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1929 Phaetons 1929 Phaeton owned by David S. Crocket of Easton, Pennsylvania, getting ready for the 2007 Halloween Parade in his hometown. Posted 2/5/08 1929 Phaeton owned by Matt Hinson from Wilmington, NC, who writes, "In 1996, I bought 1931 Briggs Town Sedan. When I first bought it, I had a very enlightening experience driving it home. It was about a 5 mile drive. It was starting to get dark. Most of the lights did not work, the brakes were barely existent, and the steering gear had a lot of loose play in it. I picked the car up and thankfully I made it home without hitting anything or getting hit. I soon began the work that made it safe to drive. In 2001, I decided to do a full frame off restoration. I could not bear the thought of not having a Model A to drive, so I began the search for another Model A to drive while I restored the Town Sedan. I ended up finding a 1930 Deluxe Coupe that had been restored by a member of my local AACA Chapter. After buying the coupe, I decided to freshen up the restoration and correct a few things that had not been restored up to my standards. About a year later, I realized that I had almost totally re-restored the Coupe and still had not done anything with the Town Sedan. I ended up selling the Town Sedan to a nice young couple in Virginia and my family was content with the Coupe for a while. My young daughter especially liked riding in the rumble seat. At 3 years old at that time, she was not tall enough to step onto the bumper step plate and then onto the fender step plate, she developed a technique of climbing onto the running board, grabbing the edge of the rumble seat opening, crawling up the fender, and climbing into the rumble seat. The first time she did this resulted in a slight scratch on the right rear fender. After a few times, I finally figured out that since the paint was not show car quality anyway, it really did not matter. The smile on my daughter's face was worth putting up with the scratched up paint. As luck would have it, finances eventually dictated that I divest myself of my antique car. I sold the coupe, used the money to pay off some high interest loans and soon thereafter, I began the search for my next antique automobile. I don't think my daughter ever really got over wanting another Model A, and I know that I had to have another one. As luck would have it, I reached the point in time that I was ready to buy another Model A. I had decided that I wanted a 1930 or 1931 Phaeton. I searched for a while but just could not seem to find the car that I wanted. After making an announcement at my local AACA meeting about what I was looking for, a new member told me of a guy who had a Model A Phaeton for sale locally. It turned out that it was a 1929, instead of a 1930 or 1931, but when I saw it, I decided that it was destined to be mine. A few days later, it was mine. This car was restored as a show car in 1989. It ended up being stored for over 15 years until I bought it. It was dirty. It needed some detailing and the engine needed to be repainted. The steering gear turned out to need to be rebuilt, but other than that, the car needed very little work to bring it back into show condition. My now 8 year old daughter and my 17 year old son both really like the Phaeton! " Posted 6/20/06 1929 Phaeton owned by Craig A. McAllister from Boise, Idaho, who writes, "After dropping out of the Model A hobby in 1985 to focus on raising children and making mortgage payments, an old Model A friend suggested in the fall of '04 that I take a look again at the old car market. After checking around, I found this phaeton only 2 miles from home! The car seems to be about a 30 year old restoration of a very low mileage machine. It had been stored quite a while and needed some 'freshening' to make it road worthy and reliable. Various friends and contacts in the Treasure Valley Model A Ford club have helped me learn what I never knew and relearn what I had forgotten about how to keep an 'A' on the road. A special thanks to Dave Anderson, Bert Colwel, Glen Clayton, Elvin Hightower, and Jack McDaniel. Half the fun owning an antique car is being around wonderful people like these folks. Being around this machine the past year has reopened an entire world for me. Model A Ford Forever." Posted 11/11/05 1929 Phaeton owned by All and Angie