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11-28-2013, 11:27 AM | #1 |
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Model A era hard to find Ford items...
I can name two very hard to find Model A era Ford items that are very hard to find.
First was the Ford Flour sack which contained flour which was produced at the Ford Flour mill in Dearborn. It was a 5 pound sack. The second was a 3-record set which was made for the Ford Motor Company to help salesmen sell the Model A Ford. These two items, I doubt, will ever be found. Any others? Happy Thanksgiving. Pluck |
11-29-2013, 12:50 AM | #2 |
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I have a leather winterfront for a 30-31 Model A that must be hard but not impossible to find.
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11-29-2013, 02:35 PM | #3 |
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Re: Model A era hard to find Ford items...
Not sure how often Ford sales manuals come to the surface, I have this one which shows a few pictures of the 32 sedans, the manual is missing many pages, the separators maybe all there.
It appears to have all pages for the Fordson tractor, and all pages for the 32 commercial vehicles, what pages are there are in reasonable condition, if at all possible it would be great if someone had a complete book to view.
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11-29-2013, 03:21 PM | #4 |
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I think pictures of rare and unusual Model A items would be appreciated by many Fordbarn forum viewers and contributors.
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11-29-2013, 05:59 PM | #5 |
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OK forever-show us.......... I'll be happy!
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11-29-2013, 07:08 PM | #6 |
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but they are expensive,one went last week on ebay upwards of $400 now the book on the left i believe is much rarer, its for the 42 ford the original paint chips are also hard to find i like these as they show the tutone combinations with the pinstripe this is just one example of original chips ive seen the big chart 2'X3' im guessing on the size ,but its large |
11-29-2013, 10:02 PM | #7 |
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Ford also helped out his family. He sold all the extra wood from the plant to his brother-in-law. Then Henry offered charcoal stoves to ford owners, they are almost impossible to use.
The relationship? Henry's brother-in-law was named Kingsford, Kindsford charcoal. Made from the extra wood from the factory. |
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I suspect , but have no documentation of this, but I suspect the initial quest for charcoal by Henry was for a smoke free fuel for the heat and numerous Steam processes required in the numerous buildings on site. Henry built over 100 homes and many factory buildings employing some 7500 people in a town that had 40 residents when he started. Coal was the fuel of the day and was a long ways off by rail. Creating Charcoal would offset the heating bill in arguably one of the coldest places in the country.
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11-30-2013, 09:42 AM | #9 |
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Thanks QGolden for the correction. My information came from a book on Ford, but it is circa 1970's and is a generalized Ford book by a general public type publishing house. I believe, and trust your information is more correct.
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11-30-2013, 01:28 PM | #10 |
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There are a couple of items that are pretty hard to find, patience and tenacity prevailed and I found both:
1) Fumaze 2) Globe Winterfront
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11-30-2013, 08:35 PM | #11 |
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How about Ford tomatoe juice? Has anybody seen some of it?
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Ford didn't waste ANYTHING, remember, tomato juice is made from the REJECT tomatoes!!! SO, guess what APPLESAUCE is made from? Not to forget hamburger meat & the list goes on--------------------------------------------Chief once found a dead RAT in some corn mash that he was going to "cook" off!!!!!!---"Did'ja take it out, Chief"?------He just smiled!!!! Bill W.
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