1931 Model A owners manual

37 Coupe

37 Coupe

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I know they are called instruction book.How can you tell an original from a reprint? Obvious would be the condition but one of the dumbest things I ever did was giveaway a mint original a few years back thinking I will never get a '31. I do know it was an original because a guy who bought the car new gave it to my da 54 years ago,we had a '30. The '31 manual that I had I never paid attention if it was for early or late,mine(car) is an early one.
 
I have one for the '29 (Copyrighted 1928), and "reprinted" with FMC permission
by PolyPrints San Francisco, CA. It has the E-brake lever in front of the shifter like our Coupe, flea market find, so fine for a driver.. maybe not for fine point judging.!


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There were at least 13 different versions of the Ford Model A Instruction Book published for US-built cars and trucks: 5 in 1928, 2 in 1929, 4 in 1930, and 2 in 1931. The following paragraphs outline the differences in the manuals so that owners of Model A Fords looking for a manual that matches the production date of their vehicles can identify which version might have been supplied with the vehicle when new.

The first and easiest way to identify the manuals is to look for the copyright date, which was always printed on the first or second page of the manual (although the first 4-5 pages were unnumbered.) Once you have identified the correct year, the version can be ascertained by noting the pictures in the manuals.

Consult the MAFCA/MARC Restoration Guidelines and Judging Standards, Area 17 - Tools, for additional information.


Use the below link to the MAFCA website for info on original and reproduction owners manuals.

http://mafca.com/tqa_instructionbooks.html
 
Thank you for showing the entire manual.I have been looking for a good original on Ebay and even a reprint that is the #1 version but I didn't think the 1931 reprint was done in # 1 version only # 2. The download you show looks like the Polyprint and that shows that it is version #1 by the carb picture.Iwould help if the sellers on Ebay would show a picture of the carburetor page or even answer a question or two. For now I appreciate the download you provided for some info I can use.
 
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