Athearn today announced a new model of the Ford Model A, successor to the Model T.
The Model A was introduced in December 1927 and was the first Ford to have the accelerator, brake and gear shift lever in their modern locations. By the time production ended on August 31, 1931, at total of 4,320,446 had been built in a variety of body styles, three of which (Roadster, 2-door sedan and pickup) will be offered by Athearn . They will all be offered in black, burgundy, dark green, cream, tan or blue.
Price for each is $9.98. Delivery is scheduled for May 2007
Interesting…and great news for steam era fans !! I’ll have to see if they have pics yet.
BTW if I remember correctly, Ford sold the dies etc. for making the model A to a company in South America, who continued making A’s until the 1980’s or 90’s.
Well, they are starting out with three: roadster, sedan and pickup in six colors each. That ought to give you some nice variety. You can have eighteen different vehicles without a duplicate. Add to that a couple of Ricko 1931 Lincoln Model Ks (2 colors and top up and top down) and you have 22 1931 cars and trucks. Busch has a 1931 Ford AA panel truck.
Buy a black sedan, add a red spotlight, letter “PD” on the doors and you have a cop car. Gumball machines didn’t appear until 1948 and cop cars generally had very simple markings as they were usually painted on.
You’ve got a nice mix of Jordan models for earlier vehicles so a 1931 layout should be able to have a good variety of vehicles. Now we need Con-Cor to re-release those old Model A trucks!
And don’t forget Sylvan. They make some nice vehicles in the 30s, too. I’ve been very pleased with the '37 sedan and van that I have. I think their kit detailing is much better than the Jordan Models kits.
Cool! The pickups will come in very handy around my two freight depots. Are they already assembled or do they come as a kit?
They are ready to roll. I sent a copy of the Athearn release to the 1/87 Vehicle Club to post on their website http://www.1-87vehicles.org/ and it’s up there now.