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sales and fierce competition,
Henry Ford was finally
convinced that the Model ‘T’
was obsolete and that, to
survive, the Ford Motor.
Company: had to design and
build a more modern car.

Ford demanded that _the
“New Ford” be a car for the
people - low priced, easy to

-drive, easily serviced, cheap
"to run-and last but not least,

strong and durable.

| Ford at this time was able

to design and build an en-
tirely new car in a few short
months, which was an ac-
‘complishment no other car
builder would attempt.. The
new Model ‘A’ for 1928 was

- Late in 1926, due to falling

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Some of the fe int were
Balloon Tires --Wire Wheels

-. Four Wheel Brakes -_

Larger Engine: - Better...

Lighting - Grease. fittings for =
lubrication -. Improved Ride*

- Handling and top speed,

which placed the all new |

1928 Ford in very com-
petitive position.

-Some people noted, with

regret, that the three- pedal
Planetary Transmission was
no longer available but: the
new Ford, complete with

conventional three speed

transmission and clutch”
proved, . through © public

; produced in time for the fall

auto shows in 1927, and they
were to astound the’ public
and the other motor
manufacturers by the drastic

. _ change from ‘the. ‘T’.

The new Ford maintained .
a few minor features similar ©
to the famous “T’ but the new
-cars had a totally new ap-

pearance - they were longer,
lower ‘and wider, which

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Model ‘A’ was for them,
Four and one-half million
were sold in four model
seasons! By 1930.Ford was
outselling its rival,
Chevrolet, by two to one.

The Model “Ar was
produced from 1928 to 1931

“in the United States and

Great Britain, plus
production was started in
Germany in 1931.

A little known fact is that
one of the standard 1% ton
trucks for the Soviet army
was the Model ‘AA’ Ford
truck which was known as
the “GAS - AA” and was still
in production ‘at the start of
World War II in 1939 in the
U.S.S.R. It was produced as

Conventional, plus a Six

“Wheel and  Half-track
version.

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