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President’s Message from the Driver’s Seat Have you had enough yet?? Can’t wait for touring season.....i.e.: NO SNOW. Just think how extra enjoyable this year on the road will be after the winter we have been going through. We are hoping for heavy turnout for this year’s tours.
On Tuesday evening the 17th of February we had our Tour Planning meeting. Turnout was low due to the weather; but, we managed to put together an interesting schedule of events that should be fun. Many thanks to Mike and Grace Doyle for organizing this meeting.
The tour card will be published soon and on it you will find a few new things. I am delighted to report that the Club Picnic is back! John and Martha Kerns have generously offered their home for the gathering which will include car games. We will even have the dreaded “teeter-totter” to test our expertise at balanc- ing our cars. I remember trying this at the Regional Meet we hosted in Westford years ago...... and it ain’t easy!
We did have our regular club meeting on Feb 3rd at which we discussed the whole subject of touring. Many issues were raised such as:
• Do we have too many tours, or not enough?
• If we plan an ice cream tour, should we make it known whether food is also available for those who do not have time for dinner before the tour?
• How do we inform the members of any last minute changes, or a cancellation, that may come up?
• Do we need to publish the name of the tour leader in advance so members can be in contact for questions or other issues? • Do we need to always publish the tour destination for those who prefer to go to the destination directly without meeting at the Grange?
At this point I should mention that we had considerable talk about the philosophy of touring. Jack Stok- inger did a good job of leading a discussion on this point, with many members contributing to the dialog. Some folks say that we should virtually always meet at a starting place (usually the Grange in Sudbury) because, by definition, a tour is a group venture where we drive together to some location. If people go direct to a destination, is that a tour? The point is that we want to encourage the group approach and stick togeth- er while enjoying the driving of our cars. At the same time we recognize that due to the location of a mem- ber’s home in relation to the meeting place and the eventual destination, it may make sense for that member to go direct to a tour destination. This is particularly true if there is a tight schedule that makes it difficult for the member to get to the starting point. We need to allow for that too. So, if you look over the above “bullets” it is not easy to come to absolute conclusions or answers. But, we agreed that better communication would be a tremendous help regardless of the particular situation. We are going to try hard to get contact info for every member: phone number, cell phone number, email address, etc. and then create the ability for mass-messaging everyone with the latest updates. We went into a lot more detail than can be addressed in this format; but, I am confident that we will accom- plish some improvement in our procedures. Stay tuned and keep giving your input.
Respectfully, Rich Batstone
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2015 OFFICERS President Rich Batstone 978-838-2098 [email protected] Vice President Doug Linden 508-485-7575 [email protected] Secretary John Erb 978-897-7953 [email protected] Treasurer Andy Adams 781-237-1575 [email protected] Newsletter Editor Tony Zeoli 781-935-6422 [email protected] Membership Nan Linden 508-485-7575 [email protected] Steering Committee: Jo Johnson Jack Stokinger John Kerns John “JJ” Jacobson
KEY CONTACTS Tour Director Mike Doyle 781-899-8706 [email protected] Webmaster Wayne Champagne 508-881-1595 [email protected] Programs Mike Doyle (Temporary) 781-899-8706 [email protected] Shop Keeper Gary Hoyt 508-655-0077 [email protected] Newsletter Distribution Sue Champagne 508-881-1595 [email protected] Historian Art Callan 617-332-3363 [email protected] Hospitality Joyce Croci 508-473-2243 [email protected] Sunshine Sally Legge 508-655-1977 [email protected] Raffles John Pierce 508-653-6543 [email protected] Business Card Ads Don Ross 617-584-5245 [email protected]
