The Ford Barn

Dave Mellor NJ · 04-03-2025, 11:57 PM

Fluted lens

mercman from oz · 04-04-2025, 06:33 AM

katy · 04-04-2025, 09:13 AM

Whatever works.

old31 · 04-04-2025, 09:15 AM

Are they stuck, or waiting for someone to pass?

I also need to tell them their center bumper badge is off center and crooked. But, I dont think they care.

Marshall V. Daut · 04-04-2025, 01:39 PM

Not to be more nit-picky than usual, but I believe the presence of the oval center bumper clamp makes this a 1929 Model A, not a 1928. Unless my eyes fail me, I think I see "1929" on the license plate. That bumper clamp is two vibrations away from being "ain't".

Marshall

Canton_Model_A's · 04-04-2025, 01:41 PM

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radiator looks a little worse for the wear

ThirstyThirty · 04-04-2025, 11:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Canton_Model_A's

radiator looks a little worse for the wear

reminds me of my smaller shredder tractor after a day late autumn shredding...

mass A man · 04-04-2025, 11:41 PM

Possibly a recovered theft. That car is pretty beat up for a new car, check out the dented up radiator core too.

old31 · 04-06-2025, 11:11 AM

Wouldn't the fluted lens make it a 28?

Marshall V. Daut · 04-06-2025, 11:35 AM

I believe some assembly plants used up their '28 supply of fluted headlight lenses into early 1929. I can't make out the shape of the crank hole cover to differentiate between the 1928 and 1929 designs. Still, though, 'kind of hard to get around that 1929 center bumper clamp, isn't it? 1928 = round, 1929 = oval.
'Love these mystery car detective (or is that "defective"?) sleuthing postings to identify years and even body styles. It hones our recognition skills - until you consider Ford constantly throws us curve balls with overlapping parts installed at various times on the assembly lines without being courteous enough to tell us restorers about the running changes.

M.

Jeff/Illinois · 04-10-2025, 02:59 PM

It always amazes me, to see period photos with Ford Model A's, that are only a few years old, that have already had the living crap beat out of them

There must have been no 'car' people back then!

ModelA29 · 04-13-2025, 02:13 PM

Landowner out checking on his tenement farmer. He left his Packard at the mansion......

Als48 · 04-14-2025, 04:03 PM

Or a farmer returning from the fields where he and his helper were using the A for a tractor to stretch fence wire through the woodlot, dodging limbs, etc.

04-04-2025, 06:33 AM	#2
mercman from oz Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 12,005	Re: 28 Roadster

04-04-2025, 09:13 AM	#3
katy Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Red Deer, Alberta Posts: 5,705	Re: 28 Roadster Whatever works. __________________ If you don't hear a rumor by 10 AM, start one!. Got my education out behind the barn!

04-04-2025, 09:15 AM	#4
old31 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Posts: 2,459	Re: 28 Roadster Are they stuck, or waiting for someone to pass? I also need to tell them their center bumper badge is off center and crooked. But, I dont think they care.

04-04-2025, 01:39 PM	#5
Marshall V. Daut Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Davenport, Iowa Posts: 2,621	Re: 28 Roadster Not to be more nit-picky than usual, but I believe the presence of the oval center bumper clamp makes this a 1929 Model A, not a 1928. Unless my eyes fail me, I think I see "1929" on the license plate. That bumper clamp is two vibrations away from being "ain't". Marshall

04-04-2025, 01:41 PM	#6
Canton_Model_A's Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2022 Location: Canton, Michigan Posts: 321	Re: 28 Roadster Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) radiator looks a little worse for the wear __________________ --------------------------------------- 1929 Model A Tudor - "Darla" '29 Model A: Old enough to start with a crank, young enough to steal the show! "Stay away from negative people, they have a problem for every solution" Model A Ford Club of America Model A Restorers Club Motor City A's Club

04-04-2025, 11:41 PM	#8
mass A man Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Danvers, Ma. Posts: 793	Re: 28 Roadster Possibly a recovered theft. That car is pretty beat up for a new car, check out the dented up radiator core too.

04-06-2025, 11:11 AM	#9
old31 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Posts: 2,459	Re: 28 Roadster Wouldn't the fluted lens make it a 28?

04-06-2025, 11:35 AM	#10
Marshall V. Daut Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Davenport, Iowa Posts: 2,621	Re: 28 Roadster I believe some assembly plants used up their '28 supply of fluted headlight lenses into early 1929. I can't make out the shape of the crank hole cover to differentiate between the 1928 and 1929 designs. Still, though, 'kind of hard to get around that 1929 center bumper clamp, isn't it? 1928 = round, 1929 = oval. 'Love these mystery car detective (or is that "defective"?) sleuthing postings to identify years and even body styles. It hones our recognition skills - until you consider Ford constantly throws us curve balls with overlapping parts installed at various times on the assembly lines without being courteous enough to tell us restorers about the running changes. M. Last edited by Marshall V. Daut; 04-06-2025 at 12:45 PM. Reason: Edited w/s wiper info out

04-10-2025, 02:59 PM	#11
Jeff/Illinois Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 2,973	Re: 28 Roadster It always amazes me, to see period photos with Ford Model A's, that are only a few years old, that have already had the living crap beat out of them There must have been no 'car' people back then!

04-13-2025, 02:13 PM	#12
ModelA29 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2022 Location: SoCal Posts: 1,151	Re: 28 Roadster Landowner out checking on his tenement farmer. He left his Packard at the mansion......

04-14-2025, 04:03 PM	#13
Als48 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2020 Location: Paducah Ky Posts: 354	Re: 28 Roadster Or a farmer returning from the fields where he and his helper were using the A for a tractor to stretch fence wire through the woodlot, dodging limbs, etc.