Ford Model B (1932)

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Ford Model B Standard Tudor (1932)
Ford Model B Standard Tudor (1932)
Model B.
Production period: 1932
Class : Middle class
Body versions : Touring car , roadster , sedan , coupé , cabriolet , convertible sedan
Engines: Petrol engines :
3.3 liters (37 kW)
Length: 4204 mm
Width:
Height:
Wheelbase : 2692 mm
Empty weight : 949-1101 kg
Previous model Model a
successor Model c

The second Ford Model B is a middle class passenger car, which was only produced in 1932 by Ford in the USA and also in Cologne-Niehl by the German Ford Motor Company AG (from 1939: Ford-Werke AG) under the name Ford Rheinland as the successor to the model A was produced and sold.

The car had a 4-cylinder in-line engine. The coupe was also called the Deuce Coupe and was a popular hot rod . It was named after the album Little Deuce Coupe of the Beach Boys and Bruce Springsteen Blinded by the Light referenced.

In the same body also was V8 as a Ford Model 18 offered.

The Model B was only produced in the USA in 1932. There were 71,829 pieces. Successor was almost identical Model C .

Similar to its predecessors, there was a parallel truck on the same basis called the Ford Model BB .

Rhineland

Ford Rheinland was the name of the Model B in Germany from 1935. From August 1933 onwards, all vehicles produced by Ford in Cologne bore the label “German product”. The model names were also Germanized. The Model B became the Ford Rheinland . The car had a four-cylinder in-line petrol engine with 3286 cm³ (50 hp), a three-speed gearbox and rear-wheel drive.

In Germany model B and 5575 model Rhineland were produced in 1784.

Web links

Commons : Ford Model B  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

literature

  • Beverly R. Kimes, Henry A. Clark: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942. Krause Publications, Iola 1985, ISBN 0-87341-045-9 .