Minuteman “Helping Hands” Needed Tummy Yummy The refreshments for the We did get a couple of people come forward as technical team mem- February Club Meeting bers, but we still have other positions to fill Please consider providing were brought by Nan input to The Oil Leak on refreshments, fashion, gossip, youth, safety Linden, Linda Batstone and bulletin board items, just to name a few. and Martha Kerns. as always Joyce Croci Unfortunately, Mike Doyle, has been wearing two hats for some time made the coffee. as tour director and program chairman. Thank you, Mike, but you Thank You have to give one of them up. Again, please consider… Ladies
President’s Message 1 Fashion Fun 8 Tech Talk 14 Officers / Key Contacts 2 NOS Youth News, 8 1928 Car Mailer Ad 15 Calendar 3 Bumper Cars Article 9 Rural Mail Article Part 1 16-17 Secretary’s Report 3 MAFFI News 10 Windows vs, Ford 17 Treasurer’s Report 4 Nutty Quizzes 10 MAFCA Pine Tree A Tour 19 Sunshine Report 4 Breakfast Club 11 MARC 2015 Nat. Tour 19 Pizza Party Time 4 Corrections 11 CMARC New Eng. Meet 20 Editorial 5 Threadheads 11 “A” Safe “T” 21 New Members 5 Art’s Almanac 12 Special Interests Clubs 21 MARCOM Flea Market 6 Artie-Facts 12 Class A Ads 21-23 Winter Blahs Flea Mkt. 7 Neat Linkages 12 Minuteman Club Meet 24
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Secretary's Report Minuteman Model A Club minutes of the February 3, 2015 meeting:
The meeting was opened with a story about the Vagabonds, the name given themselves by Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone and John Burroughs as they joined together for Summer 'camping" trips between 1915 and 1924.
The meeting was call to order at 7:30 PM.
Visitors and new members were welcomed. New members Len & Cheryl LeGrand And Ben LeBlanc were present
Previous minutes and treasurer's report were approved as printed in the The Oil Leak.
Craig Martin could not make the meeting but called the president with information. He sent out about 100 flyers to po- tential vendors for the Winter Blahs Flea Market and already has 6 of the approximately 35 spots committed. If anyone wants to hand out additional flyers they can contact Craig and he will supply them.
Mike Doyle announced that the tour planning meeting is scheduled for Feb. 17 at the church. Mike gave out the runner up Hard luck certificate to John Jacobson who was not present at the Installation Dinner.
Gary Hoyt highlighted items available in the club store and also told the president that he would like to order a new sup- ply of baseball caps because he anticipates a demand for them.
President Rich reminded the club that Jack Stokinger will do a presentation on CB radios at the March meeting.
The technical forum ideas so far include Jack Stokinger and Rick Gadbois participating and the club is looking for more.
After coffee break the meeting was devoted to the discussion of club Tours - what is good and not so good and what changes should be made.
The meeting was adjourned at 9 pm John
Calendar Here’s a “Who done it“ for you! 2015 Tours will be posted here 1 Mar MARCOM Flea Market Yes…..The BUTLER did it! 3 Mar Monthly Club Meeting. 17 Mar St Patrick's Day Minuteman Model A Ford Club of Sudbury Massachusetts Congratu- 25 Mar Annual Pizza Party lates our New England Patriots on 29 Mar Winter Blahs - Swap N’ Sell their Super Bowl XLIX win. 7-12 Jun MAFCA National Tour 21-26 Jun MARC Nation Meet
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Sunshine Report By Sally Legge Treasurer’s Report for February 2014 will be pre- Two cards were sent this month to sented here in the future . Jude Zeoli And Peg Michalak who are both recovering nicely The New England weather from recent health issues. may have been a factor. Yea! Global Warming! If you know of anyone needing a card, Please let me know @: [email protected] Home 508 655-1977 Cell: 508 740-6064 Big Ap- ple Home
MARCH 25, 2015
Yes, it’s Pizza Time again and this gathering of club members has become our “defacto” first event of the new touring season. It’s nice to know that warmer weather is not too far away and the Model A’s will soon emerge from our garages. Our menu tonight will be assorted pizza and tossed salad. Coffee and dessert also will be pro- vided. Where: Southborough Firehouse Pizza 5 Main Street (RT 30) Time: 6:30 PM Price: $7.50 per person For information call Contact Doug and Nan Linden 508-485-7575
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Alternators
Many model A enthusiast prefer the alternator over the gen- erator. However that's not the subject of this editorial. It's a play on the words "alternate" or "alternative".
