1931 Ford Model A Closed Cab Pickup
A Two-Tone 1931 Ford Model A Closed Cab Pickup in Gray Over Blue
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- Mileage: 0 miles
- Exterior: Gray
- Interior: Brown Vinyl
- Transmission: 3-speed manual
- Drivetrain: RWD
- Engine: 200.5 ci (3.3L) L-head inline-4
- Body: Pickup Truck
- VIN: DMV62141NV
- Stock: 2141NV
In 1931, a Ford Model A Closed Cab Pickup was a tool, bought in the middle of the Depression to haul, deliver and get the job done. Nearly a century later, this one has a different job. The gray body and blue fenders, cream wire wheels and blue pinstriped dash make it a truck people stop to look at, and underneath is the same 200.5 cubic inch four and three-speed that kept Model As working for decades.
It also comes with a useful box of extras: two spare wire wheels, a new MAC's king pin kit, new weatherstripping, a gallon of touch-up paint and a bag of saved parts. It's offered on consignment at Automotive Addiction in Murray, Utah.
Forty Horsepower and a Three-Speed
In 1931, Ford offered farmers and tradesmen a simple deal: the same engine that powered the Model A car, in a truck you could work all week. That engine is the 200.5 cubic inch L-head four under this hood. It's rated at 40 horsepower at 2,200 rpm and 128 lb-ft of torque, and it makes its pull low in the rev range, where a loaded bed needs it. Power goes through a 3-speed sliding-gear manual to the rear wheels, and mechanical brakes at all four corners bring it back down.
Somewhere along the way, someone decided this truck would keep being driven, not just looked at. A Rex-Aco oil-pressure gauge and an auxiliary temperature gauge now sit in a blue pod under the dash, so the driver can watch the two numbers that matter most on an old four-cylinder. The bag of saved parts that comes with the truck, including a distributor, tells the same story: parts have been replaced over the years, and the old ones were kept.
Dressed Up for a Second Career
Model A pickups were built to haul feed, lumber and tools, and most of them were worked until they wore out. This one has been dressed up for an easier life. The body, cab and bed are gray, set against blue fenders, splash aprons, running boards, bumpers and headlamp buckets. It comes with a gallon of Restoration Shop Dove Gray acrylic enamel labeled October 19, 2022, so the next owner has touch-up paint on hand.
The working details are all still here. The bed has a wood floor with steel skid strips, the tailgate carries the embossed Ford script and hangs on chains, and both rear fenders have taillights. Cream wire wheels with blue Ford-script hub caps run on blackwall tires, which is how every Model A left the factory, since Ford didn't offer whitewalls until 1934. Two extra wire wheels with tires come with the sale. Up front, Wagner halogen sealed-beam headlamps in the blue buckets make night driving much less of a gamble than it was in 1931.
A Cab Built for a Day's Work
Step up on the running board and the cab tells you what this truck was for: a bench, two pedals, a shifter and a steering wheel, and nothing between the driver and the job. The bench is covered in brown vinyl, the door panels are tan, and a rubber mat covers the floor. The mat is worn and the driver's door panel puckers at the handle, honest wear in a cab that was made to be used.
The dash is where the truck shows some personality. It's painted blue with white pinstripes to match the blue outside, and in the middle sits the ribbed oval instrument panel Ford introduced in mid-1930, with its round speedometer, ammeter and ignition switch. The speedometer face has aged the way an old dial should. Below it, the added oil-pressure and temperature gauges are there for anyone who plans to drive the truck rather than park it. Two keys on a ring come with it.
The Truck That Kept America Working
Ford built the Model A pickup for a country that was about to need it. By 1931 the Depression had set in and Model A production was roughly half of what it had been the year before, but the closed cab pickup still found nearly 100,000 buyers. It shared the car's 40-horsepower four and three-speed gearbox, rode on a 103.5-inch wheelbase, and gave its driver a steel cab with roll-up windows instead of the open cab's side curtains.
These trucks were made to be used up, and most of them were. They hauled crops, made deliveries and ran errands until they wore out or went to scrap. The survivors, especially ones like this with a two-tone finish, a wood-floored bed and the embossed Ford tailgate, are now the trucks that draw a crowd at a car show or a Saturday cruise.
Included
- Two keys on a ring
- Two spare wire wheels with tires, one blackwall and one whitewall
- Boxed new MAC's Auto Parts king pin kit, not yet installed
- Quart of Valvoline 85W-140 gear oil
- Box of AMSOIL product
- New rubber weatherstrip, not yet installed
- One-gallon can of Restoration Shop AE-1203 Dove Gray acrylic enamel, labeled October 19, 2022
- Bag of used/removed parts, including a distributor and small lighting and trim hardware
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