Marshall V. Daut
Well-known member
"Most if not all Canadian Comments on this site are only laughed at anyway ..."
Not true at all. In Model A terms, there are so many deviations from USA production and oddities seen only on Canadian-built Model A's that it upsets our pat little world of memorized facts, figures and FoMoCo consistencies. "Don't confuse me with the facts! My mind is made up!" Sometimes it seems that Canadian Model A's are a whole 'nother animal that we have to learn about all over again!
Because the vast majority of Model A's were built for USA consumption - and that's what most of us own these days - comments and replies to posted questions tend to consider those Model A's first, secondarily non-USA production. If Canadian and other foreign-produced Model A's seem to take a backseat with this particular website crowd, it's a numbers thing, not a personal slight or international thing.
In terms of international "things", I doubt that in the history of the world, any two countries in such close proximity to each other have had a better relationship than between Canada and the USA, with the possible exception of some touchy incidents during colonial times and the early 1800's when BOTH countries' feathers got ruffled over mice nuts incidents, e.g., the 1850 "Pig War". The rest of the perennially at-war-with-your-neighbor world must marvel over the continued close ties our two countries have shared for a couple hundred years now - and counting. Our relations with that other country south of us should be so good!!!
Marshall
Not true at all. In Model A terms, there are so many deviations from USA production and oddities seen only on Canadian-built Model A's that it upsets our pat little world of memorized facts, figures and FoMoCo consistencies. "Don't confuse me with the facts! My mind is made up!" Sometimes it seems that Canadian Model A's are a whole 'nother animal that we have to learn about all over again!
Because the vast majority of Model A's were built for USA consumption - and that's what most of us own these days - comments and replies to posted questions tend to consider those Model A's first, secondarily non-USA production. If Canadian and other foreign-produced Model A's seem to take a backseat with this particular website crowd, it's a numbers thing, not a personal slight or international thing.In terms of international "things", I doubt that in the history of the world, any two countries in such close proximity to each other have had a better relationship than between Canada and the USA, with the possible exception of some touchy incidents during colonial times and the early 1800's when BOTH countries' feathers got ruffled over mice nuts incidents, e.g., the 1850 "Pig War". The rest of the perennially at-war-with-your-neighbor world must marvel over the continued close ties our two countries have shared for a couple hundred years now - and counting. Our relations with that other country south of us should be so good!!!
Marshall
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