Re: Vehicles: 34 Ford Pickup.

Posted by South Park on Aug 01, 2016; 2:59pm
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Vehicles-tp2435p5744.html

  One of my first vehicles dragged home was a similar Model A woodie Mail truck.
At the time, all open fender vehicles were of the same status to me, but 40 years of
doing big fin 50's cars has tempered my tolerance for the latter day hobby paradigm
of over-blinging cars ...  especially the ones that were purposely toned down back in
the day.  Note the black painted radiator shell and headlight buckets on the A.  Most
of these surviving today would have been replaced with the CAR versions - nickel
plated - or had them (oh God, no! ..... ) CHROMED !  

  The black era Model T (1917-25) is so iconic for it's understated appearance and
the roll it played in moving America from horses to motorized wheels, ...  I have
become a Model T snob ! ...  dismissing all the "improved" Fords that replaced them.

  I give the Model A guys nothing but crap for their "modern" cars, even tossing the
Improved 26-27 Model T's under the bus as looking too new.  Of course, being a guy
with nothing but trucks, I dwell in the lowest depths of the popularity bucket to begin
with, in terms of vehicle ownership, so it is all in good fun.  But I would not own a
Model A today.  The character of the driving experience (20hp and planetary gears)
and the overall iconic appearance of the black era T's make them a ride like no other.
As I tell the A guys ....  A's are for sissies .... it takes a real man to drive a T, especially
a TT !