Posted by rustyj on June 04, 2008 at 16:55:45 from (72.77.19.132):
In Reply to: Re: OT-Model A Ford posted by RusselAZ on June 03, 2008 at 20:49:13:
I bought many old Model a's and t's in past years, but my favorite was a '29 Model A, that i bought from an elderly farmers widow. It had sat in their barn for a long time, after her husband hung himself in the barn one morning! Seems he'd go out, start the A, let her idle while he fed the stock, then he'd get in, and drive it to work. One morning, she noticed the car still setting in the barn, idling, and husband not in sight, so she went out, to find him hanging from the rafters! Well, she shut it down, closed the barn doors, called the undertaker, and after they hauled his sorry corpse away, the car sat there for some 30 years, never run! So, along comes Rusty Jones, and he bought it for $35--towed it home, installed fresh gas and water, and a battery. It started right up! I drove it 40 miles a day to work and back, and had no trouble with it. Gave it a nice paint job, baked enamel, Washington Blue, made it look nice! Ten years later, i sold it to a soldier friend of my Brother, who had just got out of Army and needed a car to drive home to Louisville, Ky, from Pittsburgh, Pa.! He said that old car just ran great the whole way! Fast forward some 40-50 years---we travelled to Louisville, for our 78th. Army Division reunion, at a big hotel there. So, i looked up the soldier's name in phone book. Found it and called him! Shocked, to say the least. I asked him about my old Model A Ford. He told me he drove it all over KY, and finally sold it, to a man who has fully restored it, and evidently still has it! Yep, those cars were built to last! If this interests you, ask me about our trip to the east coast, in my Model A Ford Roadster, and other means of conveyance!
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