Showing posts with label Model A. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Model A. Show all posts
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Sunday, May 29, 2011
three dozen reasons to know you'll like looking through Go Away Garage blogspot
Above a WW2 Crosley 3 wheeler
Gas in the spark plugs... wow, that was a long time ago
I think the above is the supercharged straight eight
not good to see your back wheel pass you by
Stutz Blackhawk at Ormand Beach
Steam powered lawn mowers.... your neighbors would freak out.

Great old vintage bike stand
They said it's photoshopped, but I don't care
Ner a car
They look like they are bolted to a bar under the bikes, probably a carnival ride


Above is a Willys or Graham I think
I like the van without the headlights, nice custom bodywork look
Private Hawaiian plantation tourist trainride
I'd never heard before that Oral Roberts (televangelist) had bought a Futurliner... huh
That helmet is terrific
I know I have forgotten what I used to know about the above dragster.
1906 Stanley Steamer set the land speed record for steam powered cars at Ormand Beach, and that 126 mph record still stands. Steam was obsolete so quickly after Stanley and Doble perfected its use in cars, that no one even tried o break their record
Way cool Triumph gas tanks stringed art. I doubt it plays, but it does look incredible



Vespa in the back of a Citreon 2cv... awesomesee these and a whole lot more at http://goawaygarage.blogspot.com/ but don't look while at work, there is a lot of hardwood floors and tatays
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Worlds largest Model A museum opens this summer
all-new Model A Ford Museum, proposed as a 12,000-square-foot re-creation of a vintage Ford dealership, is slated to open this summer on the Gilmore Car Museum campus.
When completed, it will become the world's largest public museum dedicated solely to the Model A Ford.
Built on 90 acres of farm land midway between Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, Battle Creek, and Lansing, MI, the site includes eight historic barns, a re-created 1930s service station, a small town train station, and nearly three miles of paved roads. It isn’t uncommon for guest to catch a glimpse of one of the vintage cars or the authentic London double-decker bus in motion. Besides its own collection, the ever-expanding campus also serves as the home of the Classic Car Club of America Museum; the Pierce-Arrow Museum; the Franklin Collection at Hickory Corners; as well as the Midwest Miniatures Museum and the Tucker Historical Collection and Library.
read about it here http://www.marque1.com/marque1/2010/11/worlds-largest-model-a-museum-opens-next-summer.html
When completed, it will become the world's largest public museum dedicated solely to the Model A Ford.
Built on 90 acres of farm land midway between Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, Battle Creek, and Lansing, MI, the site includes eight historic barns, a re-created 1930s service station, a small town train station, and nearly three miles of paved roads. It isn’t uncommon for guest to catch a glimpse of one of the vintage cars or the authentic London double-decker bus in motion. Besides its own collection, the ever-expanding campus also serves as the home of the Classic Car Club of America Museum; the Pierce-Arrow Museum; the Franklin Collection at Hickory Corners; as well as the Midwest Miniatures Museum and the Tucker Historical Collection and Library.
read about it here http://www.marque1.com/marque1/2010/11/worlds-largest-model-a-museum-opens-next-summer.html
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Monday, December 27, 2010
two USPS (post office) mail carriers that weren't stopped by high water in the swamp


for more postal carrier vehicles, the variety was astounding! http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/12/postal-delivery-vehicles-from-vespa-to.html Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Model A trivia; Two different fordor bodies, one made by Murray, one made by Briggs
Close... Murray and Briggs did build fordor sedans for ford for 28-31. The bodies were almost identical between the makers with few exceptions for the cages around the body nuts and minor things like that. The biggest and most visible difference is the top of the arches for the windows on the doors. One had an arch, the other was flat across the top.
The doors are about the only thing that's not interchangeable between the two. In April 31', the fordor dropped the visor, and had a slightly slanted front windshield and A pillars as you mentioned. This was just a design change with Murray and Briggs continuing to make this body style.
The slant window fordors also have the arched window for both makers, making it harder to tell who made the body. The slant windshield fordors are more desirable since there is considerably less wood. These cars have a metal structure, where the 28- early 31's had a wood substructure.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3464045
For everything you want to know about Model A's: http://scootermcrad.blogspot.com/2009/03/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about.html
The doors are about the only thing that's not interchangeable between the two. In April 31', the fordor dropped the visor, and had a slightly slanted front windshield and A pillars as you mentioned. This was just a design change with Murray and Briggs continuing to make this body style.
The slant window fordors also have the arched window for both makers, making it harder to tell who made the body. The slant windshield fordors are more desirable since there is considerably less wood. These cars have a metal structure, where the 28- early 31's had a wood substructure.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3464045
For everything you want to know about Model A's: http://scootermcrad.blogspot.com/2009/03/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about.html
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