The Ford Model "A" "As Henry Built It": A Color, Upholstery and Production Facts Book
Language: English
Published by Motor Cities Publishing Company, 1975
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Seller: Epilonian Books, Manhattan Beach, CA, U.S.A.Epilonian Books
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Motor Cities Publishing Company, Published 1975. Hardcover, 234 pp.; 29 cm; Second Edition, later printing (copyright page dated July 1975, author biography records a 1978 retirement); illustrated with black-and-white photographs, engineering drawings, charts, and color and trim tables. In Very Good condition with a Good dust jacket. Orange-brown cloth boards with navy-printed roadster illustration and lettering on front cover and navy lettering on spine; mild shelf and edge wear with a hint of color loss along edges. Binding tight. Pages mildly toned, with heavier offset toning to endpapers; otherwise unmarked. Cream pictorial dust jacket (photograph of a Model A roadster) shows several chips and tears of 1 inch or less, mostly along top edge and at head of spine, and creasing along edges; moderate shelf and edge wear, with spotting (heavier on rear panel), soiling and toning, heavier to spine panel. Now in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover. A restorer's reference to the 1928-1931 Ford Model A and AA, compiled from Ford Motor Company records, the Ford Archives at the Henry Ford Museum and interviews with former Ford engineers and supervisors. Sections cover the end of the Model T and the development of the Model A, the engine (with motor numbers list), chassis, body development and production, and each model year from 1928-29 through 1931, followed by a supplement on lamps, tools and accessories. Tables give exterior colors, stripe colors and interior trim schemes body style by body style, with dated running changes and part numbers. Also includes a facsimile of Henry Ford's 1927 announcement "The New Ford Car" and a preface by Murray Fahnestock. The authors were George DeAngelis, supervisor of Ford's Technical Illustration Section and editor of the Model "A" Restorers Club's Model "A" News; Edward P. Francis, a Ford metallurgical engineer; and Leslie R. Henry, former curator of transportation at the Henry Ford Museum. Contents: Exit Model "T", Enter Model "A"; The Model "A" Engine; Motor Numbers List; The Chassis; Body Development and Production; Body Parts Identification Charts; Body Interior Trim Samples; Body Types Identification Chart; 1928-29 Models; 1929 Models; 1930-31 Models; 1931 Models; Supplement; Index.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Ford Model "A" "As Henry Built It": A Color, Upholstery and Production Facts Book
- Author
- George DeAngelis; Edward P. Francis; Leslie R. Henry
- Publisher
- Motor Cities Publishing Company
- Publication year
- 1975
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 29 cm
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- History
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