That is, many Minutemen have a life beyond their Model A Ford. They have alternative hobbies. We have been privi- leged to witness some of these hobbies at club meetings.
This new adventure began last May when Rich Batstone brought two of his tractors to that club meeting. A couple Jim & Cindy Thompson of members actually enjoyed the ride. (June, Oil Leak). 2 Putter Drive Following alternative hobby nights included John Jacob- Acton, MA 01720. son introducing his miniature Honda engine used for train- 978-897-6648 ing in schools. Vin DelMastro presented his extensive cell 617-724-6403 model car collection at the club meeting held at the Jacob- [email protected] son's. Then there was Andy Adams with his extraordinary 1930 Tudor Sedan display of his professional caning abilities at the September meeting. Art Callan concluded alternative night presenta- Len & Cheryl LeGrand tions with his collection of diner memorabilia. 10 Morningside Ave You can be sure there are many other Minutemen members Natick, MA 01760 that have very interesting alternative hobbies. We are anx- cell phone 617-943-5546 ious to see them. It may be a good time to generate your email [email protected] alternative hobby and present to your club. 1930 Fordor
You don't have one? You might think about using a cutout switch as is on an authentic Model A and generate one, just Squished Model A ???? for fun.
It could cause you to appreciate your Model A even more Pictured the day Tony than you do now, if that’s possible! Your friends and fellow left for Aruba and the club members certainly will enjoy learning about your al- day after when plow ternative hobbies. guy removed the snow Tony Zeoli With all these “global warming” prob- lems we have had in New England this year, it might be time for Tony Zeoli to have a manly shed constructed for Win- ter storage. He will find out in the Spring about any damage.
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Features Antique Auto Parts, Automobilia, Literature & More! Something for All.
Street Level Parking
Large Parking Lot
Convenient Rt. 62 Location
near Rt. 27
Donuts/Coffee on site
Vendor assistance unloading and loading
Raffle Drawing at 10:30am
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Fashion
Hopefully, we will have a Minuteman Fashion Committee / Team / Group / Editor that will provided interesting news for this col- umn. In the meantime, Fashion News via other means will be a part of this publication.
Below is the way MAFCA presents their fashion article thanks to Jeanie Adair, fashion editor. This article is from the Restorer, Sep-Oct 2014 magazine, pg. 28.
See complete article in MARC’s Model “A” News Nov - Dec Below is Massachusetts representative of the MAYRA Award, Billy Brum.
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Minuteman Thingamajig
An Art Callan Entry
Where Do Old Bumper Cars Go?
The ones in Coney Island and Rockaway Park back in the 20s thru to the 50s ran on elec- tricity. They had a pole on the back going to a metal electrically charged overhead plate. THESE ARE AWESOME !!
Remember driving the bumper cars at amusement parks or at a fair, don't you? They were so much fun. What do you do with old Bumper Cars? ( and check out the license plates! )
Yes, you read that right; these little Beasties are street legal. They run on either Kawasaki or Honda motorcycle engines and co-opt vintage bumper car bodies into the most awesome form of mini-car we've seen in too long. There are seven of these little monsters floating around California and they're all the creation of one man, Tom Wright, a builder in the outskirts of San Diego who figured the leftovers of the Long Beach Pike amusement park needed a more dignified end than the trash heap.
They were originally powered by two cylinder Harley Davidson motorcycle engines but they rattled like heck because of the two cylinder vibration. Tom replaces them with four cylinder Honda or Kawasaki 750's a couple have been measured as capable of 160 MPH, which is terrifyingly fast in machines with such a short wheelbase.