Collins of Maumelle Arkansas, who writes, "This photo was taken on Avery Island in Louisiana, the home of Tabasco. I purchased this car two years ago after getting the A bug again. My wife Angie and I truly enjoy driving our phaeton at every opportunity! Posted 2/12/05 1929 Phaeton owned by Tomas Jutebring of Stockholm Sweden. The car is a 28/29 and has been driven for two years now. There is still a lot of small improvements needed before a paint job. Thanks to everyone that helped with critical parts and information. Posted 6/10/02 1929 Phaeton owned by Bob & Margaret Land of Medford Oregon. Posted 8/28/02 1929 Phaeton owned by Lew Robeson of Cochiti Lake New Mexico. Here is a shot of Millie at the far side of the lake here at Cochiti Lake. The car is a 1929 Standard Phaeton and is driven on a regular schedule. Posted 5/1/03 1929 Roadsters 1929 Roadster owned by Andrew and JoAnn Jackman of Damascus, Oregon, who write: "Greetings. I thought you might enjoy this shot of our 1929 Roadster taken in the fall of 2007 during a drive to Brightman Oregon. I have owned the car since I was fifteen; I finished restoring it after 5 plus years of work. We drive it every time we have a chance." Posted 01/19/08 1929 Roadster owned by Mike and Una McLaughlin of the Beaver Chapter Oregon, who writes: "Picture features our Baby Susie vintage 1929 roadster and our grand daughter Malia vintage 2002. Both gorgeous and in peak condition, both run like a dream." Posted 7/11/07 1929 Roadster owned by David Brandt of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. David is a member of the Dakota Territories Model A Club. Posted 2/2/06 1929 Roadster owned by Paul and Penny Ruocchio of Raleigh, NC, who writes, "Here is a shot of our '29 Roadster. She was my first Model A, and as a newbie I got very lucky. I'm only the fourth owner, and the car has only 47,000 miles on her, and I'm responsible for 6,000 of those. She runs like a top, and I drive it every chance I get - I've been known to drive it to work when my modern car is sick. Posted 1/28/05 1929 Roadster owned by Doug Hallmark of Olla, Louisiana. Doug says "I have a 1929 Model A Roadster which I've been working on for about 5 years, (a little at a time) and it is 95% restored. I always look forward to receiving [the Restorer] magazine every 2 months and wish there were more of them. Updated 5/26/06 1929 Roadster owned by Bill Newland of Keller TX, a new MAFCA member. Mighty fine roadster, Bill. Thanks for sending in the photo. Posted 12/17/04 1929 Roadster Pickups 1929 Roadster Pickup - owned by David Block of Santa Cruz, California, who writes: "This is a 1929 Roadster Pickup that I built out of parts. It's a ground up restoration with a Model B engine. At first I built a speedster body for it. I got so much attention (people screaming at me in excitement when I would drive past them) that I thought I'd go a little more subdued. So built a Roadster. But after all that, I realized what I really like is the Roadster Pickup. so it became a roadster pickup." Posted 1/27/05 1929 Coupes 1929 Sport Coupe owned by Jack Smith of Saint Cloud, Florida, who writes, "Here is a picture of my 1929 Sport Coupe, "Old Yeller" pictured just as I purchased her in February of 2006. The former owner called her "Blanche" after the TV show GOLDEN GIRLS. Either way, she is a real joy to me. She is pretty much stock with the exception of hydraulic brakes and a five speed synchromesh transmission. A 30 or 40 mile jaunt in the country raises my spirits and lowers my blood pressure." 08/06/06 1929 Business Coupe owned by Steve DeBoer of Montebello NY, who writes, "This car has been in my family since 1963 and was given to me in 1970. I used the car to take the road test for my drivers license and drove the car throughout high school. It underwent a 30 month full restoration in 1997 and continues to bring enjoyment every time we drive it. I recently purchased another Model A for it to share the garage with, a 1929 Town Sedan that my son and I will restore together." Posted 05/06 1929 Coupe owned by Marty Benko of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. Marty writes, "Here's a picture of my 29 coupe that I've had for about 15 years. It's as Henry built it. I did a body off restoration ten years ago with the help of some friends in the Beaver Valley Chapter of MAFCA. I took out the rumble seat and