[DougVieyra]

Look to the MAFCA/MARC Restoration Guidelines and ALL shall be revealed. Look under "ACCESSORIES" in your index (area 16).

There were a host of auxillary manufacturers of luggage/trunk racks made both generically and for specific marques. Additionally, the Ford Motor Company worked with a specific company to design and manufacture a luggage/trunk rack for the NEW FORD. These FORD approved racks were to be sold by the dealers, as a FORD APPROVED accessory. The rack was a two-piece unit that folded in two. It was steel, painted black. It became available at the Ford Dealers aprox. June of 1929, and were for the 1928 & 1929 models.

These racks were reproduced in significant quantities during the 1970s & '80s, and were still available from the Model A Parts houses until quite recently, and may still be found if you search enough catalogs. I suspect that there are more of the reproductions available than there are originals. I have had both and found that the reproductions were an excellent product, and followed the originals very closely. For the untrained eye, you can't tell the difference. These folding racks for the '28 - '29 Model A's were/are quite different than the one-piece chrome / wood-slat racks currently available, which were for the later designed 1930-'31 cars.