- roadster
- 24,950 high price
- Bellevue, WA
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- carsforsale.com
This 1928 ford model a deluxe roadster is a superb example of an exceedingly rare and sought after pre-war classic. It can accommodate a driver and passenger, and two additional passengers squeezed into the rumble seat, which folds out. The optional hood ornament depicts a quail in flight. It is ready to drive, show, and enjoy. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, the ford model a was one of the most publicized and best-selling cars in america. It was sporty, attractive, well-built, and smooth-running compared to the model t, which it replaced in the 1928 model year. The model a roadster is a two-door, folding top model with an optional rumble seat, available in standard and de luxe versions. The roadster was considered an open car rather than a convertible. Roadsters do not have glass side windows. Other distinguishing features of a roadster are a windshield with standard wind wings which could be folded flat. Overall, the roadster was a sportier and more affordable alternativeand can be distinguished from 1930/31's by a shorter height radiator and hood; larger wheels, smaller hub caps and skinnier tires. The flow of the front fenders is different and they have a two-piece firewall. The shape of the cowl is also different to accommodate the lower hood and the style is different on most models. Other clues are their vertically fluted headlight lenses and drum style tail lamps rather than the later teacup style lamps. The ford model a was first produced on october 20, 1927, but not sold until december 2, (it replaced the venerable model t, which had been produced for 18 years). In less than two weeks there were 400,000 orders, and henry ford could not keep up with the demand. By 4 february 1929, one million model a's had been sold, and by 24 july, two million. Despite the onset of the depression, model a production remained strong at 1,261,053 cars in 1930 but fell to 626,579 cars in 1931, the last year that the.
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