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MAFFI News
FREE CLUB BRICK To help MAFFI grow, we are offering clubs a free brick for their help in signing up three new Maffi Members. Three members applications, with their checks for $25.00 each, and your FREE brick order should be sent in one envelope to: MAFFI PO Box 95151 Nonantum, MA. 02495 The brick engraving detail may be any choice of your club or membership. Brick Donation Form Membership Application Form
COFFIELD AD PROGRAM: An entertaining selection of original Model A Ford magazine ads from 1928 -1931, featuring the New Ford, ladies fashions, and great sales pitches. Available on DVD or (transparencies) and the scripts. You supply the overhead projector and screen. For borrowing of DVDs, please contact Janice Barker via email at: Send Email
DRIVING IN STYLE RIBBONS: MAFFI has created a special ribbon to recognize the Model A'ers who drive in style wearing era clothing on tour. The ribbons are available to any club that chooses to make an award for dressing in era fashion - and at a very small price. Be on the lookout for this ribbon at all national mandatory tours.
MEMORIAL FUND: An appropriate way to express your sentiment at the loss of a Model A friend is a contribution to the MAFFI Memorial Fund. An attractive acknowledgement is sent to the donor and family of the deceased. A permanent record is kept in MAFFI's Memorial Book and displayed at all national meets.
NEWSLETTER: MAFFI's award winning quarterly newsletter will keep you informed of the progress on all our projects
Nutty Quizzes
February 2015 Nut Quiz. Name the make and year of the car pictured
No Winner One participant: Larry Conley
February 2015 Substitute Quiz. Find misspelled “volume” It was in the January 2015 Breakfast Club Article
March 2015 Nut Quiz.
Since the February quiz was too tough, be the first to name only the make and year of the car pictured to the left to win your nuts. Simply email Tony at [email protected] One en- try per person, please. The “March Nut Quiz” is open to all members and non-members
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Minuteman News
This new fun column will record those readers that find spelling mistakes The Threadheads are a group of quilting enthu- and typos in the Oil Leak. So, if you siasts who are Minuteman and non-members. like to see your name in print email Their automobile interest consists primarily of Tony at [email protected]. The great- model As and model Ts. Members of the group est compliment to an editor is that that didn’t flee to warmer climate meet faithful- someone is reading the publication. ly each Wednesday in North Grafton, MA ______Pictured here is Martha Kerns Plaque spelling error pg. 6 giving it her all at Finder Bruce Marshall correcting a mis- ______take (?) on a her Same incorrect email address in Krug beautiful king size Ad, last two issues pg. 21 quilt. Finder Dick Krug ______Consonant spelling error pg. 12 Finder Gary Hoyt
Wednesday Breakfast Club In case it hasn’t dawned on you, many club mem- bers meet each Wednesday for breakfast and tire kicking. You’ll never know who you might meet. There could be a Dawn / Don or two at the W e d n e s d a y Breakfast Gath- NOTE: There will be oodles of ering at the Big mistakes in this issue. Editing a Apple Deli, 331 newsletter and vacationing in Boston Post Road East (Rt. 20), in Marlborough MA. Aruba is an oil and water mix. Breakfast begins at 08:00 and lasts until … So have a ball and sock it to me! (508) 229-2829
11 The Oil Leak Minuteman News Art’s Almanac Artie-Facts March 1979 35 years The Truman Whitehouse sported a new fleet of Vote carried for half-price dues over 65 -$5.00. autos. Because GM execs contributed to Governor Don Bennett in charge of the coffee pot. Dewey and Henry Ford supported Harry Tru- First club roster printed. man, the new President got rid of the Cadillac’s and ordered Ford products. March 1989 25 years Snowfall, but JJ drives to the Grange meeting. The cars were leased from Ford for $500 a year, New members, Dick & Mina Sneden - 28 coupe. so a rapid turnover never surprised anyone. J&M Machine is a new advertiser in the O.L. Truman's new limo was a special-built Lincoln O'B announces car show at Spags to benefit MADD. Cosmo, with gold plated fittings in the rear com- Slide show by Peter Morgan, 3,000 miles across partment, special running boards for the Secret Canada in an open T. Service, a padded leather top and, at the Presi- March 1999 15 years dent’s request, sufficient head room for a high silk hat. Pres. Aldie emphasis "Volunteerism" to help the club. (Most hearing aids were turned off) Ford also supplied 11 oth- Secy, Doris Ervin, gives monthly report. er Lincolns,2 Mercurys, 10 Editors--Peter and Janice MacDonald. Ford Sedans, 3 Ford 6th Annual "Winter Blahs" flea market. trucks, and --2 Packards. Art Callen Art Callen Neat Linkages Dear Readers: If you are lucky enough to receive this Oil Leak electronically, you may simply click on the links below for some very interesting videos. Paper people don’t despair. Copy the link address on you com- puter and enjoy.
