Postal A's Chapter
Model A Restorers Club
Model A Ford Club of America
SWAP MEET SPACES
If you have something to SELL or there is something that you WANT or you would like to SWAP, then this is where your information can be posted. Send your request to Postal A Swap Meet, 454 Fulcher Dr, Martinez, GA 30907, or via eMail: perlad@earthlink.net. Please send a picture with your request.
WANTED: Photos of original unrestored mail trucks featuring hardware and how it is fitted on the vehicle. Also views detailing mail truck unique items to help others restore mail trucks that may be missing various parts. I will post your photos in the Postal A's Photo Gallery and you will be listed as the source. Contact Dan Perla (webmaster) by phone @ 706-373-5730 or via eMail: perlad@earthlink.net
Posted 1/18/2014
FOR SALE:
Numerous hard to find parts for Model A Ford Mail Trucks:
1. Steel inner fender panel half moon.
2. Front and back steel bracket that fastens to the wood bent in an arch over the wheel.
3. Correct lower track (sliding door) driver and passenger side 1929 or 1931.
4. Inside door locking handles and catches front and back.
5. Rear cast latches and eye for tail gate hook.
6. Metal angle rear corners of back door area.
7. Angle steel that supports the under side of the wood body.
8. The steel gusset for completing the area where the 1929 cowl and wood body meet.
9. The steel horseshoe band for 1929 only - fits cowl to body.
10. The J bracket and steel roller – 2 for each door – three sets per truck.
11. Correct steel rear door hinge – need 6 per truck.
12. Murphy and stud fasteners for roll down rear door window covers – need 4 of each per turck.
13. Correct rear window wire mesh channel – 3/4 x 3/8.
14. Oval ¼ diameter x ¾ to make front cab angle short braces.
15. Little window in partition sliding door metal frame.
16. “L” steel brackets (short) for bulkhead to body support.
17. Outside sliding door handles.
18. Steel locking latch for the bulkhead sliding door – 1931 A & AA
19. The short fender angle plate (goes on the outside bottom edge of wheel well).
Robert Kiley of Medina, OH - bbkiley155@gmail.com
Updated 3/26/2021
FOR SALE:
1929 Model A Mail Truck:
New paint inside and out, New tires and tubes, Mail uniform, mail bags, trunk. Xmission oil check via port in floor board, no crawling under, new dash, extra fold-down passenger side seat with all new materials, "UNK Sam Wants You" side posters with extras, entire wood body is new (with construction pictures) before/after, no rot. clutch needs adj, one headlight is missing ( lens missing but available) engine has a slight knock. Complete waterproof cover. Side mirrors have extensions installed for better viewing. The Back Cargo door has "Claw P.O." type lock. (Actually RR SW lock) with roll-up curtains with straps. Interior sliding door has a lock. Cargo inside light works. 1929 Maryland Tag. New MOTOR METER. Alternator
US Mail Truck Model with small cargo bags. Many copies of P/R's and spec sheets/pictures in loose leaf folder.
All sold in "AS IS Condition"
$15,000 -- RECENTLY REDUCED
LINK TO PHOTOS
DOUBLE CLICK ON IMG files to view photos
Tom Powell 410 437 0493 any time after 2PM or tpwhec716@gmail.com
Posted: 11/5/2024
FOR SALE:
1931 Model AA Mail Truck:
New radiator, headlights, tires and rebuilt engine. Professionally painted, 90% new wood, 95% original hardware.
$21,000 / REDUCED TO $15,500
Contact Mike Mclaughlin @ 515-249-5431 or 515-758-2137
Located in Earlham, IA
Posted: 04/26/2025
MAIL TRUCK ITEMS FOR SALE
$30
Includes S/H
The Ford Model A Mail Truck
by Aldie Johnson, Jr.
To order, email Dan Perla at the following address: perlad@earthlink.net or call Jim McPherson @ 706-592-4835 (evenings)
$25
Includes S/H
This DVD is a compilation of Model A Ford Mail Truck drawings by Aldie Johnson, Jr. with index. It contains 75 drawings in PDF format.
Note: some minor discrepancies may exist due to different body manufacturers.
To order, email Dan Perla at the following address: perlad@earthlink.net or call Jim McPherson @ 706-592-4835 (evenings)
$30
Includes S/H
Professonally drawn "Blue Prints" of a 1931 AA Mail Truck body,
drawn by Sherwood Stoll and printed on 24" x 36" paper.
To order, email Dan Perla at the following address: perlad@earthlink.net
Last Updated: 10/14/25