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Ala Kart is a custom car, a customized 1929 Ford Model A roadster pickup, built by George Barris, Richard Peters, and Mike "Blackie" Gejeian in 1957. [1] Originally owned by Peters, it is a two-time winner of the Grand National Roadster Show "America's Most Beautiful Roadster" (AMBR) trophy (1958 and 1959) and Hot Rod cover car in October 1958. [2]
Shay Motors Corporation was an automobile company founded by Harry J. Shay in February 1978 as the Model A & Model T Motor Car Reproduction Corporation. [1] Harry Shay arranged with Ford Motor Company to build a limited run, modern-day reproduction of the Ford Model A Roadster, with a rumble seat, that was to be sold through the network of Ford Automobile Dealers and built in Battle Creek ...
By February 4, 1929, one million Model As had been sold, and by July 24, two million. [8] The range of body styles ran from the Tudor at US$500 (in grey, green, or black) ($9,156 in 2024 dollars [ 9 ] ) [ 8 ] to the town car with a dual cowl at US$1,200 ($21,974 in 2024 dollars [ 9 ] ). [ 10 ]
With a 1940 Ford body on a '35 Ford frame, this truck was a land speed record competitor before being converted for street use. Bonus: heated bench seat.
The Model A is the designation of two cars made by Ford Motor Company, one in 1903 and one beginning in 1927: Ford Model A (1903–1904) Ford Model A (1927–1931)
The Model 8-31 was priced at $2,145. The model 8-35 was priced from $2,745 for the sedan to $3,000 for the convertible coupe. The coachbuilt cars were priced close to $6,000. A convertible Victoria was listed at $3,195 but only one is known to have been built. The 8-35 & 8-52 are considered full CCCA classics. [3]
The immediate predecessor to the roadster was the runabout, a body style with a single row of seats and no doors, windshield, or other weather protection. Another predecessor was the touring car, similar in body style to the modern roadster except for its multiple rows of seats. By the 1920s roadsters were appointed similarly to touring cars ...
Primarily developed for the popular Ford Model A automobile (1927–1931), [3] [4] the Ford Model A engine was the engine almost universally installed in that automobile, [1] of which 4.8 million were built by 1932, [1] [2] in a wide range of styles and configurations: Coupe, Business Coupe, Roadster Coupe, Sport Coupe, Convertible Cabriolet ...