
Ford Model A Tudor Chicle Drab Motor City 1:18

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Specifications
- Brand
- Ford
- Manufacturer
- Motor City
- Scale
- 1:18
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 41003
- Year
- 1931
- Era
- Pre-War
- Body Type
- Sedan
- Vehicle Class
- Vintage Classics
- Openable Parts
- Yes
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Street Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 657440410038
About the Ford Model A Tudor Chicle Drab Motor City 1:18
TL;DR: Motor City's 1:18 diecast Ford Model A Tudor wears Chicle Drab, a genuine 1931 factory color option, reproducing the two-door sedan that helped make car ownership ordinary for millions of Americans. At around 22cm, it anchors any pre-war Ford or vintage American car display.
Ford named "Tudor" for its two-door sedan body, a marketing term the company used across the Model A and beyond, and it remains one of the most immediately recognizable pre-war American body styles.
An Authentic Color on an Enduring American Shape
Chicle Drab was one of the Model A's genuine factory color offerings, and applying it to this Tudor sedan gives Motor City's diecast the kind of period accuracy that matters to serious pre-war collectors, since Model A colors carried distinctive, sometimes unusual names that specialists track closely. The car's upright grille, exposed running boards, and boxy cabin translate well into diecast, since the Model A's simple, flat-sided body has little compound curvature to lose in the reduction to scale. Zinc alloy construction gives real substantial weight for a subject this size, and the fixed-body approach at this tier trades opening features for consistent panel lines across a genuinely boxy shape. This is a period-correct reproduction built for collectors who care about factory-accurate color choices, not an approximated "vintage look."
The Model A's Place in American Car Culture
The Model A followed the Model T as Ford's next mass-market success, bringing millions of ordinary Americans into car ownership during a pivotal stretch of the early 20th century, and its cultural footprint extends well beyond any single body style or color. A Tudor sedan in a genuine factory shade like Chicle Drab connects directly to that history rather than a generic pre-war impression. Displayed as an anchor piece in an American vintage collection, this Model A represents the foundation that later Ford models, and much of the broader American car market, built upon.








