1929 Ford Model A SUPER DELUXE Shay Roadster ONLY 8,794 Miles driven since NEW!
1929 Ford Model A
1929 FORD Model A
Super Deluxe Roadster
Ford4-Cylinder 4-speed Manual ● Low 8,794 Miles ● Fully Serviced and Inspected
15"Wire Wheels & White Wall Tires ● Garage Kept Since New
PremiumSound● Great Mechanical and Cosmetic Condition
FORD MODEL A SHOW CAR...
AVAILABLE FOR SALE BY PRIVATE PARTY
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SCOTTSDALE AZ 85260
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VEHICLE INFORMATION
YEAR: 1929
MANUFACTURER:Ford
MODEL: A
SUB-MODEL:Super Deluxe
CLASSIFICATION:Roadster Convertible
V.I.N.M0M1EX1284
CURRENTMLEAGE:8,794 as Shown on Odometer since New
VEHICLE HIGHLIGHTS
·1929 Ford Model A Super Deluxe Shay Replica
·TITLED AS A 1929 FORD mODEL A
·BUILT BY SHAY SOLD NEW BY FORD IN 1980
·FORD CHASSIS, ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION
·ONLY 8,794 MILES SINCE NEW IN 1980
·4-CYLINDER FORD ENGINE
·4-SPEED MANUAL FORD TRANSMISSION
·15" SPOKED WIRE WHEELS
·4-PIECE HOOD
·REAR RUMBLE SEAT
·SEAT BELTS
·UNDER SEAT HEATER
·SIDE CURTAINS
·SONY AM/FM/CD PREMIUM SOUND
·FOLD OUT WINDSHIELD
·TAN EXTERIOR PAINT
·SMOG PUMP
·FRONT DISC BRAKES
·GREAT DRIVABILITY OVER AN ORIGINAL MODEL A
·Extra set of 4-Ford Steel Wheels / white wall tiresand hub caps
·REAR BUMPER LUGGAGE RACK (NOT INSTALLED IN BOX)
this vehicle has been offfered for salefor the first timeby seller. this 1929 ford model a"shay" factory built in 1980 only sold through ford dealers andlincoln mercury dealers. reliable andeasy to maintain ford 4-cylinder engine, 4-speed manual transmission. 15"spoke wheels with white wall tires is a very unique 1929 ford model a "shay"rumble seat convertible.
vehicle has a tilt front windshield, etched side ventglass, fold out rumble seat and a SONY am/fm/cd sound system. still powered by the same 2.3liter ford4-cylinder 4-speed manual transmission equipeed with 4-piece folding hood, 32-piecechrome bumpers, seta belts and quail hood ornament with odometer showing justover 8,794 original miles since new and tuitled as a 1929 ford model a. it was built on a brandnew ford chassis andall parts were new in 1980, sold only through ford authorized dealerships. just a fun driver...we have a clear az titleready to go...
ENGINE
TheModel A used the same2.3L 4-cylinderengine as a Ford Pinto
TRANSMISSION
Four-speedmanual transmission ( Ford Pinto )
FORD MODEL A CLUB
www.ShayModelAclub.com
Thisclub offers a wide array of information from Vehicle mechanics/maintenance andparts replacement information...to Body and Interior support.
LIMITED PRODUCTION
From 1979 through 1982the Shay Motor Corporation built approximately 5,000 Replicas of the 1929 FordModel A Roadster for sale through Ford and Lincoln Mercury AuthorizedDealerships Nationwide to mark the 50h Anniversary of the Ford Model A
ABOUT SHAY MOTORS CORPORATION
Harry Shay Founded the "Model A and Model T MotorCar Reproduction Corporation" also known as "Shay MotorsCorporation" in the spring of 1978. In conjunction with Ford MotorCorporation. Shay set out to build a limited number of Model A reproductioncars to mark the 50th Anniversary of the car.