A Ford Airplane - AMAZING This was 6 months BEFORE Pearl Harbor! Henry Ford was determined that he could mass produce bomb- ers just as he had done with cars, so he built the Willow Run assembly plant in Michigan and proved it. It was the world's largest building under one roof at the time. This film will absolutely blow you away - one B-24 every 55 minutes. . . and Ford had their own pilots to test them. and they had no recalls ADOLF HITLER HAD NO IDEA THE U.S. WAS CAPABLE OF THIS KIND OF THING.
http://www.youtube.com/embed/iKlt6rNciTo?rel=0 Rodney Flynn Entry
Doug Linden got this in an email from Rick Black, the MAFCA webmaster and thought we might like it as well. If you have the patience to watch this video (the site is usually busy and there are pauses in the playback), You'll enjoy the history of Ford from the perspective of an English gent with a Model T. Doug. http://www.cnet.com/videos/ford-model-t-how-to-drive-the-car-that-got-world-moving Hennessey C7 Corvette shuts down Texas highway
http://rare.us/story/hennessey-c7-corvette-shuts-down-texas-highway/
Thomas Bellino Entry
Mass Cruisers Auto http://www.masscruisers.com
John Buchanan Entry http://www.oilleak.org
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Volume 10 Issue 2 July - August 1965
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Volume 10 Issue 2
Gymkhana … continued
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1928 CAR REPAIR MAILER. AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR ADVERTISEMENT IN 1928...
SENT ON A PENNY POSTCARD!
1914 Model T Ford Station Wagon
May 31, 1927, the last Ford Model T rolled off the assembly line. It was the first affordable automobile, due in part to the assembly line process developed by Henry Ford. It had 2.9-liter, 20 horsepower engine and could travel at speeds up to 45 miles per hour. It had a 10-gallon fuel tank and could run on kerosene, petrol, or ethanol, but it couldn't drive uphill if the tank was low, because there was no fuel pump; people got around this design flaw by driving up hills in reverse.
Ford believed that "the man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed." The Model T cost $850 in 1909, and as efficiency in production increased, the price dropped. By 1927, you could get a Model T for $290. "I will build a car for the great multitude," said Ford. "It will be large enough for the family, but small enough for the individual to run and care for. It will be constructed of the best materials, by the best men to be hired, after the simplest designs that modern engineering can devise. But it will be low in price that no man making a good salary will be unable to own one - and enjoy with his family the blessing of hours of pleasure in God's great open spaces.
