peters180a/170b
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A.A.C.A Vermont Meet Continued...
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Jim Parker Toronto
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Nice pictures, thanks for sharing.......
BRENT in 10-uh-C
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kartknut36
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when and where was it held?
peters180a/170b
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May 21 ,2011 ...you missed it. Stowe ,Vermont at the Mountain lodge ..I pulled in 12:20 Saturday morning and asked for a room.. Suites left only..$500.00 per nite... Down from their normal rate of $850.00 and ski season $1,150.00 .....think i'll book it all winter....
BRENT in 10-uh-C
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I also heard the same in that a bowl of Oatmeal with a cup of coffee was nearly $18.00 w/ taxes. I was also told that spectator parking was $10.00. BTW, how much did ya'll have to pay for the rain??
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peters180a/170b
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HELL NO !! Went with my car buddy friend Charlie...For that price we slept in the truck for the 6 hours. Washed up in the ski lodge ,,,the burgers were $6.50 [down from $8.50] and a can of coke $2.00......A hot dog was $4.50.... And the club charged $4.00 for a copy of car owners at the show.... Sending my reg. for Macungie P.A. tomorrow..Mitch...
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Roadster62
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WOW! At those rates how many cars turned out? What was the split on Pre WWII vs all the late model stuff? Are the 1986 Whatchmacallit owners the new AACA High Rollers?
eystein
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Brent
The photos on your site are really good. Very nice to see step by step photo stories. However I have seen all of them by now
As you are doing restorations all the time, when will you post some more restoration galleries on your page ?
Really looking forward ...
BRENT in 10-uh-C
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Those website pictures are of cars that we restored at least a year ago. Yes, we are working all the time on new projects however there is a two-fold problem with updating the website with new material. It would cost me about $1,000 to get my 'web guy' to change out those pix with newer ones, .......AND the bigger problem is we are doing (--or just finished) several other marques of vehicles right now that just doesn't really fit into the Ford Model A "theme". We recently finished a 1952 Cadillac and a 1964.5 Mustang Conv, ...and we are currently working on a 1969 Z-28 Camaro, a 1905 Cadillac, and a 1926 Model T Sedan. Not to worry though as we are also currently doing frame-offs on a '28 Sport Coupe, '28 Phaeton, a '29 Leatherback, a '30 R/PU, a '30 AA, and a '31 Roadster, plus typical service work & repair work that really just doesn't photograph too well.
Below are a few pix of the "step children" that have been in our foster home..
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Roadster62
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My guess is that the 1905 Caddy was a lot more fun to do than the 1952, and finished they are worth about the same on a good day. Did the '52 restoration have about double the hours that the 1905 had?
BRENT in 10-uh-C
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While the '05 Cad is not finished yet, it definitely is more challenging in that we, or James Rogers is having to make quite a bit of stuff for it. As far as hours go, the '52 is probably way less $$ because of the parts availability issue with the '05. The parts for the '52 were expensive when compared to a Model A but most of them are available. For example, a correct Jenkins interior kit for the '52 is over $13,000.00 (!!) plus installation! The '05 has a wood-veneered body that required us to do some work however the size of it is much less than the '52. The '52 body was much better but there is a lot of surface area on that monster.
Below are a few more pictures of the progress and some showing some pins and even the wheel bearings that fellow Fordbarner James Rogers made for this thing.
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BRENT in 10-uh-C
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Thanks for the tip. I am on Facebook and since I have my own business website, I just post them there since many of my potential clients do not search F/B when they are seeking services. As far as posting pictures, many of us learned from the old Fordbarn & Ahooga that it is really better to upload any pictures here to avoid broken links later on during archive searches.
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BRENT in 10-uh-C
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Oh, and I received a couple of PM asking to show current pictures of what we are working on right now. Below are a few more of our current projects.
I appreciate the comments above and I truly hope the day never comes that I don't take for granted what I do to earn a living. God has given me a job that I truly love where it really isn't "work". I wish each & everyone of you can find some occupation in life where you can thoroughly enjoy what you do and look forward to coming to "work" each day!
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I appreciate the comments above and I truly hope the day never comes that I don't take for granted what I do to earn a living. God has given me a job that I truly love where it really isn't "work". I wish each & everyone of you can find some occupation in life where you can thoroughly enjoy what you do and look forward to coming to "work" each day!
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