Model A as Daily Driver?

Model A are not crash friendly. I would only go on roads that have speed limits that the Model A can attain. Lessens the chance of someone going faster than you are and plowing into the back of you.
 
Hey Ned, I do remember your '29 tooling around Columbus, but things have changed. Columbus is now the second largest city in GA, and trying to copy the 7/24 Rush Hour of Atlanta. You would not believe Ft. Benning if you have not visited recently. Drive the A, but stay off the freeways, Speed limits - 65 MPH, but 75-80 is most of the traffic flow...
 
you don't say where you are from, like a lot of posters. we can't give good advice. If you are country you will be fine. City? not so much. Safety? surely you are joking. Survive head on with SUV surely another joke. My own opinion, and I love my A more than any car I own.
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I agree with tbird on the safety issue- if that is of concern, enough reason to not make it a daily car. 45 mph head on, you are pretty much dead meat among the splinters and tin.................
 
My opinion on this is to each their own, but for me given my model A looks like an Amish buggy, it's not easily seem. With that, I avoid driving her at busy hours and at low light...
 
While in College in the late 1960's, early 1970's...I used my 1933 Chev as my only car for driving.

The location was Massachusetts (still the worse drivers in the USA). I used a top speed of 45 MPH and drove on all roads with no problems.

The only time I went faster than 45 MPH was when I raced a Model A on 128 one night. I won...

Marc
 
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I drive mine every chance I get which turns it into a daily driver for most of the year.
With that said, it is not on any freeways.
I believe that a well maintained Model A would be up to the task, but the difference in a good car and a well maintained car is huge.
Steering, brakes, lights, seatbelts, turn signals and a well tuned engine would all be required, not just a good idea.
It would make all of your driving more fun,,, in my opinion.
 
From 1980-1982 the submarine I was stationed on was in overhaul at Bremerton Naval Shipyard, in Washington. My current Model A (1930 Deluxe Coupe) was my daily driver, including in the snow (infrequent, thankfully; made up a set of chains from an old set I still had from my 1969 Cadillac). Never had a problem, including for the three months preceding the overhaul when the boat was at Bangor – considerably further from home than the shipyard - before entering the yards.

There are any number of reasons to use a Model A as your daily driver, among which are that (in my experience, anyway) it’s enjoyable, builds up your confidence in your vehicle, and other drivers will cut you a certain amount of slack (as in “motoring” up the hill to East Bremerton after having been stopped at a stop light).

And using your Model A as a daily driver has other benefits. As chief engineer I was allowed to park on the pier, next to the boat. One evening I came out to find a note tucked under my windshield wiper stating that the individual had an old Model A engine he was no longer using (as a log splitter) and if I wanted it it was mine. Turns out the “engine” consisted of the engine, transmission and everything else (starter, generator, etc.) I still have it as a backup to my regular engine.

But, as alluded to above, successful use of a Model A – whether for daily driving or for the occasional tour or trip to the market – is a direct function of your defensive driving skills. You ride in other cars; you have to actually drive a Model A.

Go for it.
 
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