fabricated a flat floor trunk! The car has taken 2nd place several times at local car shows. A coupe is what I always wanted and now I have one!" Posted 2/03 1929 Sport Coupe owned by Darryl Coe of Redwood City CA. Darryl bought this car recently to have a touring car while he finishes the restoration of a 1928-29 Roadster Pickup. Not too shabby, Darryl! Posted 3/05 1929 Special Coupe owned by Bonnie Gregori of Steilacoom, Washington. Picture supplied by Dick Burton. Bonnie's late husband Jack purchased the Coupe from a 75 year old Gentleman in Fairview, Oregon around 1995. This was Jack's 5th or 6th Restoration and his last one. Updated 1/30/05 1929 Sport Coupe owned by Hugh Smith of Hampton, Virginia. Wife Loukie has a 1928 Phaeton; they're a two "A" family. Posted 1/28/05 1929 Tudors 1929 Tudor Sedan owned by Peter Rines of Maine who writes, "Here are some pictures of my 1929 Model A Ford Tudor Sedan. I just got it on the road (March 2006) and it's almost done!" Posted 03/06 1929 Tudor Sedan owned by Kent Hazelwood of Stayton, Oregon, who writes, "Here are some pictures of my 1929 Model A Ford Tudor Sedan. I have owned it for the last 2 years and have completely rebuilt the power train and body. As with all Model A's, there are still a few things to do, but we enjoy evening drives, parades, and touring around the Willamette Valley. Pictures were taken in front of the historic Covered Bridge in Stayton, Oregon (Salem area). This is my second Model A. My first was my very first car purchased by my dad when I lived in Trenton, Michigan as a 16th birthday present. It too was completely redone." Updated 03/06 1929 Tudor Sedan owned by Paul Hohman of Paso Robles, California, who writes, "Here is a photo of our car, 1929 Tudor, birth date 5/20/29 in the Twin Cities Plant. We obtained the car in 1980 from the second owner who moved to California from Oregon. The first owner was in South Dakota. We restored it with the help of the Santa Barbara Club Members Ron Ryker and Aaron Machado. Color is Bonnie Gray and Chelsea Blue. It is stock. We drive it all we can. We are now in the Paso Robles Model A Club in California. We enjoy MAFCA events and CCRG events here also. I am currently President of the Paso Robles Club." Posted 06/05 1929 Tudor Sedan owned by Eddie Collins of Charleston, SC. The photo was taken near Walthourville, GA at a reconstructed early 20th century town owned by local, Danny Norman. The very unusual site is an annual gathering place for clubs in the Georgia, South Carolina and Florida area. Posted 7/04 1929 Tudor Sedan owned by Leo R. Lavigne of Brooklyn, CT. "Here is a picture of our first Model A. It is a 1929 Tudor Sedan that is now totally restored and enjoyed doing tours of the New England countryside. This Tudor was purchased from a member of the Little Rhody Model A Club in Rhode Island. A very dependable solid driver which has provided many enjoyable miles." Posted 10/5/03 1929 Tudor Sedan owned by Lance and Charlie Selkirk, of Lodi, CA. "My wife and I have always been interested in old cars. One day on our way home from Sacramento we spotted a man driving a Modal A Coupe along the frontage road, we followed him to his house and spent the next two hours talking about the different cars. He suggested we come to a club meeting (Tokay A's Lodi, Ca.) and see if we would like to join. We did and we did, a month later the club president, Noel Stetson called and said he got an e-mail from a person in the Bay Area who had a 1929 Tudor for sale. My wife and I along with Noel made the trip; we bought the car and are having the best time. We drive her everyday we can, people smile as we go by, come up to us and ask about her. As we drive around we say " give us a smile and we will give you an Ahooga". Posted 7/04 1929 Fordors 1929 Murray Fordor owned by David and Doreen Turpen of Battle Ground Washington, who writes: "Battle Ground is just north of Vancouver Washington USA. I bought the car about five years ago and am slowly getting it together. The car was stored for approimately 27 years before I purchased her. The painter used this car to show his apprentices how the dents and dings were taken out of the body with pounding out and then finishing with the lead fill as was done originally. All of the wood was replaced, the top was replaced, so it is like a new car. I had 1934 wheels on the car in the picture