Vehicle Description
1930 Ford Model A
Henry Ford was always convinced that people should satisfy
themselves with nothing more than a good, simple and economical
car. At the price of great efforts, his inner circle finally
succeeded in eroding his stubbornness and, in May 1927, after
having produced more than 15,000,000 Model Ts since 1908, Ford
closed his plants for many months in order to retool his assembly
lines for the production of his next legend: the Model A. The
latter will ultimately be produced in 5,000,000 copies between 1928
and 1931. This new miracle is equally attributable to Henry and his
son Edsel. Henry will dedicate himself to the mechanical aspects
and Edsel will bring a whole new look to the design of the Model A.
The Model T was nicknamed "TIN LIZZIE" the Model A will be known as
the "BABY LINCOLN"
No new automobile has ever been so expected in History. The
competition sharply felt the hurt of this waiting period (as much
as tens of thousands of Ford employees which were temporarily laid
off) since many were putting off their purchase of a new car in
order to see what Henry was going to pull out of his hat this time.
He literally made a lady out of a lizzy, so we offer you for
consignment a 1930 Ford Model A which is sadly leaving its
consigner due to an obsession with tractors, for which this car was
traded.
Exterior
From head to toe this car is a fully functioning great looking
original Henry design car and it is bathed in two tone green with
black fenders. This is an all steel bodied surviving example. This
paint job accentuates the wonderful lines of this car which have
been retained and sport a peppering of chrome trimmings. Speaking
of chrome the radiator cap is the iconic flying quail...which was
chosen by Henry due to its ability to quickly fly away, which
hopefully his car would do when pressing the accelerator. Running
boards are solid and have a rubber liner with a cast step on to
protect the rubber. A rumble seat in on back, and on top is a vinyl
top due to the constraints of a metal press technology of the time.
Also, we see a sun visor on top of the windshield and a mounted
spare tire resides on the back. Nicely restored lighter green
painted wire wheels are on all around.
Interior
Swinging open the doors we are met up front with a squinting eye
shaped dash, in sprayed black metal and a faux metal painted wood
grained dash top if you will. Embedded within a chromed "mask"
style instrument cluster black faced vintage style gauges, and
white pointers. Fronting this dash is a black bakelite steering
wheel complete with the obligatory throttle, signal, and timing
advance levers. A bench seat, and door panels are showing in tan
mohair broadcloth, with the seats being tufted tuck and roll. For
the mother-in-law seat in back, it is covered in weatherproof brown
vinyl. Floors are wood with just a hint of rubber and painted in
black.
Drivetrain
Opening the side cowl reveals an earlier fully restored engine bay.
This is a 201ci inline 4-cylinder which is topped with a 1-barrel
carburetor and a 3-speed manual transmission which are original to
this car. 3.78 gears are reserved for the rear axle. Slight surface
rust is noted between the block of the engine and the head,
possible due to a leaky gasket in the past.
Undercarriage
Fully sorted, no rust just black paint with slight patina covers
all the undercarriage metal structure. Transverse leaf springs are
on front and rear, and mechanical drum brakes are just behind the
light green wire wheels. All is looking good underneath.
Drive-Ability
A fun driver which fired right up and took off like the flying
quail escaping the sights of a hunter. It handled nicely and
mechanical drum brakes were solid and stopped us. All was well save
for the speedometer which was not functioning when our consigner
first purchased this car and he never fixed it.
A wonderful restoration, fine runner, and comfy interior with the
rumble seat, a 2-door sports car if you will all in 1930 style and
garb. You could win a show with this example. Note a soft car cover
comes with it.
Classic Auto Mall is a 336,000-square foot classic and special
interest automobile showroom, featuring over 600 vehicles for sale
with showroom space for up to 1,000 vehicles. Also, a 400 vehicle
barn find collection is on display.
This vehicle is located in our showroom in Morgantown,
Pennsylvania, conveniently located just 1-hour west of Philadelphia
on the I-76 Pennsylvania Turnpike. The website is
www.classicautomall.com and our phone number is (888) 227-0914.
Please contact us anytime for more information or to come see the
vehicle in person.