The other model A

Steve Wastler

Steve Wastler

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Sorry, taking breaks from paperwork. Seal cove auto Museum in Maine. If you've never been, It a great museum. Known as Payne in Maine the collection is not as large as it used to be, but still worth seeing if you're ever near Mount Desert Island...
 
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1903 Ford model A, to be exact. Remember most everyone on this forum is driving the "second generation" or 2.0 version of the model A.
 
Quite right gentlemen, Is a very nice UNRESTORED 1903 Ford and you can't (IMO) get much better. Pictures just don't cut it... Two more unrestored Fords same collection:
 
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After Henry Ford left The Henry Ford Company, Henry Leland took over and it was changed to Cadillac. This in turn leads to one of my favorite photos (years later), the one where Henry and Edsal are buying Lincoln from Henry and Wilfred Leland. The look on the face of Wilfred Leland is just absolutly priceless to me. Talk about not wanting to be in the room and doing something you did not want to do.
 
How tall was Henry Leland? I know in the pics you mention, he towers over everyone! Henry Ford was 5-9 so I figured Leland to be around 6-3 maybe 6-4.

I forget which book I read it in, but the events that unfolded after the sale are quite interesting. Things like Sorensen going over to the Lincoln Plant and shaking things up. Wilfred Leland almost getting roughed up by Harry Bennett's men, etc etc.
 
Steve Wastler said:
Sorry, taking breaks from paperwork. Seal cove auto Museum in Maine. If you've never been, It a great museum. Known as Payne in Maine the collection is not as large as it used to be, but still worth seeing if you're ever near Mount Desert Island...
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"Seal Cove Auto Museum" really brings back good memories. In the late 60's I was in high school (and was already an "A" driver). My parents and I chanced upon this museum during a New England vacation. It was a decidedly low-key operation, and we found ourselves followed around by Dick Payne himself. Perhaps he detected a kindred spirit (or perhaps it was a slow day)... in any event, we had free run of the place (touch... sit... etc.) Finally, we all piled into a mid-20's dual cowl Lincoln phaeton and Mr. Payne tore around the back roads of Mt. Desert Island at high speeds until we arrived at his storage facility, where he kept the "rest" of his collection. Wow. Unrestored Bugattis, Bentleys, etc., etc., and again, free rein for a gearhead teen.

A day to remember, with one h*** of a Lincoln ride back at the end of it.
 
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