but don't know if I will keep them on or go back to original size." Posted 08/1/07 1929 Model 60-C Steelback owned by Joan & Lew Lewis of Laguna Hills, California, who writes: "Elliott" is my 1929 60C Fordor Steelback that I have been agonizing over for the last three years and completed January 2006. Elliott comes from Chicago and used to run booze for the the "Untouchables" - hence the name. This effort was a full ground up restoration, not to judging standards, but to the way I wanted it to create the tightest, most reliable touring "A" I would ever care to own and drive. All main parts (not accessories) are absolute stock. The main differences on this car are: added a 26% Mitchell OD, the steering is the modified Ford F-100 box, cast iron drums were installed, stainless steel bumpers, all glass is safety, 90% of all the assembly standard nuts, bolts and wood screws have been replaced with Stainless Steel Hardware except where Grade 8 bolts were used, all nails were replaced with Stainless flat head wood screws and the quantity used was doubled from what Henry used (there are about 1,000 screws in the sheet metal to wood), there is 150 pounds of high density, self adhesive sound-proof and thermal barrier racing insulation material in the top, all sides, front, back and even under the floorboards (boy, does that make it quiet inside), there are 12 tubes of polyurethane chimney and flashing flexible rubber sealing all around the body (makes it unbelievably tight - it will float) and all new and old wood joints were reassembled with "Gorilla" glue and screwed together with longer, heavier stainless screws for added stability. The car is still 6 Volt positive ground (there are some traditions I like) but he does have an alternator and eventually will be treated to a milled Snyder, 6.0:1 high compression head." Posted 01/22/06 1929 Briggs Town Sedan owned by Bill Mitchell Jr of California. "I purchased 'Tony' in October of 2004 and I am thoroughly enjoying this hobby. You can also see this "A" featured in The Restorer July-Aug 1961 issue and it has not changed much in the last 45 years as it has mostly been garaged. But now it often sees the Sunday morning California sun. I can not seem to find a picture of another '29 Briggs Town Sedan. 1929 was the first year for the Town Sedan, perhaps the first run was not very large! Would like to find out more about this model." Posted 01/06/06 1929 170-A Fordor owned by Dick & Sabina Burton of Tacoma Washington. "This car was purchased from Fletcher & Linda Morse from Oregon several years back. The car was born and raised in the Arizona/New Mexico area which helped in keeping the Sheet Metal in excellent condition, so I am told." Posted 1/28/05 1929 Murray Fordor Standard - owned by Dave Lopes of Simi Valley CA. This car is 100% original and has only 4100 miles on it. An outstanding car. Posted 1/31/05 1929 Leatherback Fordor owned by Jim and Valeri Brown, taken on on its very first outting. A nice foggy cold day. Posted 1/28/05 1929 Murray Fordor owned by Ed Firth, Culver City CA. Writes Steve Newton, "Ed is the President of the SCREENLAND A's . His sedan was purchased new in 1929, from a Ford dealership in Selma Oregon. The car was restored in 1980 by it's second & third owners, Gene Gilbert and John Firth of Grants Pass Oregon. The Murray Body sedan was given to Ed by his brotherJohn in 2004. Ed lives three blocks east of where the old Hal Roach Movie Studios and the famous Helms Bakery." Posted 1/8/05 1929 Commercial Vehicles - Light 1929 Pickup owned by Mike Hamper Sr. of Jefferson, Ohio, who writes, "I am sending a photo of my 1929 Closed Cab Pickup. I purchased it from original owner in Oct.1965. We raised -9- kids .....kept it the same with some little improvements - new top mat'l and -1- piece of wood (header) in 1967. Just cleaned it up last week after setting for -18 - years for a Diamond in the rough local Antique show. We got it running...just fine...all original....has some paint and striping visible." Posted 8/22/05 1929 Pickup owned by Richard Armendarez of Culver City CA. Steve Newton writes, "Richard is the Treasurer of the SCREENLAND A's. He purchased the truck from a family member years ago. After rebuilding all the mechanical on the truck, Richard's garage caught fire, luckily he had blocked the wheel with a brick, rather than setting the emergency brake,so