Vehicle Description
1930 Ford Model A Pickup - Restored Truck - 350 V8 - 153 Miles
Since Built - Ford Rear End (Please note: If you happen to be
viewing this 1930 Ford Model A Pickup on a website other than our
Garage Kept Motors site, it's possible that you've only seen some
of our many photographs of the truck due to third-party website
limitations. To be sure you access all of the more than 120
photographs, as well as a short start-up and walk-around video,
please go to our main website: Garage Kept Motors.) Although the
Ford stylists probably did not style the Model A with a pickup body
in mind, its Lincoln-like lines and proportions looked just as good
around a truck bed as any of the other body styles. Ford built over
48,000 pickups in 1930. Chevrolet launched its own factory-built
pickup in 1931, starting a virtual war that rages to this day. �€"
Curbside Classic, April 2016 The authoritative website added: ...
you might consider the Model A to be the world's first luxury
truck. Henry Ford is remembered, mistakenly, as the father of the
cheap car; in truth, Ford insisted that everything in his cars be
of the highest quality. Their low prices came from distilling each
piece to its simplest form and high-volume manufacturing. Henry
Ford had no idea what the car cost to make, but deeply believed
that by building the best car he could, people would buy enough of
them for him to make a profit. And as to Model A quality: Every
chassis part was forged from the highest quality of steel. There
would not be a single piece of stamped steel in this car's chassis.
The Model A was also the first car in its class to use
double-acting hydraulic shock absorbers (the same units used in
Lincolns) and a safety-glass windshield. Even when early hot
rodders massaged the 200 cu in (3.3-liter) engine to two or three
times the original 40-horsepower rating, its internal pieces proved
completely up to the task. Offered here is a customized 1930 Ford
Model A Pickup in yellow over red. The custom work--completed just
153 traveled-miles ago--included both aesthetic and mechanical
upgrades resulting in a very appealing, mechanically sound,
one-of-a-kind hot rod. The exterior yellow paint was professionally
applied and exhibits excellent gloss across all body panels
including the cab (firewall included), front grille and headlight
trim, and the shortened rear pickup cargo box. (To best assess the
quality of the paint and trim finishes, be sure to view the
close-up photographs of the car in the accompanying gallery.) The
Model A-characteristic black fabric top is in place and was
completely refreshed. Chrome brightwork on the windshield trim,
headlight bezels (and support arms), radiator grille, door handles,
and original taillights is excellent across the board. With the
fenders removed, portions of the renewed, matte-black-painted frame
and suspension components are visible. The rear cargo box includes
wood cargo rails. Red steel wheels with chrome trim rings are
mounted with Garfield® classic-car whitewall tires (the right-front
whitewall shows some damage). Inside, the cabin walls, door trim,
and seat upholstery have all been renewed in bright red leather
with the seats featuring a classic, vertically pleated design. The
original dashboard remains in place and is painted in the yellow
body color. SunPro® replacement gauges (speedometer, and engine
monitors for oil pressure, coolant temperature, and voltage output)
are mounted in the classic Model A center-dash arrangement. The
steering wheel is stock, as is the floor mounted shifter for the
automatic transmission which replaced the stock manual
transmission. Floors in the cabin and rear cargo box are
diamond-plate; the rear cargo box includes a red gasoline tank and
the battery. Forward of the cabin, the open-sided engine bay is
host to a 350-cubic-inch V8. Wearing an open-sided, chrome air
cleaner, orange engine-block paint, chrome valve covers, and
performance exhaust headers, t
