneumatic. The "P" is silent - like in swimming.

Sorry - old joke.

Joe K

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My grandfather in North Dakota had a rural mail route and drove a Model A with huge wheels like that one. I have a picture of it someplace and will try to find it.

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Big Foot is dead.
Sorry Mike.:D