The Ford Barn

Tony Hillyard · 04-09-2017, 03:03 AM

Good Morning Everyone,

I spend a few days last week in Essen, Germany at the Technoclassica show and came across this Model A.

Has anyone seen this model before?

Bruce of MN · 04-09-2017, 04:13 AM

Brad in Germany will probably have info on this.

DougVieyra · 04-09-2017, 12:34 PM

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Yes, it was quite a common body style in Germany before the war, and the carriage builders built quite a few on the Model A platform. There were at least two builders that I know of who used this basic format on the Ford Model A. It was this 'European' styling that greatly influenced Gorden Buehrig (sp?) in designing his own Ford Model A along these same lines.

For those who were sleeping during their American Automotive History class, Gordon was the chief designer for the Auburn, Cord, Duesenberg company, specializing in designing Duesenberg bodies. When the new Model A design ('30-'31) came out he bought a chassis (which included the normal 'forward of the steering wheel, body) and had a few of his friends at the Duesenberg factory (after normal work hours) build a custom body of his design. the finished product shows remarkable similarity to the custom built cars of Germany - like the one you picture in your post #1.

04-09-2017, 04:13 AM	#2
Bruce of MN Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: VA Posts: 1,412	Re: Something different Brad in Germany will probably have info on this.

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DougVieyra Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Eureka, California Posts: 1,716	Re: Something different Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Yes, it was quite a common body style in Germany before the war, and the carriage builders built quite a few on the Model A platform. There were at least two builders that I know of who used this basic format on the Ford Model A. It was this 'European' styling that greatly influenced Gorden Buehrig (sp?) in designing his own Ford Model A along these same lines. For those who were sleeping during their American Automotive History class, Gordon was the chief designer for the Auburn, Cord, Duesenberg company, specializing in designing Duesenberg bodies. When the new Model A design ('30-'31) came out he bought a chassis (which included the normal 'forward of the steering wheel, body) and had a few of his friends at the Duesenberg factory (after normal work hours) build a custom body of his design. the finished product shows remarkable similarity to the custom built cars of Germany - like the one you picture in your post #1. Last edited by DougVieyra; 04-09-2017 at 12:42 PM.