1930 AA157 Platform 185-A

Neil Wilson · Post by **Neil Wilson** » October 19th, 2007, 6:46 am

I am in the process of researching the 1930 AA157 platform 185-A for an article to go into the 2008 club newsletter.

Attached is a Ford archive picture of the 1930 long wheel base stake truck. The stake body is the 185-A platform and the 186-A stake racks. The platform is a very different construction make up than the short wheel base platform and the 1931 long wheel base platform.

At this time, I know of three of these 185-A platforms. One is in my back yard. I would like to hear from anyone out there who has one of these platforms.

If anyone has the corresponding stake racks, please let me know as I want to research these racks in the future.

REM · Post by **REM** » October 24th, 2007, 6:01 am

Neil

On the one that you have are the side rails one piece or are they two pieces put together. I have a long platform frame that the side rails are made from two pieces but it is done so well I question if it was an owner modification. I plan to cut it down to fit my 131" truck but don't want to cut up something I shouldn't.
Richard

Neil Wilson · Post by **Neil Wilson** » October 24th, 2007, 6:26 am

Here is a picture showing the top rear corner. The side stake pocket assembly consists of 2-1/2" x 2-1/2" angle with stake pockets riveted to the side and a rail riveted to the stake pockets. Between pockets, there are rivets through the rail and angle with a round spacer (not shown in the picture).

The rear stake pocket assembly is the same except the angle is 2-1/2" x 3". The rail at the rear wraps around the corner and is riveted to the side rails (the picture shows two temporary bolts I installed).

If your platform is like this, please post some pictures.

REM · Post by **REM** » October 24th, 2007, 7:06 am

Neil
That is an unusual design.
No. Mine is not like that.
When I get a chance to take some decent closeup pictures I will post them and see what you or others think. I suppose what I have is a platform that has been extended but would like to have some other opinions on it.

Thanks Richard

Matt Kroll · Post by **Matt Kroll** » October 25th, 2007, 5:37 pm

Neil Wilson wrote:..... Attached is a Ford archive picture of the 1930 long wheel base stake truck......

Neil,

A bit off the subject here, but what color do you think that truck is? The grey of the cab in the B&W photo looks quite light for Rock Moss Green.

-Matt

Neil Wilson · Post by **Neil Wilson** » October 25th, 2007, 6:46 pm

Matt,
I don't know what the color is. But, it is a light color. As can be seen the cargo body is painted the same as the cab. I also noticed that the cargo mounting bracket at the front of the sill is body color. So, the platform must have been completely assembled before painting. The u-bolts appear to be black. I have a high resolution picture which allows me to zoom in on. The lighting is not good for this picture.

REM · Post by **REM** » October 26th, 2007, 5:10 am

It is kind of hard to tell from this photo but it looks like it has the later 31 style wheels on it.

Richard

Neil Wilson · Post by **Neil Wilson** » October 26th, 2007, 8:30 am

The lighting is poor and details are hard to see. I zoomed in on the rear wheels and could see a date of 11-30. These are 30-31 wheels (see the location of the vent holes. The 31-33 wheels have the vent hole move close to the rim (in addition to the reinforcement rib stamping). Attached is a closer look.

Neil Wilson · Post by **Neil Wilson** » November 30th, 2007, 6:57 pm

This is just a follow up. Does anyone out there have a 185-A platform body for the 1930 AA157 chassis?

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