The best thing about those years of the double cab, they have roll down windows in the doors!
Most Numerous Surviving Antique Car
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The best thing about those years of the double cab, they have roll down windows in the doors!
Hard to say, I'm sure there are lots of cars with higher survival rates. But the Duesenberg Model J is up there with about 78% of them being known to survive.
Model T's and A's wouldn't even register on the survival chart.
BlueSunoco
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In Australia, there were 300 1971 Ford Falcon GTHO Phase III's built, and today there are 3615 still around, so a survival rate of 1205%. Not a bad effort.
Dave THAT is too funny
A Chevy guy once told me there are more 409 '62 SS Impalas running around than Chevrolet ever built new! I can believe both statements!
Gene F
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I'd like one too. When ya find one get ready to pay! $
Y-Blockhead
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Dave THAT is too funny
A Chevy guy once told me there are more 409 '62 SS Impalas running around than Chevrolet ever built new! I can believe both statements!
There are more "Deluxe" Model A's running around today than were ever built also!
BlueSunoco
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dave in australia
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Agree, and I am guilty of that. I have seven A's in varying states of restoration, but only one registered and on the road.
Clem Clement
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Bobby,
Good hearing from ya.
The answer to yur Q is the 1922 GADunk. One was made and is still sit stuck a junkyard.
( " when you turn left the car says GADUNK, as the wheel hits the inner fender. Nobody never has ever turned it righto !!
Clem
Good hearing from ya.
The answer to yur Q is the 1922 GADunk. One was made and is still sit stuck a junkyard.
( " when you turn left the car says GADUNK, as the wheel hits the inner fender. Nobody never has ever turned it righto !!
Clem
Tom, very few chevys in those yrs today- due to wood rot. I have a 31 roadster and it outsold ford, but very few left.
regarding bugs, my brother has a 53 Zwitter. pretty rare and ridiculously expensive. His is a convertible. Many mech parts interchanged with the Porsche at that time.
regarding bugs, my brother has a 53 Zwitter. pretty rare and ridiculously expensive. His is a convertible. Many mech parts interchanged with the Porsche at that time.
AzBob
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X2. Chevys of the Model A era were absolutely loaded with wood from stem to stern. I owned a 1928 Chevy coach back in the late 1960’s. Even back then, the body was falling apart.
ModelA29
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When I was in 8th grade (1963) I came home and told my dad I had swapped my 1/4 midget for a 1928 Dodge. He told me I should look for a Model A because of wood problems with other cars. His mom had a new 29 Chevy and it rotted away after a few MI winters. Once he looked at the Dodge he noticed there was no wood so the swap was made.
https://www.hemmings.com/stories/it...mportant-car-in-the-history-of-coachbuilding/
Brad in Germany
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My VW Beetle identifies as a Ford Model A......so the numbers are skewed a bit:
But my wife's Model A Coupe identifies as a VW Beetle so I think the numbers are actually balanced:
....but my daughter's Jeep identifies as a Ford Model A also (note the 1929 Ford Model AA style commercial wheels), so the Ford Model A obviously has the most surviving vehicles..........right?
Brad in Maryland (with some identity concerns)
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But my wife's Model A Coupe identifies as a VW Beetle so I think the numbers are actually balanced:
....but my daughter's Jeep identifies as a Ford Model A also (note the 1929 Ford Model AA style commercial wheels), so the Ford Model A obviously has the most surviving vehicles..........right?
Brad in Maryland (with some identity concerns)
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