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Vern · 04-17-2022, 04:47 PM

The windshield posts on my ‘28 roadster are painted blue, a close match of the body color. The early phaeton in the recent issue of the Model A News has black posts. Some ‘29 Henry Ford Award roadsters have body color posts, but those are 1929 cars. I haven’t been able to find anything in the JS&RG regarding post colors. Thanks for any input.

wrndln · 04-17-2022, 05:09 PM

What month in 28 was your car made? Only roadsters made in 1927 had their windshields and stanchions paint black. Your roadster is probably correct.

Rusty Nelson

Gary Karr · 04-17-2022, 05:27 PM

Black stanchions and windshield frame only through 1927 on Phaetons, Roadsters, and OCPU's. After that in 1928, lower body color.

Vern · 04-17-2022, 05:39 PM

Gas tank stamp is 12-28-28, so it’s probably an early 1928 car.
Thanks for the info gents.

Mike Peters · 04-17-2022, 07:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vern

Gas tank stamp is 12-28-28, so it’s probably an early 1928 car.
Thanks for the info gents.

Vern: 12-28-28 is a very late 28 car. For you to have an early car, your gas tank would read "12-28-27."

Gary Karr · 04-18-2022, 12:09 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike Peters

Vern: 12-28-28 is a very late 28 car. For you to have an early car, your gas tank would read "12-28-27."

Mike, that's true although the very early cars built in '27 did not have dates stamped on the gas tank firewalls.

rotorwrench · 04-18-2022, 07:24 AM

Like any other part on a model A car, these parts were manufactured and then either used at the Rouge or they were sent out to the various Branch Plants for assembly. Items were loaded in freight cars to send to the further reaching plants but is doesn't take all that long for parts deliveries to happen. The consensus is generally around a month max for a dated part to be used in production. There are always exceptions such as spare parts inventory but the fuel tanks were a pretty well made item for the time so there may have not been much of a spare parts inventory for them.

A part dated as late as December 28, 1928 would have gone into production of early 1929 cars. November was considered as the divining line between one year and the next at Ford in that era. It took a bit to get newly manufactured cars out to the dealer networks.

04-17-2022, 05:09 PM	#2
wrndln Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Lakeville, MN Posts: 5,165	Re: ‘28 roadster windshield post color What month in 28 was your car made? Only roadsters made in 1927 had their windshields and stanchions paint black. Your roadster is probably correct. Rusty Nelson

04-17-2022, 05:27 PM	#3
Gary Karr Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 1,486	Re: ‘28 roadster windshield post color Black stanchions and windshield frame only through 1927 on Phaetons, Roadsters, and OCPU's. After that in 1928, lower body color.

04-17-2022, 05:39 PM	#4
Vern Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 573	Re: ‘28 roadster windshield post color Gas tank stamp is 12-28-28, so it’s probably an early 1928 car. Thanks for the info gents.

04-18-2022, 07:24 AM	#7
rotorwrench Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 16,440	Re: ‘28 roadster windshield post color Like any other part on a model A car, these parts were manufactured and then either used at the Rouge or they were sent out to the various Branch Plants for assembly. Items were loaded in freight cars to send to the further reaching plants but is doesn't take all that long for parts deliveries to happen. The consensus is generally around a month max for a dated part to be used in production. There are always exceptions such as spare parts inventory but the fuel tanks were a pretty well made item for the time so there may have not been much of a spare parts inventory for them. A part dated as late as December 28, 1928 would have gone into production of early 1929 cars. November was considered as the divining line between one year and the next at Ford in that era. It took a bit to get newly manufactured cars out to the dealer networks.