Forum: Model A (1928-31)
06-16-2024, 08:18 PM
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Replies: 15
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
06-15-2024, 10:11 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 585
Re: Original body style???
Ask away, it's the best way to end the old wives tales about these cars.
Here's a photo of a commercial cowl on the assembly line, you can see that the sheet metal ends at the gas tank. This is...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
06-15-2024, 09:42 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 585
Re: Original body style???
Its a recent stretch.
We know Ford didn't sell it with that stretch and side window.
Most independent body builders would have purchased a chassis which would come with a commercial cowl (no A...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
06-12-2024, 10:26 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 578
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
06-11-2024, 10:02 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 578
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
06-06-2024, 08:52 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 912
Re: Victoria body drop
https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=544232&d=1717725044
Photo dated 3-6-31
Hi-Res Original Image...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-23-2024, 06:35 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 692
Re: Edsel in a 28
This photo was taken November 30th, 1927 and it was Edsel Ford personally presenting The New Ford for the first time to newspapermen from around the country.
Here's the unique pinstripe detail...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-15-2024, 03:35 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 652
Re: A Assembly
Looks like it is a paper tag.
https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=542904&d=1715805275
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/27/67/cc/2767cc99d0a34ffda3e68ec7d35f9909.jpg
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-30-2024, 02:45 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 661
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-09-2024, 06:42 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 633
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-08-2024, 03:09 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 794
Re: Model A produce trucks
Google Image Search Results...
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1a/82/ac/1a82ac2adaf9779049edae9b52e0edc6.jpg
https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=537815&d=1709928540
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-08-2024, 02:58 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,287
Re: Why a fabric roof?
This question comes up once a year or so and there are some well thought out responses in those threads if you wanted to search for them.
There were presses capable of stamping out large body...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-04-2024, 05:25 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 943
Re: Different panel truck
Here are the original versions in High Res
https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p16003coll2/id/28517
https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p16003coll2/id/28513...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-14-2024, 08:08 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 1,866
Re: What year is this car???
Is there a "coupe pillar" that is, is there is a step between the cowl and the body or is it smooth?
Stepped is '28-'29. '30-'31 was smooth transition.
That is what you should be looking at.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-11-2024, 11:00 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 919
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-16-2024, 08:01 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,418
Re: Taxi Cab??
Yes, that Taxi is from the Don Bivens estate and was for sale online as well as Hershey.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-06-2024, 08:41 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,054
Re: More traveling As
The original photo is from the Oregon Historical Society and there is a very large hi-res version of it on their website as well as a rear view.
Front...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-31-2023, 01:11 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 665
Re: old pictures
The one with the bottles is a '30 Tudor.
The one on the pole is a '29 Roadster.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-31-2023, 12:53 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 552
Re: Battery Box ‘27
You have a forged battery support which was used until August of 1928. I have one on my July of '28 Phaeton. They pop up on various Model A sales sites occasionally. I would call Bert's on Tuesday...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-28-2023, 12:06 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,006
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-23-2023, 08:29 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,592
Re: Old Pictures
Look up the Dick Whittington Collection. He was a commercial photographer in LA during that era who took a lot of insurance related photos of car wrecks. The roadster in Post #3 is a photo of his.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-18-2023, 11:08 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 557
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-01-2023, 11:18 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,396
Re: Model AA Buses produced?? Surviving??
The Ehrenhofer bus was built by Union City buses in Indiana. It is also an adult bus as there was a difference between a city bus (like Ken's) and a school bus.
There were 48 Union City adult...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
11-10-2023, 11:42 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 988
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-23-2023, 09:38 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,937
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