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Posted: March 02 2008 04:37 PM
 
Jerry Matthews (aka Willys33) [ View ] [ Email ] [ Car Ads ] [ Blogs ]
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Henry Ford designated centain models with letters. There was the Model T, Then the Model A, then Model B. Can anyone shed some light on how he picked the letters?
 
 
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Posted by Starfire  -  03/02/2008 05:35 PM
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Posted by DavyJ  -  03/02/2008 10:12 PM
According to the automotive history book that I have from the Ford hundred anniversary the first Ford in 1903 was a Model A, all the early cars were in succession and by 1907 they were up to model S. They were all pretty well one off cars, that explains the model T in 1908, which was done on a production line. The T lasted until 1928 when the model A came out. Perhaps the other letters were used elsewhere in the world, I have seen a 34 Ford model Y from England.
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Posted by 31tudor  -  03/03/2008 08:58 PM
My History of The Model A book says basically the same thing, except that Henry chose to start again with the letter A for 1928 as a new beginning. I've never understood why the 30-31 wasn't a Model B, except for the chassis/drivetrain being mostly untouched those four years.


I still wonder why the '33 was introduced as a Model 40. It was, wasn't it???
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