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Minuteman Thingamajig
Minuteman Paul Johnson forwarded this interesting article, that he located on eBay. The owner of the “all ter- rain , all weather vehicle” and the writer of the article is Bob Woodburn in Montana. Both Paul and I have talked to Mr. Woodburn, an have come to appreciate his story. In fact, Paul has ridden in this very special Model A. The story will be shared with Oil Leak readers as a series article. So keep tract of your Oil Leak’s, as the sto- ry unfolds. Further information is available by contacting me at [email protected] Tony Zeoli
1930 Ford Model A Rural Mail Delivery Cabriolet Convertible Coupe
This is a very special unrestored but extensively modified 1930 Model A Ford convertible coupe or cabriolet that was manufactured around June of 1930. This car was modified in 1936 by Roman Chupp of Bloomfield Montana for Milton Hill, also of Bloomfield Montana to use to deliver rural mail around that area. A Model T Ford truck rear axle with a higher reduction ratio than the stock Model A rear axle was installed along with four Goodyear 11-25 x 24 pneumatic rear tractor tires mounted on 24" tractor tire rims. These wide and tall tires gave this car ground clearance and helped it float over packed snow drifts or plow through loose snow I believe these tires were introduced in 1935 or 1936 and were Goodyear's first pneumatic farm tractor rear tires. They had a diamond with a hole in the center for the tread pattern. This distinctive tread design was not self-cleaning when running in moist dirt so these tires were not as popular with some farmers as they might otherwise have been. Goodyear had thousands of various sizes of this type of tire in their warehouses in the late 1930's and found it hard to find homes for them. They eventually sold them for snow applications such as on this car or for use on agricultural equipment such as grain combines that were normally only used in dry weather conditions. The four tires on this rig are now 79 years old so they are showing their age but they are still in relatively good and pliable condition. You can still see the name GOODYEAR painted white on all of them. This may have been done at the factory but I am not certain about that. There are lots of checks and small cracks in them. The left front tire has a three inch long split in it and that wheel and tire assembly weighs about 20 pounds more than the other front wheel and tire assembly. I suspect someone installed a liner (a section of a tire used to reinforce a weak spot in a tire casing) inside that tire many years ago. Amazingly, none of these four very special tires ever appeared to have sat flat during the last 79 years as too often happens with vehicles or tractors of this age. When that happens, the tires often develop bad cracks, become weak in the flat spot and then blow out later when pumped back up. These ancient tires have some minor flat spots on them so when I drive this car, it does not ride very smoothly. I have never driven this car over 10 miles and hour or so. At that speed there is enough tire vibration to make the front fenders flop a bit which makes this car look like a big bird trying to take off and fly after it had eaten too much. The rear axle and wood spoke wheels are from a 1919 - 1927 Model TT Ford one ton truck. That axle as- sembly was installed in order to get the higher numerical axle ratio to handle the larger diameter tractor tires. The front wheels are made from mid 1928 - 1929 21" Model A Ford wheels. The outer row of spokes was long enough to reach the dropped section on the inside of the 24" tractor rims. The inner crossed spokes were too short to reach the tractor rims. They were completely removed and replaced with spokes about 3" longer. All welds on this conversion were done with an acetylene torch because electric welders were virtually non- existent in rural Montana back in 1936 when this conversion was done. I have listed the mileage on this car as being only 25,649 miles because that is what is shown on the speedometer odometer. That may be how many miles were on this car when Milton Hill bought it to have the rural mail delivery car or snowmobile conversion done back in 1936. After the Model TT Ford ton truck rear axle assembly was installed, there would have been no place to drive the speedometer as there was on a stock Model A Ford car drive shaft housing. See “Rural Mail Delivery” next page
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Windows vs. Ford Rural Mail Delivery Cont..
For all of us who feel only the deepest love and af- Please notice the 5/16" x 2" steel straps used to fection for the way computers have enhanced our mount the backs of the rear fenders. They were lives, read on. At a recent computer expo torch welded to the thin steel on the back of the body and to the thin steel in the fenders. This (COMDEX) Bill Gates reportedly compared the com- took a very good welder who know what he was puter industry with the auto industry and stated, "If doing in order to avoid burning through the Ford had kept up with technology like the computer thin sheet metal in the fenders and body. The industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that inner parts of the front fenders have been cut and got 1,000 miles to the gallon." extended with sheet metal triangles in order to
