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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...

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...

We put together three Model A videos with a Christmas Theme if you're interested in seeing Model A's with some festive cheer. Two of the videos feature dozens of Model A newspaper ads from the years 1928-1931 https://youtu.be/k_3UHj15ah4 https://youtu.be/4F9timj9eH4 The third is a breakdown...

Happy Birthday to the Model A Ford! The official premiere of the New Ford took place on December 2nd 1927. At that point Ford had produced less than 1,000 cars but had 11,000 US dealers hungry for something to show the public. Ford offered this film to those dealers who couldn't get a car to...

Did the Model A Ford get its name on this date in 1927? Not really, but September 25th holds some significance to the New Ford becoming known as the Model A. Find out more in this video. https://youtu.be/mkyO67g7opY

Hello Model A'ers! We are looking for some good quality photos of the assembly plant stamping that appeared on the body subframes. We're especially hoping to get photos of the stamping that featured a number for the month and year of production. If you have a photo and you're willing to let us...

How did Ford dealers try to entice people to buy a Model A at the end of the year? The same way they do today; clever Christmas ads! Here is a video featuring various Christmas themed newspaper ads for the years 1928-1931. But watch it soon because like the tree in the living room these ads may...

The first production Model A, a Tudor, drove off the Rouge Plant's assembly line. https://youtu.be/c_3u7QxXDSs

Model A's are tough vehicles that could run on most anything including charcoal. This video shows a vintage setup that allowed an otherwise stock Model A engine to run on a flammable gas produced by burning charcoal. Sometimes called gasification or gasogen this process has been used worldwide...

We watched over 6 hours of Ford Films on the 20 Millionth Ford while we were making our video about it and noticed that in 8 months that Town Sedan saw a lot of unique and random things. So we made a video featuring 10 of our favorite moments; https://youtu.be/ltMd1S-uOzk

We put together a new video detailing some of the history of the 20,000,000th Ford; a 1931 Town Sedan. We use archived Ford films to highlight some of the details of the car, the tour, and the brilliant marketing plan behind filming every single stop. Be sure to watch for a very excited 67...

Based on the feedback we received with the Engine Assembly video we pieced together this video. Using 10 different archived videos spliced together this video depicts the assembly process that Ford built bodies went through. https://youtu.be/NJCh6cJB27k It starts with the rolling out of the...

Using 22 different archived videos spliced together this video depicts the Model A engine being produced; from sand molds to being dropped in a chassis. https://youtu.be/bVsCaHcKj14 Make sure to look out for the main bearing babbitt being poured, the flywheel being balanced, and the manifolds...

On October 20th 1927 the first production Model A engine was stamped by Henry Ford. On October 21st 1927 the first production Model A drove off the assembly line. Here is a video with even more history on that event. https://youtu.be/c_3u7QxXDSs