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If you have a newspapers.com account you can search "ford dealer" during the years 1928-1931 and limit it to Canada or Ontario and you'll get a lot of hits. An Oct 16 1929 full page ad highlights eight different dealers in Ontario.

The Ford Heritage Vault has a copy of the bottom one on their site; https://fordheritagevault.com/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/DESCRIPTION_OPAC3/FORD_DETAIL?sessionsearch&exp=sisn%20507124

Your car your choice.... But here's the history of color wheels on Model A's https://youtu.be/088k2AgnDAo And here's the history of white walls on Model A's https://youtu.be/yF6Wq5Ax-Ak

On December 1st, 1927 Ford published the first images of the Model A in a full page ad taken out in two thousand newspapers across the US. This was the fourth and final ad printed by Ford in advance of the December 2nd debut of the New Ford. We made a short with the ad featuring the song "Since...

Ford's 3rd day of announcing the yet to be seen Model A included actual specifications about the New Ford for the first time ever. 40hp engine, Multiple disc clutch, hydraulic shocks, standard gear shift, and four wheel brakes were among the features highlighted. It also included for the first...

"Friday of this week will unquestionably be one of the most important days in the entire life of the automobile industry." So said the second Model A Ad that was printed in thousands of newspapers across the US on this date in 1927. This was the second of four ads that Ford published and it...

November 28th 1927. After six months of silence Ford Motor Company officially announced the arrival of the Model A Ford by printing this full page ad in thousands of newspapers across the United States. It was the first of four ads to appear each day leading up to the official reveal of the...

Here is an ad from the Detroit Times in 1931. So if there is any deeper relationship other than the use of their truck in these photos it was probably that Darkwood supplied equipment to Ford. The truck is obviously new as it has the New Car Instructions sticker on the windshield. The photos...

We made a video a few years back talking about the week-long newspaper ad campaign Ford did in late November and early December of 1927 to announce The New Ford. Check it out if you have a couple of minutes. https://youtu.be/c8K0EO-gwv8

Your car your choice. But here's the history of Model A wheel colors. https://youtu.be/088k2AgnDAo Here's the history of White Wall Tires and Model A's. https://youtu.be/yF6Wq5Ax-Ak Do what you like and ignore the haters.

From the 4/3/31 Chicago Service Letter. It would seem that there is a possiblity early SW Town Sedans came with rear quarter shades.

When we did our video on the Slant Windshield styling we didn't go in depth on the introduction date but here are a few things to add. This is an ad from the 3/14/31 Montclair Times (NJ). Here is a Factory Photograph dated 3/18/31, it is one of many images taken of SW Fordors that day...

There were (at least) two prototype 3-Window Model A Coupes built by or for Ford. The straight windshield one posted by ModelA29 earlier in this thread is dated 10-16-29. The photo was taken in the Ford engineering building in Dearborn (look on the far right of the image and see the full size...

Happy Easter to all those who celebrate. This ad ran in the Owensboro (KY) Messenger in 1930.

Happy Anniversary to the Twenty Millionth Ford! The '31 Town Sedan rolled off the Rouge Assembly Line in Dearborn with Henry behind the wheel on this date in 1931. The car was immediately pressed into an 8 month coast-to-coast tour visiting Ford dealers all across the United States. Find out...