Ride

[Sam Welch]

Those of you who know me know that I have been working on my Model A roadster pickup that I bought in '56 and started this rebuild in "89. Well, this morning, Father's Day, I took my first ride in it in 45 years. Boy, did that feel good! Now maybe i can get some engraving done. (just joking).

Sam

[Steve Lindsay]

Morning Sam, Happy Father's day!
That is pretty fun about the ride. 45 years was a long wait. When you take your entire car apart and engrave it, no wonder it took 45 years. Are there local car shows coming up that you'll be taking it to?

Happy Father's day!

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We want'na see the purty ride!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sam Welch]

I will try...

PS...this is the one with the engraved 1849 Colt Pocket pistol for a shift knob. Trigger "honks" the Aoooooogha horn!

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Look'n good. I would love to take a ride. All of my toys are either in storage or in pieces, its too hot anyways.

[Tim C]

Great to hear it Sam, got it chugging along, next you need a hat and riding coat.
I'll have to get the old pictures out of the Model A Swamp Buggy's that a friend of my fathers used to build. I have a picture on the wall of one from the late 50's or early 60's of one, it's one of the Buggy's my Dad owned.

Almost every one of his Buggy's had Model A engines in them, high torque with low RPM's. He would stack two transmissions together behind that little four on airplane tires. In 1st gear on both trany's it would chug along at walking speed. If it couldn't go over it, it would knock it down.

I can still hear that puppy chugging along through the swamps. When you hear one of those little engines, you never forget the sound, it doesn't sound like any other engine made.

Enjoy your toy.:thumbsup:
Tim

[ron]

hi Sam .. boy that is a beauty . I once owned a 39 Chev pick up which I did the same thing you did , that was about 40 years ago when I was in the body shop repair business .. thanks for showing your pride .. ron p.