The Model A Ford was first released in Australia on the 17th May 1928, and thence sold to an estimated 31,000 Australians.

The first Model A Club was started in South Australia in 1967. On the 2nd May 1969, Mr. Ian Irwin of Canberra founded the Model A Restorers Club of Australia, of which many Queenslanders were members. On the 9th May, 1976, 18 enthusiasts met at the instigation of Mr. Les Cooling of Strathpine, to gauge interest in forming a Queensland Branch. The first meeting of this Club was held on the 4th July.

Meetings have been held on a regular monthly basis since then. We have a Rally Organiser, who selects runs of interest on the Sunday following our monthly meetings some months in advance. The Big Event on our calendar is the Bi Annual National Meet, which is held and organised by each of the Australian States. The last was at Bathurst NSW in 2008. Over 35 Model 'A' Fords travelled from Queensland to attend the Bathurst NSW Meet. Queensland hosted the 2002 National Meet in Toowoomba. The next National Meet is scheduled for Launceston in Tasmania in 2010, and many Queensland have alredy booked to attend.

Often individual members will take part in invitation tours organised by other Clubs or States. A bimonthly magazine is produced and is sent out to all financial members.

The year was 1926. Henry Ford's "Tin Lizzie" was getting old. It had been produced since Oct. 1st 1908. There had been very few major changes to the car even though it did look quite different. With his son Edsel pushing to move past the Model T and design and build a "new Ford" the order was finally given on July 20th, 1926 to start work on a new Ford, the "Model A", although that name had not been picked yet!.

Henry Ford made the last of the Model T's on May 26th, 1927. It was car No. 15,000,000. It is said Henry Ford spent US$100,000,000 (Yes, 100 Million US Dollars!) on the new car design and for retooling of the Rouge plant to build the new Model A. Quite a sum in the 1920's! The car contained over 6800 parts whereas the Model T only contained about 5000.

The Engine was an L-head 4-cylinder, 'cast en bloc' type. It had a 3-7/8" X 4-1/4" bore and stroke with a displacement of 200.5 cubic inches. SAE horsepower of 24.03 with brake horsepower rated at 40 at 2200 rpm. Typical gas mileage was between 20 and 30 mpg using a Zenith carburettor. It's 103.5" wheelbase rode on 4.50 x 21" tires with a gear ratio of 3.77:1. The transmission was a 3 speed sliding gear unit with 1 speed reverse. The Model A had 4 wheel mechanical brakes and Houdaille, double action hydraulic shock absorbers with semi-elliptic front and rear transverse springs. Top Speed was around 65 mph.

Model A Production started on Oct. 20th, 1927. By Feb. 4th, 1929 Model A No. 1,000,000 rolled off the production line. Final production ended on Aug. 31st, 1931 with 4,320,446 Model A's built. Hundreds of thousands of Model 'A' Fords are still on the roads throughout the world and it has been described as "The worlds most popular collector car"