New Guy/Old Guy

CarlLaFong

CarlLaFong

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New here, but an old guy. I ate the side of a cliff on my bike a week and a half ago. Clear judgment and the pleading of my wife made me decide 55 years was a good run, but time to hang up the helmet and leathers. Now what??? I am a tinkerer and a grease monkey. Happiest when I'm on a creeper or standing at the lathe. I sold my T about 10 years ago. Miss it, but don't miss the impracticality of it. I had a 30 coupe, but sold it in 72. So, I think another A is the fix that a car junky, like me, needs. Once I'm out of the cast and leg brace, the search will begin. I'll be looking for a rumble seat coupe or a Tudor. Something south of 10K. It will be a daily driver, so blemishes are to be expected. No SBC or 4 links. Biggest upgrade would be a head, cam, carb.............and brakes
 
Where is Sunny SoCal? Is it close to San Diego, or maybe Bakersfield or Ventura? There are a large number of clubs in the Southern California area. You should be able to locate them on modelaford.org or mafca.com. Drop each one a line and ask is they would put a "Wanted" ad in their monthly newsletter. Also ask if you can get on distribution for their newsletter so you can check the "For Sale" ads. If they use electronic distribution it doesn't cost them anything and probably wouldn't cost you anything. You might want to add your email to your profile and watch for PM's coming through.

Charlie Stephens
 
Carl I understand what you're going through how was in a bad one and 95 but I still rolled right up until the last couple of years I think the thing that bothers me most is inattentiveness of other drivers. Just because we don't twist that WIC anymore does not mean we have to quit Motorsports I suppose I will be doing something until the day I die and hopefully I do hope I died doing what I love. You found a great bunch of people and more than helpful on this website so get out of that cast of get to looking

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He's a railroad man and gets up very early in the morning"

"He's a chump"

I'm in LA, more specifically, Santa Clarita. I'm still house bound, so I will not be looking seriously until I am fit. I will certainly join a club. I was in the MTFCA, mother chapter in the San Fernando Valley and it was fun and the members were a great help to me. Wifey enjoyed it as well. I liked the bike, heck, I've always loved two wheels since my first Cushman. She never had the passion, so she rarely rode with me, thank God. Plus, the last bike scared her, for good reason I suppose. It was a Boss Hoss, a contraption with a 385 horse, ZZ4 Chevy engine. Two speeds....... fast and stupid fast.
 
The Orange County chapter is an active club with fun people. I was a member for 37 years. We moved away because of the traffic and congestion, and now live in the Northern California foothills. We belong to the Hangtown As chapter
in Placerville. It's another great club with fun tours, mostly on two lane mountain roads with very little traffic, and interesting places to visit. GET OUT OF THE RAT RACE.
 
Definitely not a blue ribbon guy, but I'm also not a butcher. I just want a nice 90% stock A Bone to fool around with and have some fun. I had forgotten about the FAST group. If and when I find a car, I will contact them.
In the very early 60s, when I caught the old car bug, the San Fernando Valley was awash in old cars. Model "A"s were so common, I rarely gave them a second look. My friend and I would hop on our bicycles and go car hunting, looking over fences and peeking between fence boards. At one point, I knew where there were five, 1925 Buicks in a one mile radius. We found Franklins, a Cord, all sorts of MoPars, Studes, a big early teens ALCO truck, Hudsons, Essexes, old motorcycles, scooters. I wish I had taken pictures and wrote it all down. We had Valley Obsolete in North Hollywood and Tiny Snell's in Glendale. Benz Auto Wrecking specialized in "A"s. Rampant growth and a radical shift in the demographics of my old neighborhood wiped out most of the old cars. Yet, they are still out there. Not in the abundance of my youth, but still there. I always thought the best job a car nut could have was a meter reader.
 
CarlLaFong said:
He's a railroad man and gets up very early in the morning"

"He's a chump"

I'm in LA, more specifically, Santa Clarita. I'm still house bound, so I will not be looking seriously until I am fit. I will certainly join a club. I was in the MTFCA, mother chapter in the San Fernando Valley and it was fun and the members were a great help to me. Wifey enjoyed it as well. I liked the bike, heck, I've always loved two wheels since my first Cushman. She never had the passion, so she rarely rode with me, thank God. Plus, the last bike scared her, for good reason I suppose. It was a Boss Hoss, a contraption with a 385 horse, ZZ4 Chevy engine. Two speeds....... fast and stupid fast.
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There is a pretty good sized Model A club in the San Fernando Valley. Might try to contact them by looking up in MAFCA or MARC directories.

Ken
 
Gave up my harley (bad back) after almost fifty years in the saddle.
Always wanted a Model A...should have got it years ago.
You've made a wise decision
Drove it 100 miles yesterday...could not have done that on my bike.
And like a Harley, A's always have something to wrench on...fun, fun, fun
 
I hear ya. 55 years of fun and memories. I'm happiest, covered with grease and a few bandaids. I still have my 47 Whizzer, so two wheeled fun can continue at 30 mph
 
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