Model A’s in the Depression

[Michael M]

Here is an interesting site on Fords. The link will take you to photos of A’s in the era, but there is a lot of other good information there as well.

http://vintagefordfacts.blogspot.com/2010/12/model-ford-in-depression.html

[Mitch]

Nice site Michael
Here are the Model A photos




The Model A Ford in the Depression.

Here are a series of photos showing how these Fords were put through hell & back but kept on going. Maybe one of these cars is in someone's garage today?







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[Dennis]

I don't know how mine ever escaped those hard times.

[Beauford]

I think mine got hit by that train.

[DaWizard]

I wonder why that very early '28 Cab in pic 6 doesn't have landau irons?

[CM2]

thats cause ford didnt make a Cabriolet in '28..nor did they make one with a coupe pillar..I dig the plate topper on the sedan..

[DaWizard]

So that is an early '28 Sport Coupe without a landau arm.

Ok

[CM2]

Yes sir I bet it is..reckon somebody could afford to put a new top on his car..given it should have lasted five years or so that would put it at the depth of the depression,laying out the coin for a new top.There's a sticker on the windshield as well..

[Ray Horton]

I think that is a 28 business coupe, though it has a step plate for a rumble seat. But the RS was available as an accessory.

[Beauford]

Look at the way the door flares on the RPU by the train...mine do that a little but damn!!

[CM2]

Not a whitewall in the bunch..

[Mitch]

The spare tire looks shredded on the one with 39 OK plates and 2 jugs. Maybe they will replace it with a WW

[CM2]

thats the same truck as in pic 7...no way was there two pickups with that hood ornament..

[Curly]

The guy in the second to last picture is texting while the others do all the work. He needs to put that phone way!

[Mitch]

HAHA i was thinking the same thing :rolling

[aford193031]

Not a smile among them

[Mitch]

The guy pushing down to hand crank it instead of pulling up at 7:00,,, has a very special rare horn mounted... looks like a siren

(Maybe he is just positioning the crank handle)

[Tom Wesenberg]

Not a smile among them

That's only because they aren't in a Studebaker.

[DaWizard]

I wonder if the guy with the crank lost the front bumper at the same time that left front fender was blown back...

[Curly]

Notice the hood ornament on the last picture. I wonder where that came from.

[CM2]

that guy texting...they were loading a refrigerated box car out of the 76A. probably why the picture was taken,they were as rare as hens teeth..the refer,not the open cab..

reckon I'm going to run wrinkled fenders on mine,everyone else did back then..

[Michael M]

Although it’s pretty well obscured, I think this an A as well.

http://www.shorpy.com/node/22908?size=_original#caption

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

I used to gas up cars THAT BAD! And top them up with FREE Drain Oil, that was our COURTESY Touch. SHIT like this is NO LAFFING MATTER--Been there, done that!!!!
THAT COULD HAVE BEEN SOME OF YOU IN THOSE CARS!!!!
KDad Appalled

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

NO, I wasn't around during the depression, but scenes like these were common, during the War, when Chief ran a Conoco Fillin' Station. To show their appreciation of help, some would give Chief EXTRA Gas Stamps, to help someone stuck on the highway, with NO STAMPS!
If I sounded TESTY, I meant to, if you don't like my remarks, DON'T read them!
I once lived in a house, with a DIRT Kitchen Floor, but Chief was a hard worker & we NEVER went HUNGRY!
Po' KDad

[WMWS]

That bag of Purina chicken feed gives just the right touch. I might try that on my car.

[JDupuis]

My barn car at it's original homestead. The man beside my car is the original owners youngest son.
He remembers bringing live calves home from the farmers market in the "back seat!" .
This old car has the snow chain dents in the rear fenders, as well as all the signs of use, over the years, as bags of grain were sat on the front fenders to go to the mill in the local village.
Jeff

[Mitch]

That Tudor appears to be very solid.

[Michael M]

That’s a cool photo and story. Thanks for sharing with us.

is that a patch on the roof / visor? I’m assuming that it’s also the original roof.

[JDupuis]

Yes, original roof. With patching material in the mix. Good eye! Jeff

[Jeff/Illinois]

Neat pictures. These old gals sure took a lot of abuse. Testament to how well they were built and the quality materials used in them.