Shay had a great deal worked out with Ford as ford waivedits design patents so the Shay roadster could be built and Ford marketed andsold the Shay Model A through its Ford Lincoln Mercury locations offering atleast one vehicle in each dealership throughout the United States. They were built to provide the classic look on a modernchassis, allowing for better drivability and handling.
Ford loved the publicity. dealers reported 200 to 600people coming through their showrooms when they first displayed the Shay. Notsince the introduction of the Mustang had the dealerships seen so muchactivity. The Shay was identical to the original in appearance. The fiberglassbody was of such excellent quality. even the keenest eye could hardly make outthe difference.
Ford got publicity and attractedcustomers to its showrooms and Shay got access to an extraordinary distributionnetwork. One dealer in New-Jersey even said he had people lined up in front ofhis dealership (shades of December 1927!). Other dealers reported floor trafficof 200 to 600 people in a single day when they first placed a Shay in theirshowroom. A California dealer said he had not seen such response since theintroduction of the Mustang almost 15 years earlier.
A 10,000 limit was placed onproduction since above this level, the car would have had to adhere morestrictly to U.S. Federal standards ondesign and safety. Shay was exempted from the following federal vehicle safetystandards: #103 (windshield defrosting & defogging), #104 (wiped area ofwindshield), #108 (front side markers & reflectors), #109 & 110 (tireand rim width) and, the following more specifically relating to impacts: #201(interior design), #202 (head restraints), #203 & 204 (steering column& rearward displacement), #207 (seating system), #210 (seat belt attachmentpoints), #212 & 219 (windshield retention & zone intrusion from hood),#214 (side door intrusion and #301 (fuel system integrity).
Shay was to manufacture thefollowing body styles and quantities for his Model A: 500 Super Deluxe Roadsters(twin spare mounts), 1,928 Deluxe Roadsters (left spare mount), 6,641 Standard Roadsters (rear spare mount) and a handful of Special Seriesmodels such as a pick-up truck, Polar Bear, College Classic and Golden Oldiemodels and a
very rare Model A C-cab/panel truck (between 3 and 10 of the latter wereproduced, with automatic transmissions, before production was halted due topoor sales). In reality, few Standard models were producedand much more SuperDeluxe models were, because that's what the buyers were asking for. Orders and deposits were taken starting at the endof October 1978.
In March 1979, Shay hadn'teven definitively chosen where his main assembly plant would be located, eventhough he had already $12 million in orders for the Roadsters and even if thefirst delivery of Ford drive-trains were expected within 2 months!
In early April 1979, he choseBattle Creek, Michigan. At that moment, he had only 12 employees working at alittle plant in Wixom near Detroit and only 2 prototypes had been built. But bythen, orders for the Roadster exceeded $20 million! The final assembly plantwas located at 200 Elm Street (80,000 square feet - this building was razed bya fire in July 1986 and has since been replaced by a lumber yard) and a chassisassembly plant was located at the Customs Cargo Facility in the Fort CusterIndustrial Park (50,000 square feet). The city subsidized part of theseinstallations. A fiberglass body production plant situated in Holland,Michigan, was eventually added (25,000 square feet).
The cars were not to be builtaccording to the rolling assembly line technique. There were teams of six menworking on a single car at a time. Each team would produce two cars each day.Part of this team concept of production was to put the name of team members ona brass plate that would be placed on each car, instilling pride in the workersand providing incentive for them to do a good job. However, it proved toodifficultto teach relativelyinexperienced employees that many production steps. Although this costly teamconcept stretched out production time, it wasn't abandoned in favor of anassembly line until the spring of 1980.
Production of the 10,000Roadsters was to be completed by August 1980.As Shay reached his 10,000-order limit in August 1979, his first carsfinally rolled out the plant's door. Lots of owners had to wait a year betweenthe original order and the delivery of their car.
