Found some great Ford Model A stuff when I was hunting around on the net and thought you might enjoy a compilation of some of the neater Ford Trivia, resources and other neat stuff like the kool Ahooga page short trivia. =D

First a little about the Model T that laid the foundation for the development of the Model A =D
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Ahooga’s Model-A
Ford Story Page

A little History Lesson…

A short History of the Model-A Ford

The year was 1926. Henry Ford’s “Tin Lizzie” was getting old. It had been produced since Oct. 1st 1908. There had been very few major changes to the car even though it did look quite different. With his son Edsel pushing to move past the Model T and design and build a “new ford” the order was finally given on July 20th, 1926 to start work on a new ford, the “Model A“, although that name had not been picked yet!.Henry made the last of the Model T’s on May 26th, 1927. It was car No. 15,000,000. It is said Henry spent $100,000,000 (Yes, 100 Million Dollars!) on the new car design and for retooling of the Rouge plant to build the new Model A. Quite a sum in the 1920’s! The car contained over 6800 parts whereas the Model T only contained about 5000.

Model A No. 1 rolled off the production line on Oct. 20th, 1927 but the public didn’t see the car until Dec. 2nd, 1927. Unlike the Model T, the new ford came in seven body styles and an amazing four colors!

The Engine was an L-head 4-cylinder, ‘cast en bloc’ type. It had a 3-7/8″ X 4-1/4″ bore and stroke with a displacement of 200.5 cubic inches. SAE horsepower of 24.03 with brake horsepower rated at 40 at 2200 rpm. Typical gas mileage was between 20 and 30 mpg using a Zenith one barrel carburetor. It’s 103.5″ wheelbase rode on 4.50 x 21″ tires with a gear ratio of 3.77:1. The transmission was a 3 speed sliding gear unit with 1 speed reverse. The Model A had 4 wheel mechanical brakes and Houdaille, double action hydraulic shock absorbers with semi-elliptic front and rear transverse springs. Top Speed was around 65 mph. Standard equipmet on all Models included a Starter, Five Steel Spoke Wheels, Dashlight, Mirror, Windshield Wiper, Gasoline Gauge, Rear and Stop Light, Speedometer, Tools and Preasure Grease Gun Lubrication.

The “Model A” Tool kit included with each car had the following items: Adjustable wrench, 2 open end wrenches, 2 tire irons, jack, pliers, screwdriver, tire pump, grease gun, combination spark plug wrench and head bolt wrench and Instruction book which all fit into Snap Pouch.

As for price. The new Model A Tudor Sedan sold for $495.00 with the Fordor bringing $570.00 F.O.B. Detroit. For $385.00 you could get a Roadster and $395.00 would get you a beautiful Phaeton. At $495.00, the new Ford Coupe was nice but for $550.00 the Sport Coupe with a standard Rumble Seat was a hot seller.
Reposted from http://www.ahooga.com/info/story.shtml

There’s a fair amount of info in Wiki too: Ford_Model_A_(1927–31)

Really interesting project about using a virtually stock model A as your main driver for 365 days: 365 days of A

Great place for spec’s and diagrams: Motor Mayhem

Interesting place with more Ford resources and some info about the Shay: Shayhistory.com/HistoryFord

Pretty kool video showing Henry Ford himself stamping the first engine in the first Model A off the line with #1 =D
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Good article by Hemmings Daily: Hemmings Daily Ford Model A Blog

Great video explaining the mystery on how to start a Model A with all its levers, pedals and switches =D
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OK Now that you got it running, here’s how to shift it =D:
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Nice Model A history Video:
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Feature photo courtesy Ford Motor Company.