Vehicle Weights

any of us are curious about the weights of Model A Fords. Below are some sources that have been published.

Model A Weights

By Bob Rentz, Albuquerque NM
Source: The Restorer Magazine, Volume 33, Issue 1, Pages 30 – 33

Note: weights are approximate and assume gasoline tank and radiator are empty)

Vehicle Weights
“A” chassis 1650
Sport Coupe 2283
Open Cab Pickup 2073
Tudor Sedan 2375
Roadster 2155
Panel Delivery 2416
Phaeton 2212
Fordor (3 window) 2462
Closed Cab Pickup 2215
 Fordor (2 window) 2467
Standard Coupe 2257
Town Sedan 2475
Cabriolet 2273
Station Wagon 2482
De Luxe Delivery 2282
Taxi Cab 2500

Bodies
Roadster body 465
 Tudor Sedan body 726
Phaeton body 549
Fordor (2 window) body 782
Cabriolet body 575
Fordor (3 window) body 786
Coupe body 591
Town Sedan body 810
Sport Coupe body 596

Miscellaneous Parts
Bumperettes 46
Tire/tube (19″) 20
Cowl Tank & dash 43
Tire/tube (21″) 18
Front bumper 34
Wheel (19″) 21
Rumble seat 55
Wheel (21″) 22
Tools (“A”) 14
Wheel carrier 10

Letter from Ford Motor Company to Buffalo Branch Dealers, 1931

BUFFALO BRANCH DEALERS:
Jun 18 1931

Supplement to General Letter #1 (Sales) dated 4-30-31

 

FORD SHIPPING WEIGHTS

We are reweighing automobile chassis,etc. as shown in our General Letter #1 (Sales) dated April 30th, and are showing below the new weights for the types weighed up to the present time.

With Front and Rear Bumpers
De Luxe Phaeton2192
De Luxe Roadster2150
Standard Coupe2220
Sport Coupe2248
De Luxe Coupe2218
Victoria2310
Tudor Sedan2315
De Luxe Tudor2336
Standard Sedan2462
Town Sedan2476
De Luxe Sedan2460
Convertible Sedan2335
Cabriolet2278
Town Car Delivery2462

Your attention is directed to the weight of the Victoria which has the metal back and is 62 lbs lighter than the model with the fabric back.

FORD MOTOR COMPANY
EAK Sales Department