Is this an 'A'?

[Chuck Dempsey]

Found this pic on the 'net... Looks like an 'A', but that bed looks a bit odd. License plate too. Russian model?

[Charlie Stephens]

It looks like a deluxe pickup. According to "The Ford Model A As Henry Built It" they made 293 units in 1931. They also made a deluxe AA version. The radiator shell on the one in your picture looks like AA but the rest looks like a standard pickup. It is amazing one of these found their way to a foreign country.

The 1931 Deluxe pickup was designated Model 66A and a picture of it is here: http://www.mafca.com/photos/bodystyl...kup-deluxe.jpg

Of course it could be something unique to production in a foreign country.

This deluxe pickup was also produced in 1932.


Charlie Stephens

[emf]

Gaz??

[john charlton]

This is a Russian built GAZ . It is not known how many were built. Several have come up for sale in Scandinavia/Eastern Europe in the last few years . It does seem odd that the USSR would build such a de luxe vehicle . The vast majority of Russian production were GAZ AA trucks .

John in dull cold morning Suffolk County England .

[Bob Bidonde]

In my opinion, the bed on the Deluxe Pickup has less metal, fewer parts and was less expensive to manufacture than a the standard pickup bed.

[john charlton]

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I think you must be right Bob ,I guess the Russians had plenty of wood, all state owned anyway . I have seen pics of GAZ AA trucks,phaetons,vans etc etc but no steel bed pickups narrow or wide bed . Maybe " Brad in Germany" could know more .Thinking about it a larger cargo area as well .

John in same place but sunny weather between showers .

[Ray in La Mesa]

The tires look larger than what we know as normal.

[WTSHNN]

This very conversation is happening on the MARC facebook group.

Not an A.

It's a GAZ.

[Purdy Swoft]

I agree with Charley in post #2 . It appears to me that it is the 1931 deluxe pickup

[duke36]

This may be a '31 with some '30 parts, perhaps the side run. bd. aprons in the photo, and because foreign made products were supposedly a year behind with parts and some features..

[Synchro909]

Originally Posted by john charlton

I think you must be right Bob ,I guess the Russians had plenty of wood, all state owned anyway . I have seen pics of GAZ AA trucks,phaetons,vans etc etc but no steel bed pickups narrow or wide bed . Maybe " Brad in Germany" could know more .Thinking about it a larger cargo area as well .

John in same place but sunny weather between showers .

M2M would be your man!
John, I'll PM you the expaination as to his choice of name here.

[Mike Peters]

Look at the radiator shell. Straight across the top like an AA truck, rather than the widow's peak. Is that a Russian license plate? No plating on the bumpers or bed rails, like a US made deluxe pickup would have. But stainless radiator shell and headlight rims. I'm thinking it's some sort of Russian copy made after Henry sold Russia the Model A dies. BTW, and never was paid.

[Brad in Germany]

It is a Russian GAZ-4 (1933-1937)

Here are some more photos from around the web:
















Brad in Maryland

[77Birdman]

There was an article in the AACA magazine sometime in the last year that had a truck just like or at least VERY similar to that one. I remember it saying it was very limited production. It was in the US.

[Big hammer]

Originally Posted by Chuck Dempsey

Found this pic on the 'net... Looks like an 'A', but that bed looks a bit odd. License plate too. Russian model?

Looking at the wheels, looks like more lugs.

[michael a]

At one time the city of Kansas City Missouri had a BB just like these trucks with the exception that it had truck wheels and duals on the back it had to be 4-cylinder motor with fuel pump and a tank under the seat the reason I know all this was it I rebuild it from the frame up it was on display in the different fire stations 4 years and was recently sold to a man in the greater Kansas City area I drove it as a service vehicle in the American Royal Parade in Kansas City

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