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Jeff/Illinois · 09-01-2016, 10:57 AM

Thinking about Brent's post,,,,, " .....anymore I really don't enjoy driving a Model A all that much either....."

That got me to thinking, yeah he is probably on to something here. I ask myself these days 'Do I want to take the Model A out and risk having some nitwit kill me, or should I pull the Mach 1 out and run with modern traffic and THEN some?'

A lot easier for me as I am getting older (all of 62 now) than crawling in and out of a Model A Ford, to get the newer iron out and run it. I haven't driven the Model A more than 5 miles this year, in all fairness partly due to some health issues that will take time to resolve. But sliding in and out of an A is almost impossible for me at this point.

I still LIKE the Model A's they are a neat little car but look at them now more as a piece of art perhaps than a driving machine.

This is no doubt common today, is why we are seeing so many modifications on A's, to try to make them more 'driveable.'

The hobby she's a changin' ain't what she used to be in 1971 when I first started. The WWII guys back then had all the A's around here and they had different thoughts about the cars than what I see today.

09-01-2016, 10:57 AM	#23
Jeff/Illinois Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 2,973	Re: Wayne Carini A-400 Thinking about Brent's post,,,,, " .....anymore I really don't enjoy driving a Model A all that much either....." That got me to thinking, yeah he is probably on to something here. I ask myself these days 'Do I want to take the Model A out and risk having some nitwit kill me, or should I pull the Mach 1 out and run with modern traffic and THEN some?' A lot easier for me as I am getting older (all of 62 now) than crawling in and out of a Model A Ford, to get the newer iron out and run it. I haven't driven the Model A more than 5 miles this year, in all fairness partly due to some health issues that will take time to resolve. But sliding in and out of an A is almost impossible for me at this point. I still LIKE the Model A's they are a neat little car but look at them now more as a piece of art perhaps than a driving machine. This is no doubt common today, is why we are seeing so many modifications on A's, to try to make them more 'driveable.' The hobby she's a changin' ain't what she used to be in 1971 when I first started. The WWII guys back then had all the A's around here and they had different thoughts about the cars than what I see today.