when the fire started, he was able to move the brick and pull the truck by it's bumper, out of the burning garage, (lesson learned). Only the top material melted and the paint bubbled...Lucky !! Richard's backyard wall is sound stage 16 at the old Ince/Selznick Movie Studios, now called "THE CULVER STUDIOS". Posted 1/8/05 1929 Panel owned by Don Mims of Cumming, GA, who writes, "I found this panel advertised in Hemmings back in March 2002 and it was located in New Hampshire. In April my wife, grandson and I headed north to pick it up. When I saw it I knew that was what I had been looking for. The panel was in decent shape but needing attention. Some wood was rotten/missing from the rear door and the paint was years old and weathered. However, we drove it on the trailer and headed back to Georgia. After driving it around for a couple weeks I started a complete disassembly and restoration. Even to removing the sheet metal from all the wooden skeleton. In May 2003 it was completed to the stage shown in the photo sent you. We are now using this for our touring vehicle and have already driven it over 2000 miles. It is the most comfortable Model A I have driven. Of the 8 model A's I've owned it is so far the best one!" Posted 1/29/05 1929 150-A Station Wagon owned by Peter Noyes Mertztown, PA, who writes, "Growing up along the New England coast, station wagons were referred to as BEACH WAGONS and for some 50+ years I had a dream of owning one. Just a few years ago I was able to buy this one. The wood you see is all original - the vehicle was restored to the standard of the time outside of Springfield, Massachusetts in the early 1960's. All I've done to it beyond regular service is to install new Firestones on powder coated wheels and to buy new side curtains. This is one neat old chugger carrying a 12 11 28 firewall dating and early features common to only two other old woodies leading us to believe that all three could be from the first production batch of five built in December of '28." Posted 1/28/05 1929 Huckster owned by Mike Ryan of York, PA. Mike wrote in 2003:, "I would love to share before and after pictures of my 29 Huckster with the group. This was taken in October 2002 just before I had to put her away till next Spring when I'll have recovered from my back surgery and can once again work on it. Actually except for a week here and there and paint, she's road ready. I've taken her to a few 'retiree' breakfast with my buddies and it usually winds up as the subject for discussion. It started out life as a rusted chassis (A1732953) with a valid Pa. truck title and a picture in my mind of better things to come. I think it turned out Ok for my first project. Even impressed the wife!" Update: 2005: Truck is finally "finished" and Mike sent in a revised photo. Turned out pretty good, didn't it? Updated 2/4/05 1929 Commercial Vehicles - Heavy 1929 AA Flatbed Truck owned by Pete Myers of Tawas City, Michigan. who writes, "I totally restored the truck to enjoy driving with my family so I don't intend on showing it! It was originally a beer hauling truck from Whittemore, Michigan to Sagainaw and back and took me a number of years to restore. Finally, my middle son wanted to take it to prom in his senior year and helped me finish it. It was the talk of our rural community, I still have truckers blowiing their horns and people in yards waving. It's fun!!!!!" 04/14/08 1929 AA Platform Bed Truck owned by Dave Windecker of Waldwick New Jersey who writes, "My AA Platform Bed a 1929, but it may have been made around 3/30 as the wheels are stamped Budd Wheel Co. 3-30. I own a construction company and about 10 years ago, it was raining and I sent the guys home, and my brother and I went in office trailer to shoot the bull. We were discussing toys and I said he who dies with the most toys wins. He asked what other toys I would want? I said I always wanted an old truck to put the company name on and drive around. He asked if I was serious and I replied 'yes'. So he said 'let's go for a ride.' We got in my truck and went to Edgewater NJ a few miles away. He brought me to this old body shop that belonged to a guy who had a shop in Fort Lee NJ when I was growing up. There in the back of the shop sat the AA, it was driven in sometime in the early 60's, the key was still in the ignition. I said to my brother "isn't that the one we walked