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G Grandma Edwards Bought this Tudor 1 Attachment(s)
$35 a month for a year
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Edwards invoice
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Re: G Grandma Edwards Bought this Tudor One thing I have never understood about buying a new Model A and the charges listed on invoices I have seen. Bumpers and a spare tire normally seem to be added to the final cost, although the spare tire's wheel came standard from the factory. That would imply that 5,000,000 Model A's left the factory with no bumpers or spare tire unless ordered with them or installed by the dealer prior to sale. But have you ever seen factory photos of Model A's leaving the factory WITHOUT bumpers and a spare tire??? What if the customer said he didn't want to pay for the bumpers and spare tire at the dealership? Would the dealer take them off and reduce the price? Of course, that's asked in jest. Doesn't it seem odd, though, that for a car with approximately 5,552 parts (depending upon body style), Ford would make a separate charge for these items that SHOULD have been included in the FOB price?
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Re: G Grandma Edwards Bought this Tudor Marshall, you are 100% correct. Something very odd about that invoice.
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Re: G Grandma Edwards Bought this Tudor Looks like she ordered it in February 29 and received it in June 29.
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Re: G Grandma Edwards Bought this Tudor Maybe they were selling to a woman that didn't know any better, naa no car dealer would do that.
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Re: G Grandma Edwards Bought this Tudor The dealers were at it back then.Charging extra for something that came with the car.I have seen the pictures of the bare spare wheels mounted on the brackets though.My grandfather worked at a garage that sold Fords in 1931,they had to mount up spares for the cars.I bought a new 79 Chevy pickup,it came with a bare spare wheel mounted up under the bed.BUT,there was some kind of tire shortage going on,and I was offered either a spare at some later date,or subtract the price of a tire from the price of the truck.
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Re: G Grandma Edwards Bought this Tudor I google mapped the address of the dealer and the buyer. Looks like neither the dealership building or the buyers home is still there. Although the two addresses are not far apart from each other.
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Re: G Grandma Edwards Bought this Tudor That's so cool. Thanks for sharing it.
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Re: G Grandma Edwards Bought this Tudor Any ideas what the 'Less U. C. C.' was? A trade-in?
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Re: G Grandma Edwards Bought this Tudor Universal Credit Coporation.That was the amount they financed for her.
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Re: G Grandma Edwards Bought this Tudor That was one shiny Tudor.
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Re: G Grandma Edwards Bought this Tudor Not to take way from this terrific photo of a pristine, new Model A that Grandma Edwards bought (Bless her heart!), but - there is a belief in the restoration and trophy-seeking community that if a new Model A were pulled off the assembly line and entered into a high points modern-day judging contest (NOT a People's Choice travesty!), it would barely make the cut to be judged. Common shortcomings from the factory hurt Best of Show trophies with runs in the paint, wrinkles in the upholstery, overspray, mismatched bolts from side to side, mismatched pin striping, outdated and obsoleted parts installed that shouldn't be there, etc., etc. 'Makes one wonder how Grandma Edward's BRAND-NEW Model A would fare in present-day national convention judging? MAYBE an honorable mention, if the competition was not too stiff? Remember: Henry Ford was quoted as saying he wanted to produce a car of ACCEPTABLE quality, meaning warts and hairs were to be overlooked.
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Re: G Grandma Edwards Bought this Tudor The Universal Credit Corporation (UCC) was a car financing entity for Ford cars that existed in the US in the 1930s. It was established in 1928 and was capitalised by Ford in conjunction with the Union Guardian Trust Company of Detroit. It was set up in response to GMAC through the efforts of Edsel Ford and Ernest Kanzler at Ford to allow customers to buy Ford cars on credit. In 1932, Henry Ford sold the corporation for $50 million in order to finance his manufacturing operations during the 1932 Bank Moratorium. Ford's share of the company was sold to Commercial Investment Trust (CIT) Corporation and UCC continued to serve Ford dealers and customers.
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Re: G Grandma Edwards Bought this Tudor THAT is COOL ... does anyone collect Model "A" sales slips ???
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Re: G Grandma Edwards Bought this Tudor About 20 years ago I bought some NOS 19 inch wheels that were found in the attic over the parts room of an old Ford dealership.They have little wrinkled puddles of dried paint at the lowest point they hung at after they were dipped.
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