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Re: New to Ford Barn, '28 A "Special Coupe" inherited.

Once I get out to where the car is, I will take a bunch of photos and start a new thread. The subject will be, what is still missing from the car. :)

Re: New to Ford Barn, '28 A "Special Coupe" inherited.

Welcome aboard Sean, I put my 29 Special coupe together in 1981 and aside from a few startup problems back then it's been very reliable and comfy since. The Special coupe was only made for 1 year, from mid 28 to mid 29 and the body style is my favorite. Good luck and yours looks nice.

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Welcome, Sean !

You have a very knowledgeable "neighbor" up in Vancouver, B.C. - "Farrell in Vancouver", who has restored a Special Coupe, and is a great wealth of info !

I have a '28 Special Coupe, myself, rescued from a field (by someone else) and made into a reliable driver. It's my first A and has been a great deal of fun!

Special Coupes are somewhat rare... don't see many around.

Keep us posted !

SC Frank

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Originally Posted by amdriven2liv (Post 639599)

To both, Mike V. Florida and Racur96.

Thank you for your input. The Family Memorial, Mom passed a little over a year ago, and Dad passed on Sunday, we are going to have all the cars in a parade in Miles City Montana in May. They will be riding with us. For a couple that reached a month or two short of 60 years of marriage. we will be honored, and so will they.

After seeing the projects I have seen here on the Ford Barn, and the years spent on those, we are looking forward to being involved with which ever club we join.

We are already talking about how to travel with a '28 when we go see the country 3 years from now.

As for my Wife and I, we live on projects. This will be a project that will, more than likely, define what we do in retirement. (Which isn't very far away)

Sean

Sorry to hear about your father in law. I inherited my Model A from my grandfather in Montana near Havre and now live north of you in Tacoma. I drove through Miles City frequently as I'm from Bozeman and attended college, grad school and flight instructed in Grand Forks, ND for seven years. I have learned a lot and accomplished a lot with my car since joining and bringing my car out here a year and a half ago. Its a shame my grandfather was never able to finish getting the car mechanically in order as I have and I'm sure he'd be proud to see what I have done but I'm sure he's riding with me when I'm out having fun with it and I think about him all the time when I'm driving it. I'm sure you'll get that kind of enjoyment out of it also and its great to keep them in the family. I'm hoping to make it out to Bend Oregon this year too so I hope to see you there!

-Aaron

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Originally Posted by montanafordman (Post 640020)

Hey Aaron, found your photos in the post a picture of your car thread. Nice pics and a great memory of your Grandfather.

Hopefully we can meet up there. If not, maybe a meet and greet here in Vancouver!

Sean

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Well, it's road trip time. Headed out to get the '28.

Beautiful day for a drive. Actually left yesterday, now on second leg of trip this morning.

I think this trailer will suffice!

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Good luck with your trip. Hope to see you in Bend in Sept.

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Originally Posted by Fred K-OR (Post 650781)

Good luck with your trip. Hope to see you in Bend in Sept.

Thanks Fred.

Got out here and see the car again. It hasn't run since a year ago this week.

I see it needs a coil wire.

That is about all I could see at this point. The morning may bring new things.

So, where should I start for a coil wire? LOL!

By the way, I had Les Andrews' vol. 1 shipped out here when I ordered it. Thankfully it arrived before I did!

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Originally Posted by amdriven2liv (Post 651186)

Hi Sean,

Is this the one you mean? It is the one that runs from the coil to the distributor.

http://www.brattons.com/product.asp?...=any&PT_ID=all

The above item is from Bratton's. But you could probably get it from Floyd's Model "A" Parts right there in Vancouver. Her phone number is 360-887-3346 and address is 29500 NW 31st, Ridgefield, WA 98642.

Good luck.

Fred

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Originally Posted by Fred K-OR (Post 651676)

Thanks Fred. We are so excited about having this car. My wife is just in tears having one of his cars. He spent many years collecting and building these.

Once we get it home, there is a lot of things we are going to be doing and needing for this.

Re: New to Ford Barn, '28 A "Special Coupe" inherited.

Suuuweeett ! ! ! ! ! !
Paul in CT