[Bob Bidonde]

I keep the record of the surviving 190As for the Victoria Association. There was no 1930 190A model. The production 190A was introduced in November of 1930, and it was the first Model A to have 1931 features such as the slant windshield and the 2-panel radiator shell.
It appears that the changeover to the Steel-Back started at various Ford branch assembly plants about February, 1931. It is likely that not all Ford assembly plants made the changeover to the Steel Back at the same time. To support the Ford assembly plants, the Murray Corporation would have made the production changeover from the Leather-Back to the Steel-Back several months earlier, but the specific date of the changeover by the Murray Corporation is unknown.