Yokohama Model A Assembly Line

[David in San Antonio]

https://youtu.be/yvx4pYc5yt4?si=U-Q_B8LEyZ6-l8t_

Pinstriping starts around 2:09

 

[ModelA29]

I wonder if or how many Japan assembled As exist.

 

[Synchro909]

I wonder if or how many Japan assembled As exist.

I think any remaining at the beginning of the war would have been melted down and fired back at us!

 

[jb-ob]

Fine Point authorities would never approve the width of that pin stripe.

 

[AzBob]

Note lack of safety glasses etc.


Wonder if the major cast components were made in USA and shipped to Japan? I assume the engine was.

 

[gdmn852]

Notice that they are assembling sedan bodies, ,I think they arrived assembled and trimmed from Briggs or Murray in the US.

 

[Synchro909]

You guys might be surprised by what the Japanese were able to do then, after all, they gave the allies a hell of a fright (and fight) in the Pacific.
I have a Japanese carburettor which I think is from that time. It looks just like a Zenith but has a purple/maroon finish and weighs way more than the Zenith. I would guess that not so much was imported. Car had been made in Japan for years by that time.

 

[Brad in Germany]

I wonder if or how many Japan assembled As exist.

I have heard of three that still exist. Here is the one in the Edo-Tokyo Museum, Japan:

From a Japanese Ford sales brochure:

....and an era Ford dealership sign:

Brad in Maryland




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[Fullraceflathead]

Wow!!!!!!!