Deluxe and Standard Tudor Sedans By Rick Black El Paso Texas

The Tudor sedan body style was one of the first Model A body styles. In fact, the "mysterious new Ford" seen on the streets of Detroit in the fall of 1927 was indeed the new Model A Tudor Sedan. The most popular of all Model A body styles, the Standard Tudor was available in all 4 Model A years, with well over 1.25 million of them being built. In 1931, as Ford sales began to slip, the marketing group came up with the idea to release some new models to help increase sales. The Deluxe Tudor Sedan was introduced in June of 1931. Ford hoped to boost sales during the early years of the depression by adding features the Standard Tudors lacked to make it more desirable. Most of these changes were inside the car, where the interior resembled the Victoria. Fewer than 24,000 Deluxe Tudors were produced and all were "late 1931" models with indented firewalls. The table that follows outlines most of the differences between a Standard Tudor and a Deluxe Tudor. You'll note that most of the changes are in the interior. The exterior differences (paint combinations and cowl lights) can easily be applied to Standard Tudors, making the two somewhat difficult to differentiate. The discriminating Model A fan will look at the interior (especially the front seats) which is the key to identifying whether the Tudor is a Standard or Deluxe.

Features:	Standard Tudor	Deluxe Tudor	Remarks
Cowl Lights	**	Yes	** Dealer Installed Option
Driver's Seat on Tracks	No	Yes	Tracks also used on A400 and late Victoria
Interiors	Standard Fabrics	Mohair or Bedford Cord	Mohair by far the most common
Dome Light	No	Yes	Center of Ceiling
Stripe on inner gas tank	No	Yes	Exterior striping identical
Dash and Moldings	Maroon/Brown	Woodgrained
Rear Seat Armrests	No	Yes
Assist Straps	No	Yes
Rear Window Shade	Standard Cloth	Silk-like Cloth
Wheel Color	Black	Match Stripe	See colors below
Floor Coverings	Rubber Mats	Carpets

Exterior Paint	Standard Tudor	Deluxe Tudor	Wheel Color
Thorne Brown	x	not available	Black
Lombard Blue and Black	x	not available	Black
Chicle and Copra Drab	x	x	Tacoma Cream
Kewanee and Elkpoint Green	x	x	Apple Green
Black	x	x	Apple Green
Ford Maroon and Black	not available	x	Vermilion Red
Brewster Green and Black	not available	x	Apple Green

Send additions and corrections to
Rick Black
Deluxe Tudor Sedan Owner's Group
7134 Villa Hermosa Drive
El Paso TX 79912

Rick & Dana Black - El Paso, TX - 12/9/05	Bruce Bickel - Massachusetts - 12/9/05
Bruce Wheeler - Aberdeen, MD - 2/4/03

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