July 23, 1903-The Original Model A Introduced.

[jthomas6]

That's some serious WhiteWalls on that 1903 version Model A.

[Synchro909]

Originally Posted by jthomas6

That's some serious WhiteWalls on that 1903 version Model A.

I noticed that all of the earlier cars are RHD.
Up till the Model T, all American cars were RHD but they still drove on the RHS of the road. Weird!

[Patrick L.]

Originally Posted by Synchro909

I noticed that all of the earlier cars are RHD.
Up till the Model T, all American cars were RHD but they still drove on the RHS of the road. Weird!

That made it a lot easier for the mail carriers !

[mshmodela]

Originally Posted by jthomas6

That's some serious WhiteWalls on that 1903 version Model A.

Back then most tires were white --natural rubber.

[dan]

Originally Posted by mshmodela

Back then most tires were white --natural rubber.

Yeah, I think carbon black was first added to rubber tires in 1912 or thereabouts. There's a 1908 Holsman at McPherson college that has black tires and we've been giving the faculty a hard time about it, since they're not period correct.