[citation needed] The Model A was the first Ford to use the standard set of driver controls with conventional clutch and brake pedals, throttle, and gearshift.

The Model A's fuel was situated in the cowl, between the engine compartment's fire wall and the dash panel.

[5] In cooler climates, owners could purchase an aftermarket cast iron unit to place over the exhaust manifold to provide heat to the cab.

European manufactured Model As failed to achieve the sales success in Europe that would greet their smaller successor in Britain and Germany.

[21] For example, the die stamping of parts from sheet steel, which the Ford company had led to new heights of development with the Model T production system, was something Henry had always been ambivalent about; it had brought success, but he felt that it was not the best choice for durability.

Eventually, Ford's engineers persuaded him to relent, lest the Model A's production cost force up its retail price too much.

Between October 1992 and December 1994, Hector Quevedo, along with his son Hugo, drove a 1928 Model A 22,000 mi (35,406 km) from his home in Punta Arenas, Chile to Ford headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan.

The car required minimal service, including a flat tire and transmission work in Nicaragua, and is now housed in the Henry Ford Museum.

[26] The West Side Lumber Company of California converted several Model As into railcars which could carry 12 people.

A few still see regular service on the Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad, also in California, alongside Shays Nos.