No. 188 / 75 Blue Monte

[Toaschtn]

Eine kleine kurze Frage:

Warum wurde in den Jahren 1928-29 keine Ford Model A in der Farbe Schwarz geliefert???

Viel Spass.

[Tom]

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EXTERIOR COLOR: Black

[Tom]

Die Frage stimmt scheinbar so nicht ganz - zumindest laut meiner Quelle.
Es wurde "Schwarz" zwar nicht offiziell angeboten, aber auf Sonderwunsch doch geliefert.

Ford - das Model T - wurde bekannterweise sehr lange ausschließlich in Schwarz verkauft. Deshalb stand Schwarz bei Autos bereits für "Ford" und galt als "Billig"; außerdem wurde Ford bereits von Chevy in den Verkaufszahlen überholt.
Ford wollte mit dem neuen Model A vom billigen Image - poor country cousin - weg und bot das Model A in den ersten beiden VK Jahren nur in anderen Farben an. Ein Model A in Schwarz war aber immer zu haben - "Standby Color"

Quelle: http://www.ahooga.com/ http://www.ahooga.com/info/black.shtml

... When the cars were announced for public viewing on December 2, 1927, black was not one of the standard colors listed. This was yet another gambit to get away from the "any color you want as long as it's black" old saw that was hung on the Model T. The introduction of the faster drying proxylin pigmented paints made it once again possible to mass produce cars in colors. Black was retained for the fenders and splash aprons, however.
So were there black Model A's? Of course! And lots of them. It was a color that lasted a long time, had been popular for years (Model T's notwithstanding) and was easy to match in case a panel needed to be repainted. It was still cheaper, too, because pigmented paints (especially red) were more costly...

... Maybe the safest way to view the Model A paint world is to study the accepted paint combinations (at least what's accepted THIS year, but may be deemed different NEXT year by the experts???) and keep in mind that black was always a standby color that could be ordered. I believe in the '30-31 models black made a more official return as a standard "optional" color than found on the '28-29 models. Perhaps Ford finally remembered he could make more money spraying cars black than a pigmented color (remember: pigmented paints cost more than black)? Each black unit sold meant more profit per car x hundreds of thousands = lots a moo la for Ford. Or maybe Ford misjudged people's desire to still own black cars and therefore brought the color back after the initial '28-29 models had shown his error? 'Dunno. Supposedly the big Fordor and Town Sedans were more likely to sport black than the open cars during the '28-29 ear. With the possible exception of early '28's, I'd say black would be an acceptable choice for body color. The heading "Special Ordered" cars cuts a wide swath of deviations from the norm and makes almost anything done by modern restorers plausible, within reason. Using black is certainly more defensible than today's yellow Tudors and bright red coupes!!! Hmmm...I don't seem to note those options for these body styles in the charts, either. But, boy howdy, do you ever see 'em runnin' around today!!! ...

[vee8]

Ich seh das auch so...hab die Ahooga Seite auch grad gefunden.

"This was yet another gambit to get away from the "any color you want as long as it's black" old saw that was hung on the Model T."

und da seit 1914 nur schwarze Ford T gab, war das sicher ein Grund dafür!

Mehr schreib ich net dazu...ich mag kein Rätsel suchen!!!

[Toaschtn]

@Tom & vee8,

ja ihr habt die richtige Antwort.



War wohl zu einfach , aber auf die Schnelle ist mir nix besseres eingefallen.

Also Tom, du bist dran. Lass dir was einfallen.

[Prowler]

TOM, DU BIST DRAN!!!!!!!

oder bist im stress?

[Tom]

Bin im Stress -
Hab eh schon was vorbereitet - morgen - versprochen