1929 CCPU Placard Question

[Napa Skip]

As treasurer and assistant newsletter editor (to my wife, who is the editor) of our MAFCA chapter (Napa Valley A’s) my wife and I are used to fielding phone calls from prospective members, former members, and non-members with Model A-related questions. Such was the case last week when an individual in a city about 40 miles away called to ask if someone from our car club could help a widowed friend of his establish a reasonable value for her late husband’s 1929 Model A CCPU.

Accordingly, earlier today three of us spent the morning examining the vehicle. Between us we currently own about 10 Model A’s (including a couple of pickups and several AA’s), have something like a combined 107 years as MARC/MAFCA members, and – somewhat myopically - consider that we are passingly knowledgeable about all things Model A . So it was somewhat bruising to our collective egos when we saw the placard below – attached to the rear of the pickup bed on the driver’s side – and (besides thinking that it had something to do with gross/tare/? vehicle weights, perhaps in New York) could not come up with an explanation of what it was for.

Although the widow has not yet been able to locate the title, the pickup does have a set of matching (albeit well rusted) 1929 Florida plates (fwiw).

Does anyone know what the placard is for? It appears to read:

NYUW….2250
NYM(?)….1750
NYM(?)W….4000

Thanks in advance for whatever help anyone can give.

1929 Model A Pickup placard.jpg

[Tom Wesenberg]

Unloaded weight
Payload weight
Total Gross weight
M = maximum

This would be my guess, but I usually see different lettering to describe the weights.

[Charlie Stephens]

If the car is registered with the Florida plates don't worry about the title as the Florida DMV can order a new one (assuming they work the same way as in California). Maybe the car was registered in California as a non op and no California plates were issued (or they were lost). Try having California DMV running the VIN.

Charlie Stephens

[CarlG]

What Tom said!

[Napa Skip]

Thanks to all, especially Tom. Absent anything more definitive, it looks like:

New York Unloaded Weight 2250 lbs
New York Maximum Load 1750 lbs
New York Maximum Operating Weight 4000 lbs.

Always pleasantly surprised at the amount of knowledge available from Ford Barn(ers).

[Tom Wesenberg]

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The middle might be NYMP for maximum payload, but I can't figure out the missing letters in the last one.

[pooch]

Maybe it is NYMGW .

Maximum Gross Weight .

Interesting the payload is 70 pounds over 3/4 ton.

Why didn't they just call it a 3/4 tonner ?

Even that sounds a lot for a buggy spring.

How many leaves did a 29 CCPU have ?

[Mike V. Florida]

Originally Posted by Napa Skip

Although the widow has not yet been able to locate the title, the pickup does have a set of matching (albeit well rusted) 1929 Florida plates (fwiw).


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Interesting as Florida did away with matching plates in 1922.

[Napa Skip]

Drat! I knew I should have taken more photos...

[Tom Wesenberg]

Originally Posted by pooch

Maybe it is NYMGW .

Maximum Gross Weight .

Interesting the payload is 70 pounds over 3/4 ton.

Why didn't they just call it a 3/4 tonner ?

Even that sounds a lot for a buggy spring.

How many leaves did a 29 CCPU have ?

I'd bet you are right about the NYMGW. All CCPU's should have a 10 leaf rear spring.