past everyday on the way to school." He said "exactly, you want to buy it?" Not even realizing what it would entail to to get it going, I said yes. The brother of the owner was still running the shop but about to retire and his brother already had. I asked how I could get a hold of his brother and he told me he only calls on Saturday morning. Then he told me "I think it's sold but make him an offer, since no one has picked it up." I made the first offer and waited. After a week went by I called and he told me to make a better offer, so I did. That next Saturday night the phone rang and an older gentleman asked if I was one of the Windecker kids that lived up the hill from the Fort Lee bodyshop and I said yes. He then said if he sold me the truck it would be kind of like keeping it in the family and I agreed. That following Monday morning I sent my brother and a few guys to pick it up. We tried to get it to crank over by hand but it was frozen so we tried soaking everything. We finally gave up and took it all apart, and the more we took apart the more we had to. Luckly, thru a friend, I met Butch Kletcha of Obsolete Auto Supply he had everything I needed and especially the knowledge. Now the truck runs and looks great and we drive it all the time." 10/9/07 1929 AA Dump Truck owned by Cliff Glidden, of Manteca, California who writes, "I've been a Member of the Modesto Area A's since 2005. I've been around old cars since I was a young kid in the 50's. The attached picture is of my 1929 Model AA Dump Truck with hand crank dump mechanism. I purchased it for $35 from the San Mateo Planing Mill Co. in 1959. I believe it was originally an Express Delivery and the lumber company converted it (ruffly) to a dump truck. I am the second owner! The engine number begins with AA and is original. It has two three speed transmissions, one behind the other, and the traditional worm-gear rear end. It was my high school transportation. My dad stored it for 35 years under the lean-to behind his barn in Volcano, California .. The left side of the photo is what it looked like after being removed from the lean-to. The right side shows what it looked like after a bunch of polish and elbow-grease was applied. Check out the quality of paint!! It was painted in 1960 by a commercial truck paint shop. There's NO WAY today's paints would hold up for 40 years outside!!!! Some history: when I was 16, three high school friends and I drove it from the San Francisco bay area to Yosemite, 15 hours! We parked it and left it for two weeks while we hiked the John Muir trail. When we came back it was still there (it was "rust tan" in those days and looked pretty ruff) and it started on the second crank! I have photos of it under the Hangmans Tree in Harden Flat, going thru the tunnel tree in Yosemite (now closed!), in the parking lot below Nevada Falls and coming down the original (mega steep, compound second gear) Priest Grade below Groveland. It's one neat old truck. Like so many Model A's it has a personality and a history just waiting to be told." 10/9/07 1929 Huckster owned by John R. Sawyer of Hammondsville, Ohio who writes, "I am attaching photos of my recently completed build of a '29 Ford delivery truck. It is a project my dad and I started in 1987 and due to health and work delays it has taken till now to finish. The truck was built on a '29 AA frame that sometime in the 40's was converted to a standard Model A running gear by a local garage. Seems the grocery store owner wanted a little faster vehicle for deliveries. It started out as a closed cab truck but my plan was for a totally wood body from the windshield back and my dad's talents as a cabinet maker are evident throughout this project. I have owned Model A's since I was 16, some 44 years, and this is by far my most involved endeavor with an "A" I sought out this particular frame because it would provide better strength for the presevation of the wood body, less flex and movement! The fact it had the "A" running gear has been a real plus. Hope you and other fellow hobbyists enjoy the pictures." Updated 4/27/06 1929 Others 1929 Lineup owned by Bill Brauch of Lebanon, CT. Bill writes, "Here is a shot for you. The yellow AR pickup is my girlfriend's truck. The tudor and coupe are mine, the green pickup was mine, but I sold it. Posted 1/27/05

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