Some owners said the doorsdidn't fit well on earlier models, rattled and just were a bad mold job. Doorsand cosmetic parts were worked upon to fit better. Earlywheels were also reportedly thin-spoked andsometimes out of round. This problem was also corrected by having better wheelsmade by a new supplier.
In late October 1979, the companywas examining ways to improve production time. A new one-piece body and fenderassembly design was expected to save 75% of the time then needed to constructthe 23-piece body and fender assembly favored until that time. Each set ofmolds could produce 2 bodies per day.
In March 1980, the 1,000th Roadstercame outof the factory. In June 1980, the 2,000th Roadsterwasproduced. By now, Shay Motors was the 6th largest auto manufacturer in the US,trailing by a "few" million units GM, Ford, Chrysler, AMC and VW.
In mid-September 1980, Shayannounced price hikes effective immediately in order to cover inflation and tomaintain government standards. The Standard Model would now cost $9,995, theDeluxe Model $10,500 and the Super Deluxe $11,900. He also added that he hadjust started to equip his cars with the 1981 Ford Fairmount four-cylinderengine and drivetrains in replacement of Pintos' which were used in earliermodels and which had been discontinued by Ford. Side marker lights were alsoadded to the taillights. By that time, Shay had produced 3,400 Roadsters.
At the end of October 1980,Shay wrote to GM, Chrysler, AMC, VW dealers inviting them to join his 1,000strong (Ford, Lincoln and Mercury) distribution network. He explained to themhow much the car's mere presence in a showroom generated customer traffic andthousands of dollars of free publicity from local as well as nationalnewspapers, magazines and television stations. He concluded his pitch byreporting to be the sixth largest automobile manufacturer in the US.
By mid-March 1982, faced withcash-flow problems and heavy interest payments on loans, Shay had to shut downoperations in all locations. 310 workers were laid off. By then, the companywas also beset with legal problems, including about 125 lawsuits filed inseveral states plus 14 counter-lawsuits including a $50 million one against theIllinois Attorney General for libel. On March 29, 1982, Shay Motors filed forreorganization or sale under Chapter 11 of the Federal Bankruptcy Act. In theCourt papers, it was declared that 5,000 Roadsters and 200 T-Birds had beenproduced and delivered. Shay Motors reported having $9.5 million in debts andalmost $8 million in assets. Sales had been highest in Michigan, Illinois,California, Florida, New-Jersey, New-York, Connecticut, Arizona, Oregon andWashington. On July 6, 1982, Shay Motorsfiled for liquidation of its assets, negotiations with the Creditors' Committeehaving reached an impasse.
In April 1983, Camelot MotorsInc., doing business from a former warehouse in Marshall, Michigan, wasauthorized by a Federal Bankruptcy judge to purchase the tools, patents andother equipment of the defunct Shay Motors Corp. for $2.4 million and tore-start the production of the Model As and T-Birds. These cars were to be soldfrom $10,000 to $20,000. Camelot planned to build 400 cars in its first yearand no more than 2,000 cars per year afterwards. They beefed up the Model A'sframe and added windshield defrosters. In June 1983, they sold the Roadster for$11,765 retail ($9,975 to dealers), the Pick-Up for $12,495 retail ($10,595 todealers). The Roadster's optional equipment list was shorter than inShay's time, including only a rumble seatheater, automatic transmission, chrome spokes or entirely chrome wheels, radio,white walls and the rear trunk & rack. They were produced until 1986 and aphaeton model was eventually added to the line. After a short stay in Marshall,they relocated to the big town of Quincy, Michigan, in a larger building.
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- Condition: Used
- Make: Ford
- Model: Model A
- SubModel: Model A Roadster
- Type: Convertible
- Year: 1929
- Mileage: 1500
- Color: Black
- Engine size: 34 Model B
- Number of cylinders: 4
- Fuel: Gasoline
- Transmission: Manual
- Drive type: RWD
- Interior color: Tan
- Drive side: Left-hand drive
- Options: Convertible
- Vehicle Title: Clean Want to buy? Contact seller!
