OldCarOnline.com - 1931 Ford Model A

Interior Color:
Black

Exterior Color:
Beige

Description:
1931 Ford Model A Huckster Woody From 1928 through 1931, nearly 5 million Model A Fords were produced in approximately 15 different body configurations.  The 1931 model sold for as low as $435.00 for a Roadster, (approximately 22 cents a pound), to $625.00 for the Deluxe Phaeton.  What is a Ford Huckster?  The Huckster was not a Ford model, but rather a style of converted vehicle used in the early part of the 20th century.  Normally built by converting a pick-up body, although most models could be used, the rear of this type of vehicle was often fitted with a wood enclosure which had plenty of space for wares.  Normally, they had cloth or leather panels to allow easy access to the rear portion of the vehicle which was filled with goods for sale.  In other words, this was a conversion built expressly for peddlers, or hucksters, and used for delivering small goods such as fruits, vegetables or what have you.  This type of Huckster conversion was prevalent on numerous vehicles during the 1920s through the early 1940s. For consignment, a beautifully completed 1931 Model A woody huckster which was the beneficiary of a full restoration and having started out as a 1931 coupe.  This truck is looking authentic with two tone exterior, wire wheels, beautifully installed and stained wood sides, vinyl interior, and even carrying a bed load of barrels and baskets along with a scale, all you need to do is scavenge up some apples and start your new business.  This hauler also works on a 6-volt positive ground system, has a nicely restored undercarriage, roll down sides for the cargo area and could be the start of a new business. Exterior Looking the part of a traditional Model A up front with its tall roofline, fenders and running boards, along with the essential cowled hood, gloss black radiator surround with its standard flat chrome topper flanked by chrome trimmed black encased head lighting, and dual bar bumpers in front.  The steel body is bathed in shiny beige and down below is black for the fenders and running boards.  All chrome and even the fuel filler cap atop the cowl is mirror polished.  The wood framed windshield is a fixed position unit and a black mirror hangs from the driver\'s outer windshield frame.  The sturdy oak doors with roll up canvas and plastic glass, (I see a new word added to my vocabulary...glastic!), all show nicely and more wonderfully stained and distressed oak makes up the passenger compartment and cargo area and incorporates canvas roll up sides to show off your wares at market.  Out back, a single tail light is mounted on the driver\'s rear fender and a short fold down oak tailgate and rear roll up canvas curtain bring up the tail end of things.  A note to the top, which is wrapped in vinyl in black, as technology of the day would not allow for a large piece of steel to be pressed into shape and frankly looks much better than being finished simply in wood.  Red 19-inch wire spoke wheels are wrapped in slightly dry rotted rubber for that perfect 30\'s look. Interior A tree\'s worth of oak covers most surfaces of the door panels with the only deviation being the screw style door releases.  Inside, a long smooth black vinyl split bench seat runs door to door and does come with the upper seat section.  More wood makes up the vertical surfaces of the interior and the headliner, all looking like new.  The full metal jacket dash fronts the bench and is painted body matching beige around a center chromed mask style shiny instrument cluster.  A nice shiny original steering wheel is mounted and extending proudly from this nice dash and textured vinyl in black covers the wood and steel front floor.  Moving rearward to the cargo area, we note barrels, baskets and a Detecto scale all fitting snugly into the well restored wood bed. Drivetrain Under the hood is a nicely restored 201ci 4-cylinder engine.  It is fed fuel by a 1-barrel carburetor and has a 3-speed manual transmission on the back pushing power re