Hello everyone, I have been lurking around here for awhile now and I finally got my first model a last week. I dont really have too much to type about my self as an intro except I'm 18 and I've been waiting to get my own model A for years but everything has been out of my price range or just too far gone.
Alright enough about me and my nonsense, onto the truck. I caught wind of a model A truck for sale while I was at a tractor show in New York 2 weeks ago and after awhile I tracked down the owner. I got talking to the guy and I have to admit I had my doubts since his asking price was fairly low compared to everything else I had seen. Thankfully he only lived a few miles away so we took a ride over to his place to check it out. After we got there he lead us down to where the truck was outside his barn, he said he bought it from someone locally who was going to junk it. Anyway he takes away the tarp and I see this.
Well I was overjoyed! I crawled around it for a little bit and we struck a deal. The next weekend we left home and 4 hours later it was on the trailer headed for home.
Upon getting it home I really looked over it and it almost appears that nothing has been done to this to alter or change it. It was built on January 18, 1929 and it was last registered in New York in 1951. The only major thing I noticed is that the starter must have gone some time before the truck was parked because it was started with a crank for years. Also who ever owned this must have had some trouble with the headlight switch because the switch at the bottom of the collum is gone and the lights are wired to a switch on the dash. I was amazed to find there was even remnants of the interior panels inside the cab.
And here is one last pic as it sits now, I put the headlight lenses back in for this pic.
Its still on the trailer and my dad and I are trying to get it started this weekend, I plan on posting some updates as I tinker with this thing and I also hope to learn more about them as I go. I'm not real sure if this kind of post fits in around here but I am real excited and I figured maybe some of you guys would get a kick out of it too.
Thanks,
Mike
Alright enough about me and my nonsense, onto the truck. I caught wind of a model A truck for sale while I was at a tractor show in New York 2 weeks ago and after awhile I tracked down the owner. I got talking to the guy and I have to admit I had my doubts since his asking price was fairly low compared to everything else I had seen. Thankfully he only lived a few miles away so we took a ride over to his place to check it out. After we got there he lead us down to where the truck was outside his barn, he said he bought it from someone locally who was going to junk it. Anyway he takes away the tarp and I see this.
Well I was overjoyed! I crawled around it for a little bit and we struck a deal. The next weekend we left home and 4 hours later it was on the trailer headed for home.
Upon getting it home I really looked over it and it almost appears that nothing has been done to this to alter or change it. It was built on January 18, 1929 and it was last registered in New York in 1951. The only major thing I noticed is that the starter must have gone some time before the truck was parked because it was started with a crank for years. Also who ever owned this must have had some trouble with the headlight switch because the switch at the bottom of the collum is gone and the lights are wired to a switch on the dash. I was amazed to find there was even remnants of the interior panels inside the cab.
And here is one last pic as it sits now, I put the headlight lenses back in for this pic.
Its still on the trailer and my dad and I are trying to get it started this weekend, I plan on posting some updates as I tinker with this thing and I also hope to learn more about them as I go. I'm not real sure if this kind of post fits in around here but I am real excited and I figured maybe some of you guys would get a kick out of it too.
Thanks,
Mike
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