Ford Model A Town Car Delivery Trucks outside Roy H. Bjorkman Clothing Store, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1931

Summary

Ford's Model A chassis proved highly adaptable to different body styles. Among the more unusual was the Town Car Delivery. Its special body featured aluminum panels on a wood frame, and it was available in a choice of 40 different colors. The Town Car Delivery projected an image of luxury and sophistication for any business that used it.

Ford's Model A chassis proved highly adaptable to different body styles. Among the more unusual was the Town Car Delivery. Its special body featured aluminum panels on a wood frame, and it was available in a choice of 40 different colors. The Town Car Delivery projected an image of luxury and sophistication for any business that used it.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

27 October 1931

Collection Title

General Photographs Series 

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.56618

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Linen (Material)
Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8 in

Width: 11 in

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