Model A DISPLAY

This dude has is right;

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Print the proper version of the "New Car Instructions" sheet for your car on heavy stock paper and post it on the inside of your windshield (I add a replicated bill of sale for my car, delivered "as it stands" with all accessories, gas, oil, fifth tire and tube, delivery, taxes, etc., etc.) and enjoy the questions and conversations that ensue.
 
I generally display my original tool set on a felt board/framed, a description of the Model A history, price, engine, brakes, and such, and a few other items. I can provide you my sheet describing the Model A, if you want to email sailbruce@aol.com

The large display board is a car in Florida I see during FORDS AND FRIENDS each January.
Replica Tommy Guns are a lot of fun, too.
 

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I went to a few local small shows here in our local area last summer. Some of these shows do not allow any displays. Others will allow anything you may want.

During this last summer, I managed to get a few awards for my 29 huckster. But the only display is showing some pictures of the process I went through to restore it.
 
Boy am I glad I brought this subject up. Whew.....! :(:(:o:o

Seriously over the years it's been my observation that a lot of spectators don't know much about the cars they're looking at. So when they have a Sign on a Pedestal or Easel or whatever, they can and quite often do stop to view/read information about the car. I too, like to read about another guy's car.

But like I mentioned earlier, I was into Displays "Back in the Day" as they say. I feel a lot can be said for the way a Show Car is presented. It all goes to the owner's personal pride in his car. I've seen too many fellas with their lawn chairs sitting in back of their cars and not out there talking to those who came to see the "Show Cars". I personally prefer to see a display ............... Whew....!! Glad I got that off my chest.....:)

Look at it this way, showing off your Model A is nothing but an old fella's
:p:p:p:p "SHOW & TELL" :p:p:p:p​
 
'Look at it this way, showing off your Model A is nothing but an old fella's

:p:p:p:p "SHOW & TELL" :p:p:p:p'​

You are correct about this!​
 
I LOVE to get the history behind and around an old item. It adds a lot. Many people at a show really don't know anything about what they are looking at, a nice display or story w/pics can add depth for those who will inevitably ask "which came first, the A or the T"
 
I don't really "make" a display I have a set of old pot flares and a old fire extinguisher fastened on my side boards. Then in the cab just lay some old things out as if I just climbed out and left them in the truck. I do the same in the bed..... and old tool box with old carpenters tools or farriers tools the way it could have looked 80 yrs ago. I also hide the GPS and cell ruins the whole concept, still gotta say Dusty's would be a bigger draw!!!!!!
 
Now that's exactly what I'm talking about. It doesn't have to be a Hollywood Type of display. Just something that can help these young'ns understand and enjoy why we are in this Model A thing in the "first place". Oops, pardon the Pun......................:p
And you're right, definitely hide the GPS...LOL:p:D:):p

P.S. I love the look on that guys face in back of the cheerleaders. I think most of us can identify. Now "That's a Display" any Grandpa can be proud of.............:D


Clydes 31 P/U said:
I don't really "make" a display I have a set of old pot flares and a old fire extinguisher fastened on my side boards. Then in the cab just lay some old things out as if I just climbed out and left them in the truck. I do the same in the bed..... and old tool box with old carpenters tools or farriers tools the way it could have looked 80 yrs ago. I also hide the GPS and cell ruins the whole concept, still gotta say Dusty's would be a bigger draw!!!!!!
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bobpo said:
Now that's exactly what I'm talking about. It doesn't have to be a Hollywood Type of display. Just something that can help these young'ns understand and enjoy why we are in this Model A thing in the "first place". Oops, pardon the Pun......................:p
And you're right, definitely hide the GPS...LOL:p:D:):p

P.S. I love the look on that guys face in back of the cheerleaders. I think most of us can identify. Now "That's a Display" any Grandpa can be proud of.............:D
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Hey, that guy is me and my mind was was completely on the Model A. I was trying to checkout the fine lines on the fenders when these girls obstructed my view....REALLY

dusty
 
Some folks have very nice display boards, with facts about the car, original advertising media, bill of sale, magazine articles featuring the car, restoration photos, etc.

I like seeing fact-sheets about the vehicle and its history, particularly if the vehicle is something out of the ordinary...

That said, I don't care for displays / boards that make it difficult to see the car...

The other side is that it's a lot more stuff to lug around, and if you have a coupe or a roadster, space is already at a premium... :(

I keep meaning to do some display material for my '28 Special Coupe, and my '61 Rambler American convertible, and trick-out my '41 De Soto for driving during the Blackout (per a 1941 Popular Mechanics article) but I never seem to get around to it... :rolleyes:

The "time-out kiddo" dolls mostly seem to be limited to the hot-rod cruises around here...

Like many here, I feel the "best" display, is the vehicle operating under its own power, doing what it was built to do !

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I only put a small sign in the quarter wndow that says,

YES, YOU CAN TOUCH MY CAR.

AND IF YOU EVER "MADE OUT" IN A MODEL A, SIT IN IT, AND SEE IF YOU CAN REMEMBER HER NAME.
 
When I show my cars I always display the original tools and a placard in the windshield with information about the car, color, original price, engine, who restored it, me, etc.
 
I used to do shows but stopped when they started making owners pay to enter their cars in the show...the show making money off you, showing your car, to the paying public..... Absurd.

Also didn't like it when I turned my back for a few minutes and then saw a lady giving rides to her kids by sliding them down the front fenders of my car onto the running boards, with the copper rivets in the kids jeans leaving skid marks in my paint job..... Love driving the car and doing parades, but no more sitting in the hot sun trying to educate stupid people.
 
Mikeinnj said:
I used to do shows but stopped when they started making owners pay to enter their cars in the show...the show making money off you, showing your car, to the paying public..... Absurd.

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I used to think the same thing but then after seeing where the money goes to I changed my mind. Clubs need insurance to allow the public to see the cars, Clubs gain members and as such bring more of these cars back to life. Clubs can use the money to purchase the specialty tools needed to maintain the cars of their members. Charitable organizations use the money to help others, clubs donate monies as well. On and on it goes.
 
when i finish my tudor, I hope to have a large poster display of the before and after with some old worn parts and some ford era "assesorys" on display.
 
Mike V. Florida said:
I used to think the same thing but then after seeing where the money goes to I changed my mind. Clubs need insurance to allow the public to see the cars, Clubs gain members and as such bring more of these cars back to life. Clubs can use the money to purchase the specialty tools needed to maintain the cars of their members. Charitable organizations use the money to help others, clubs donate monies as well. On and on it goes.
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I completely agree, it seems at least a good part of the money does go to some kind of charity and it is the most fun I can have for $10.00

Having said that if I had a $150.00 I know a way to have much more fun but that's another story:rolleyes:
 
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