The Ford Barn

Jeff/Illinois · 07-24-2017, 03:58 PM

This courtesy of the Ahooga Model A Ford site:

"Model-A" Domestic Production Figures

1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 Style Totals
Sport Coupe 734 79,099 134,292 69,167 19,700 302,992
Truck 286 63,229 156,433 159,341 103,561 482,850
Commercial Chassis 99 42,612 130,608 56,707 34,959 264,986
Phaeton
Standard 221 47,255 49,818 16,479 4,076 117,849
Deluxe - - - 3,946 2,229 6,175
Roadster
Standard 269 81,937 191,529 112,901 5,499 392,135
Deluxe - - - 11,318 52,997 64,315
Coupe
Standard 629 70,784 178,982 226,027 79,816 556,238
Deluxe - - - 28,937 23,067 52,004
Tudor
Standard 1948 208,562 523,922 376,271 148,425 1,259,128
Deluxe - - - - 21,984 21,984
Town Car - 89 913 63 - 1,065
Station Wagon - 5 4,954 3,510 2,848 11,317
Taxicab - 264 4,576 10 - 4,850
Fordor (2-window)
Standard - 82,349 146,097 5,279 - 233,725
Deluxe - - - 12,854 3,251 16,105
Business Coupe - 37,343 37,644 - - 74,987
Fordor (3-window)
Standard - - 53,941 41,133 18,127 113,201
Town Sedan - - 84,970 104,935 55,469 245,374
Convertible Cabriolet - - 16,421 25,868 11,801 54,090
Victoria - - - 6,306 33,906 40,212
Convertible Sedan - - - - 4,864 4,864
Yearly Totals 4,186 713,528 1,715,100 1,261,053 626,579 4,320,446
(Numbers aren't guaranteed to be correct)

redbar.GIF
Ahooga Logo
Last revised Sunday, 05-Aug-2007 00:56:52 EDT.
Anti Spam

Red Bar
© 1996-2016, Ahooga.Com

We all know they built a slew of Tudors. Tudors outnumbered Roadster production about 5:1. Given that an open car would not have survived over the years as well as a closed model did, about any Model A get together I see or attend has a lot fewer open cars on display compared to closed models. But not in a like-ratio of original builds.

First set of figures are 1927 year production and then 1928-1929-1930-1931. Ahooga has a better table than what I could copy from them.

Model A Standard Roadster production: 392,135
Model A Deluxe Roadster production: 64,315

There seem to be a lot more Deluxe than Standard models running around too, kind of like a Chevy friend told me there are more '62 SS Impalas on the road today than what were originally built back then!

JDupuis · 07-24-2017, 04:04 PM

Far more rumble seats, as well
Jeff

Jeff/Illinois · 07-24-2017, 04:27 PM

Very true Jeff......

Another thought and I just remembered this....... thinking back when I worked in the local Ford dealership in the mid 70's, and the '73 Cougars and Mustangs were the last open top Fords that had been built, I recall a Ford Motor Co. rep in the dealership one day and a group of us that were also into collector cars mentioned this subject.

He told us that 1965 was the stellar year of Ford convertible production 'ranking 7% of total build' due mainly to the new Mustangs. He was talking about a spread from the 1940's up to '65. He also said that had been talked about at Corporate and they determined the survival rate for a convertible over a 10 year span, was about 5%.

If that held true for Model A Roadster production then a little more than about 22,000 Roadsters were still chugging around by the War years. There may have been less but that is about 5%.

Just kicking ideas around no particular reason to any of this

Stretch Cab · 07-24-2017, 06:07 PM

Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements)

I think the survival rate for the A would have been higher since it was bought as a cheap usable car and not for a replaceable sports car. No way to tell but I think cars of the 30's were valued more.

07-24-2017, 03:58 PM	#1
Jeff/Illinois Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 2,789	Model A Roadster production figures This courtesy of the Ahooga Model A Ford site: "Model-A" Domestic Production Figures 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 Style Totals Sport Coupe 734 79,099 134,292 69,167 19,700 302,992 Truck 286 63,229 156,433 159,341 103,561 482,850 Commercial Chassis 99 42,612 130,608 56,707 34,959 264,986 Phaeton Standard 221 47,255 49,818 16,479 4,076 117,849 Deluxe - - - 3,946 2,229 6,175 Roadster Standard 269 81,937 191,529 112,901 5,499 392,135 Deluxe - - - 11,318 52,997 64,315 Coupe Standard 629 70,784 178,982 226,027 79,816 556,238 Deluxe - - - 28,937 23,067 52,004 Tudor Standard 1948 208,562 523,922 376,271 148,425 1,259,128 Deluxe - - - - 21,984 21,984 Town Car - 89 913 63 - 1,065 Station Wagon - 5 4,954 3,510 2,848 11,317 Taxicab - 264 4,576 10 - 4,850 Fordor (2-window) Standard - 82,349 146,097 5,279 - 233,725 Deluxe - - - 12,854 3,251 16,105 Business Coupe - 37,343 37,644 - - 74,987 Fordor (3-window) Standard - - 53,941 41,133 18,127 113,201 Town Sedan - - 84,970 104,935 55,469 245,374 Convertible Cabriolet - - 16,421 25,868 11,801 54,090 Victoria - - - 6,306 33,906 40,212 Convertible Sedan - - - - 4,864 4,864 Yearly Totals 4,186 713,528 1,715,100 1,261,053 626,579 4,320,446 (Numbers aren't guaranteed to be correct) redbar.GIF Ahooga Logo Last revised Sunday, 05-Aug-2007 00:56:52 EDT. Anti Spam Red Bar © 1996-2016, Ahooga.Com We all know they built a slew of Tudors. Tudors outnumbered Roadster production about 5:1. Given that an open car would not have survived over the years as well as a closed model did, about any Model A get together I see or attend has a lot fewer open cars on display compared to closed models. But not in a like-ratio of original builds. First set of figures are 1927 year production and then 1928-1929-1930-1931. Ahooga has a better table than what I could copy from them. Model A Standard Roadster production: 392,135 Model A Deluxe Roadster production: 64,315 There seem to be a lot more Deluxe than Standard models running around too, kind of like a Chevy friend told me there are more '62 SS Impalas on the road today than what were originally built back then!

07-24-2017, 04:04 PM	#2
JDupuis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Maryhill Ont Canada Posts: 834	Re: Model A Roadster production figures Far more rumble seats, as well Jeff __________________ Let's let pylons, be pylons!

07-24-2017, 04:27 PM	#3
Jeff/Illinois Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 2,789	Re: Model A Roadster production figures Very true Jeff...... Another thought and I just remembered this....... thinking back when I worked in the local Ford dealership in the mid 70's, and the '73 Cougars and Mustangs were the last open top Fords that had been built, I recall a Ford Motor Co. rep in the dealership one day and a group of us that were also into collector cars mentioned this subject. He told us that 1965 was the stellar year of Ford convertible production 'ranking 7% of total build' due mainly to the new Mustangs. He was talking about a spread from the 1940's up to '65. He also said that had been talked about at Corporate and they determined the survival rate for a convertible over a 10 year span, was about 5%. If that held true for Model A Roadster production then a little more than about 22,000 Roadsters were still chugging around by the War years. There may have been less but that is about 5%. Just kicking ideas around no particular reason to any of this

07-24-2017, 06:07 PM	#4
Stretch Cab Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Lexington, NC Posts: 695	Re: Model A Roadster production figures Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) I think the survival rate for the A would have been higher since it was bought as a cheap usable car and not for a replaceable sports car. No way to tell but I think cars of the 30's were valued more.