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34fordy
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Ha Ha! The reason I buy a 100 year old car is that owning, driving, viewing and fondling it improves MY attitude greatly! LOL
I like the way you'd stated this and couldn't agree with you more.
1942deluxe
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Another thing is you can't drive them 100,000 miles without maintenance, but most of it you can do yourself. I was in the Ford business 30 years and by the end the technology made me want to puke. My stress reliever was to drive one of my old Fords. You have to be fully engaged to drive our old Fords, and I find that enjoyable. I think if I sold any of my cars, I'd want the buyer to drive it 15-20 miles first. They'll either love it or hate it after that drive. There is a surprising amount of people that think they will drive like a modern car...not going to happen.
Seth Swoboda
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One of the reasons I love to drive pre-war Fords is that they don't drive and operate like a new car.
ThirstyThirty
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watched the youtube vid posted up other day on Henry's transition from A Models to the B V8 Model's engine. not my first time to watch it. a trip to visit Edsel's home there on the big lake, Lake St Clair, was included in our Model A club's trip to Dearborn. His transitional efforts/designs... A to B... '31 to '32 Fords was so nice! I know I am not stating anything new, but the 'tube vid brought it all to light, once again as it showed the product line, production line and V8 engine line. There was one view of the 1932 V8 Ford Roadster that clearly defined the reason that car in particular still holds so much appeal and appreciation even today. I stopped the vid there and let it all 'soak' in...
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