Women Drivers!

This has been a warm and fuzzy thread i read all of them sorry to break the chain but i let my wife of 30 years drive my 51 after i hit the dash and was able to stop the bleeding i finish the the drive, this was the only time she drove, The scaring has gone down and she rides with me always so maybe i get brave and once more try again with a portable air bag :)
 
PRICELESS ! picture Brad...I have a shot of my daughter when she was 4 in the rumble seat . Don't know about her behind the drivers seat yet... Toooooo many speeding tickets... thats a 23 year old for ya.:>(
 
Re: Both women in our Family drive the A's.

Brad in Germany said:
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Fordially,
Brad in Germany
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What a great picture this is!

I noticed you have those European turn signals that swing up and out. Is that something you added? And do the antique cars need to add them to be driven in Germany?
 
Re: Both women in our Family drive the A's.

Tom Wesenberg said:
What a great picture this is!

I noticed you have those European turn signals that swing up and out. Is that something you added? And do the antique cars need to add them to be driven in Germany?
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I was about to comment on the same thing!


 
Re: Both women in our Family drive the A's.

Elrod said:
I was about to comment on the same thing!
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Tom and Elrod,

I have started a new thread explaining about the trafficator turn signals on my car.

They are originals from the Model A era and were required back then on all road vehicles (in a lot of other European countries as well).

Fordially,
Brad in Germany
 
Elrod,

If you're looking for them on German eBay, they are called "Winkers" in German.

The Ford script ones are ultra scarce. The Ford script is embossed or pressed into (raised) on the lenses. But you can simply paint (or better, silk screen) a Ford script on the lense and it will look exactly the same if you don't know the difference and can't find original Ford script ones.

Fordially,
Brad in Germany
 
My wife Andrea can drive my A's but doesn't seem to love driving them like I do. She feels that she lacks control when she drives them. I suspect she just needs driving time to become more confident with things. Like many drivers used to only moderns she tends to overdrive the brakes and lights of the Model A. As for double declutching forget it! . Fortunately she is reasonable at timing upshifts so it is not necessaryto double declutch and she avoids downshifts . However to give her credit she does drive it from time to time (generally when I feel I have socialised to much to drive safely). However she refuses to even attempt the 1910 Hupmobile-which I'm secretly glad about as even I find it sometimes tricky!
 
Re: Both women in our Family drive the A's.

Tom Wesenberg said:
Very nice picture! The last time I saw your daughter pictured she was driving an engine down the sidewalk. :)
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Two "Heart breakers" on the loose, young men beware! The look on both their faces is priceless, a great picture.
 
Model T Monte,
We traveled to Norman and the Oklahoma City area. We had a great time. My grandma drove the coupe about 150 miles. I started to feel dehidrated and wanted to get to the hotel, so she sped up passed all the other A's doing about 65! She did a great job at driving and I would hope everyone else here would let their passengers drive the cars. It's a great way to get them envolved.
 
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