1928 AR truck

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craigreavley

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I inheritted this truck. dad bought it from the schlitz family museum in milwaulkee wisconsin. it hasnt ran in 19 years, but has been instorage. Anyone got any pointers, or info. dad claimed it was fairly rare truck and had some model t parts that were originally installed. any info would help.
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What's the number on the engine block? (drivers side mid-way down the block just under the cylinder head and right above the water inlet.) If no number there you may have to lift the body to get at the number.

Or you might check the paperwork that came with it as it may list a VID which more than likely is this number.

AR is certainly early - but one has to be careful in assigning AR designation to any vehicle. Trucks especially. AR did not all happen at once. Also Ford made up trucks basically from the parts that were outmoded for various reasons on the regular automobile line. Or rejects on quality or appearance. My March 29 CC pickup embodies features normally found on cars 3 months to 6 months earlier (Like powerhouse generator, fluted headlights, 4 finger headlight switch, drum taillight.) And the gearshift lever had been painted, I think factory, to cover up imperfections in the chrome.

Check around and get back to us on this can you? It may be a VERY interesting truck given it's source and the station in life it's first owners occupied.

I kind of like the early features - they harken back to a time when automobiles were somehow "simpler." But Ford did make improvements as he went along. Some for legitimate reasons of successful driving - some to improve quality - some to lower costs.

Joe K
 
You have a very nice truck , but I cant say if its rare .

I dont think it had any T model parts on it , maybe some bolts and nuts .
 
That's a Real Nice early 28 Truck !!!! Clean it up get it running and Enjoy !!!!

Sorry but I think Dad was a little confused about the Model T parts ,
Only the Closed Cab Truck shared parts with the T Yours is an Open Cab .
I'm sure others will pitch in with Help and opinions
John Cochran
 
Front bumper is not AR, need to have more photos, thanks for posting, enjoy! Hood seems correct, louvers are straight across bottom and tapered across top. Where is the emergency brake handle, on the transmission or on your left next to kick panel?
 
Hard to say how early it is without more pic's. My pickup was a May or June of 28 build but had many earlier features. Ford used up a lot of earlier parts on commercial vehicles. Brake bits and pieces that had been banned in some states for passenger vehicles were often used up on commercial vehicles. It has been shown in the past spring shackles on very early vehicles still had the T part numbers on them. Rod
 
Hubcaps may have "Ford - Made in USA" which was a holdover of sorts from the Model T.

Joe K
 
I have seen commercial vehicles as late as Jan 1929 with the park brake next to the left cowl. Rod
 
Hi,
if you can see the win nr. it will be easy to tell you when its built. Take a look on Mr. Plucks Model A homepage on www.plucks329s.org It will help you a lot.. I can see you have the early Hood on, it is from around nov 27-Jun 28..

Per,
 
Nice looking truck. In one of your other posts I think you mentioned you also have a 29 coupe. You may want to be carefully with the wheels. I think the 28's have different wheels than the 29's. Tires are the same but wheels are different. So you may not want to switch wheels between the two rigs.
 
Just to be politically correct the hobby it trying to get away from refering to the early Fords as "AR". The push is for E28, or early 28 as there are many parts through out the A years with an AR in the part number.

Just saying, same as A400 and 400A.
 
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