When 1927 rolled around, Henry Ford had successfully perfected his assembly line. Due to this the Model T is often regarded as the first affordable vehicle option allowing the middle class to finally have a chance at reliable and easily maintained transportation. With that large success he obviously wanted to follow it up and did so with the Model A. Previously Ford had gone to the next letter of the alphabet when naming his cars but this time he decided that it was such a departure from the previous design so he started it all over with the "A". This line proved to be just as successful with 2 million being sold by July 1929. The Model A name would leave in 1932 when they would be fully redesigned once again. Various body styles were produced like the Victoria you see here. This car has been fully restored and it was a very nicely done restoration. It has been kept mostly stock throughout. The all steel body is in excellent condition and it is painted a two tone Beige and Brown paired with Black fenders. It also has the light Beige cloth top which looks great and we do not have documentation but suspect it is the original. The chrome front headlights (with headlight bar) are working properly as are the cowl lights. It also has its original style nicely chromed radiator shell with a stone guard. The double bar stacked bumpers are mounted correctly in front/rear. All of the glass is in good condition and it has the original style pop out windshield. It has a rear mounted spare with a Ford spare cover and its original Red spoke wheels which are all wrapped with wide white wall tires.
Under the 4 piece louvered hood is the original 201 CID (3.3 L) L-head I4 that runs great. It was professional rebuilt from top to bottom less than 500 miles ago with around $8,000 being spent in the process. It has a 3 speed that shifts smoothly with no problems. The brake and suspension system is all the stock stuff but has been gone through and works properly.
The interior is the stock Brown cloth and is in very good condition. Everything is the stock style with no major modifications. It even has the original pull down shades on all the windows. The dash is all nicely painted and fitted with its stock gauge cluster but also now has an oil pressure gauge underneath as well. From the original style pedals to the original steering wheel it is all there.
There are a lot of Model A collectors out there and this one is absolutely gorgeous. The restoration was very well done resulting in a Victoria that runs and looks great.
At this level of restoration this car is a bargain at $31,500.00!
