Recent content by Cornishman

About 18 months ago they reduced the speed limit on all my main roads in France to 80 kmh, 50 mph. For the first time I could exceed the national speed limit in my A. At about the same time I was going through the process to exchange my British driving licence for a French permis de conduire...

A lovely car, they are a fairly common sight around here if course but every time I think about getting a friend for my Model A that’s what is at the top of the list. I know your home area really well, I spent literally half my life in Germany mainly around Heinsberg.

I live in rural France, a world away from the America I see on television. Being English I still find it strange that the police here carry guns, that is something you never saw when I lived on the other side of the Channel. I must point out that when I have visited the USA I found the people...

I was on my way to a car meet yesterday evening when I was pulled over by the Gendarmes. I got out of the car with all my documents but he said , no, you don’t need those, this is personal. He only wanted to get a better look at the Model A.

Model As were made in France too.

L’Opéra de Paris, 1930.

If you want seat belts and safety equipment buy a modern car. It’s much safer to drive a Model A without seat belts knowing that you are vulnerable than to drive with Mickey Mouse seatbelts thinking that you are secure. Luckily people are able to make their own choices but please don’t try to...

That’s a great idea, I might wear my full face motorcycle helmet in my A, that would provide much more crash protection than any seat belt.

I really suggest that you watch some slow motion film of a frontal impact. A driver or passenger in a Model A is going to suffer serious head injuries whatever their head makes contact with and make contact it will belt or no belt. A Model A or any other older car just doesn’t have the inbuilt...

I turn the fuel off after I’ve switched off the ignition to stop the engine. It’s part of my shutdown routine, nothing deeper.

There’s a lot of hot air being spouted. My real concern is that some people believe that fitting seatbelts can only be good and expect them to act like the combined safety features of modern cars. That will never happen. As I keep on saying I am totally against belting myself into a Model A...

It sounds as though your pricing was wrong. Items for sale are only worth what buyers are prepared to pay. As every person who looked at your parts thought that they were overprice that suggests that you were out of touch with the market.

I did nothing different. The first photos were taken on a DSLR the second lot on an iPhone.

I know, some people can only see it their way.

It’s a personal decision but I would never consider wearing an after market seatbelt in a Model A or any other old car with a separate chassis and body. At best wearing seat belts in a Model A gives the driver a false sense of security; me, I much prefer to drive without, with the knowledge that...