The new one from germany

[Tony Hillyard]

Hello Tommy,

I can only tell you what is sitting in front of me. Both my cars are May 1928, both have the hand brake on the left and both have single brake systems.

The Tudor Sedan was built in Canada and the Standard Roadster was built in the US.

 

[Bob C]

@Tony Hillyard: Thats not correct. Only the 27er have the single brake system. A friend of mine has a 28er with the two brake system!

That is not correct, see my post number 31 above.

Bob

 

[Chuck Dempsey]

SportCoupe - Welcome aboard! How about the clutch? Still running the 'multiple disk' setup?

 

[Sportcoupe1927]

The handbrake on the left inner side, which operate both a service brake and a parking brake on a linkage, have only been used on the 27s of the year. From 1928, 2 brake rods were installed for safety reasons.

 

[Bob C]

The handbrake on the left inner side, which operate both a service brake and a parking brake on a linkage, have only been used on the 27s of the year. From 1928, 2 brake rods were installed for safety reasons.

On cars produced in the USA this is not true.
Here is a link to an article from the MAFCA site on the early Model A's.
https://www.mafca.com/downloads/Restorer/Early Birds.pdf

Bob

 

[Rainmaker Ron]

Hello!
I´m the the new one from Germany. My city is Essen. I´m 57 years old / jung. Since 1999 I drive Ford Model A; at first a very rare "3-door (1931)", than a right drived roadster (1928). Both cars I sold. Since 2002 I drive a 1927 (!!!) Sportcoupe. It was one of the first Model A Henry built. The parts, I need for this car, I get from Snyders. I have another old car, a "Goggomobil TS 250 Sportcoupe" from 1968 and a motorbike, a "Heinkel Tourist 103 A2" from 1961.
Please excuse me for my "not so good" English!
Best regards from Germany, Tommy

Welcome from the maker of those visors on your headlights. I made those in my shop south of Chicago! Rainmaker Ron

 

[Sportcoupe1927]

When a car was returned to the Ford agency for service, or especially for repair, it would be modified with the latest part then being issued by the factory service department. Naturally, after thirty or forty years of wear and accumulated grime, that rePlacement part is going to look just as legitimate and original as all the other parts on the car.

 

[DougT]

On cars produced in the USA this is not true.
Here is a link to an article from the MAFCA site on the early Model A's.
https://www.mafca.com/downloads/Restorer/Early Birds.pdf

Bob

Would they have put the separate braking systems on the overseas cars before releasing it in the states? Are there any records of the switchover on overseas production?

 

[Mike V. Florida]

It is always tough when comparing US built cars to even Canadian built cars, never mind overseas.

 

[Brad in Germany]

The New Ford with the single brake system was not authorized for sale in most European countries....so any early Model A's in Europe with the single brake system would have been independantly imported from the US. Attached is a two page article from Automotive Industries, March 31, 1928 that discusses this issue for separate independant brake requirements for cars in Europe (note reference to Ford in the seventh paragraph):

Though I can not put my hands on the exact reference, I recall reading that the Model A release in Europe was delayed (from the American release) in order to allow for Ford to make the required design modifications to bring the New Ford in compliance with the two independent brake laws of Europe.

....anybody got further insight/references to this?

So it makes sense to conclude that Tommy's Sport Coupe, if it has the single brake system, would be a US manufactured car that was independently imported to Europe at some point in its life.

Brad in Maryland