Narrow bed or wide bed

[Keith True]

The easiest way for me to tell the TT an AA express beds apart are the fender mounts.The AA fenders bolted to the bed sides,and the TT beds had brackets that came up from the frame.No bed side mounts on the TT.

[Marshall V. Daut]

Check with Sammy Guthrie at Arizona Model A in Gilbert. He has just about everything you need. Also try Bert's Model A Center in Colorado. Steve always has a lot of parts like that.
Marshall

[katy]

Post some pictures of what you have.

[Karl Wescott]

Originally Posted by Joe K

Model A "Closed Cab" trucks follow in three patterns.

The squarish 28-29 Pattern body which has body parts recycled from 26-27 Model T production and a fabric top on wooden bows.

The not so square 30-31 pattern which is more akin to a 30-31 Coupe (may share doors) Like the coupe it has a top "insert" which is fabric on bows.

The similar in appearance but improved construction 30-31 pattern but likely made after 1931 and incorporates a solid steel roof (no Fabric)

The 28-29 version was never available "wide bed." The 30-31 fabric top MAY have been available wide bed. The 30-31 steel top is almost exclusively where the wide bed is found today. All three of these are mostly seen narrow bed.

The express bed would be a "Model AA" option and would require the longer AA chassis to support it.

Aside:

Model AA in any year are pretty much limited to 40-42mph as provided by Ford. Aftermarket transmissions were available to be placed in the "intermediate shaft" position on the truck to act as "overdrive:" (Thinking Warford Transmission here although there were others.) Also, the AA differential was available in "high speed" versions (mostly found) and "low speed" versions (mostly found on the later bevel gear Warner gear differential.) The Low speed AA rear end must have been a "crawl mode."

I have had a 30-31 AA Truck - I can assure you it is a BIG truck by comparison with its Model A cousin. Many parts require a 3/4 drive impact wrench for disassembly and similar more extreme measures.

Joe K

The 1930-31 Pickup/Truck share the same door with the Tudor sedan (Except for the incredibly rare truck doors with a dimple to clear a side spare tire). The 1930-31 Coupe door is about 1-1/2" shorter than the PU/2D door