In response to Bill's comments, Ford issued a press raise them up to clear the large front tires. The release stating: backs of the rear fenders have been modified in a similar way by opening them up to a larger diam- If Ford had developed technology like Microsoft, we eter. The insides of the rear fenders were torch would all be driving cars with the following charac- welded directly to the body quarter panels above teristics (and I just love this part): the rear wheel wells. This car was originally painted dark blue and 1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash - was repainted a medium blue probably sometime twice a day. after this car was converted for rural mail deliv- 2.. Every time they repainted the lines in the road ery. The top is not the original top and and was you would have to buy a new car. replaced sometime before 1940. The second and third photos of this listing show Milton Hill with 3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway this car. A notation on the back of one of the pho- for no reason. You would have to pull to the side of tos indicate that this conversion was done in the road, close all of the windows, shut off the car, 1936. If you look closely, you can see that the top restart it, and reopen the windows before you could in the third photo matches the top in the current continue. For some reason you would simply accept photos. How many Model A's have you seen that this. still have a 75 year old or older convertible top still intact? 4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a Who ever installed the custom replacement left turn would cause your car to shut down and top did not tailor it properly to let the top fold refuse to restart, in which case you would have to down. The top should have had a split in it about reinstall the engine. 3 inches long directly behind the bottom of
5. Macintosh would make a car that was powered the back of the side window. I suspect that who- ever had the original top replaced was more con- by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast and twice cerned with keeping typical eastern Mon- as easy to drive but would run on only five percent tana winter weather out than enjoying fresh air on of the roads. the nicer winter days. One needs to remember 6. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warn- that this car was only used to deliver mail during ing lights would all be replaced by a single "This Car bad weather conditions. Whoever used it back in Has Performed An Illegal Operation" warning light. the 30's, 40's and early 50's no doubt had a more modern and easier to use vehicle to deliver mail 7. The airbag system would ask, "Are you with most of the time. sure?" before deploying. The front seat upholstery is the original tan whip cord and is in tough shape. The rumble seat \8. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car back rest is the original black artificial leather ma- would lock you out and refuse to let you in until terial and is in amazingly nice original condition. you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned Milton Hill probably removed the rumble seat the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna. cushions so he could haul more packages and 9. Every time a new car was introduced car buyers groceries for his customers in that rear deck ar- would have to learn how to drive all over again be- ea. It is an absolute miracle that the original rum- cause none of the controls would operate in the ble seat back rest is still with this car. The rumble same manner as the old car. seat bottom cushion is smaller than the original and is from another car of this era but it fits fairly 10. You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn well and lets people enjoy riding high in the rum- the engine off. ble seat of this gem
PS - I'd like to add that when all else fails, you could call "customer service" in some foreign country and be instructed in some foreign language how to fix your car yourself! Sally Legge Entry 17 The Oil Leak 2015 National News
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OK “Local
Yokels” check out the website at:
http://www.main emodelafordclub .com/ For
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“A” Safe “T” Special Interest Clubs A reminder to all of us that the If you have a Special Interest Model A Club and automobile is more apt to you would like news about your club in this publi- change our lives for the worst cation contact Tony at [email protected] than any other
Every tudor should have them!
Class A Ads Looking for a special license plate?
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For Sale
1930 Green Tudor older restoration, car all original mechanically; asking price $12k Located at 30 Pleasant St, Natick, MA. Please call 508-653-5245
CAR WANTED ! Looking for a very professionally restored 30-31 Model A in excellent to pristine condition that doesn't have any major issues. NOT A 20 FOOTER. If you have one you'd like to sell or know of someone selling one please call me or forward this message. A very serious cash buyer. CONTACT:[email protected] (774)-551-6367
DOORS WANTED ! Both right and left doors for a 1931 Model A Five Window Coupe. Please Call Jim @ 727-278-4537
For Sale Dick Krug
1931 Model A Coupe Acton, MA 7 K miles on rebuilt engine 978-263-8384 Dual side mounts with trunk Cell 978-505-7471 Same owner for twenty years French gray w/ red pinstripe [email protected] $12,000 OBO! 4/15
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Minuteman Model “A” Ford Club PO Box 545, Sudbury, MA 01776
March 2015
Please Mail to:
Be sure to visit www.oilleak.org REMINDERS
The next Minuteman Model A Club Meeting is March 3, 2015 at the
Memorial Congregational Church Most monthly meetings are held on first Tuesdays at the Memorial Congregational 7:30 PM Church at 26 Concord Rd in Sudbury, MA 01776. The grapevine states there will be a special Blah the Winter presentation at the March 3, club meeting. at the Sell & Swap Snow Shoveling at 7:00 pm March 29, 2015 Club meeting begins at 7:30 pm Page ???
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