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Originally Posted by barnstuf
My Dad did not intentionally get me started as a Model A enthusiast, but it worked out that way. On September 27, 1928 he traded his 1926 Model T Sedan for a brand new 1928 Fordor from Provincetown Motor Sales, the Ford dealership in Provincetown, Mass. It's engine number was A417892 and the key numbers were 1038 and 1130. I wonder if that car exists today. Salesman Willis Rich delivered the car to Dad and after a brief conversation left in the traded in Model T. I remember this clearly, recall many many rides in the car, and how as a growing boy I grew tall enough that I could no longer stand up in the car without bumping my head on the top material. I did not get my own Model A until 1937 when a tired $10 1930 Coupe entered my life before I was old enough to legally drive, and I have not been without a Model A since. Oh yes, Dad traded the 1928 "A" in 1933 for a Ford V8. My rides are another 1930 Coupe owned almost 77 years and a 29 Phaeton owned almost 64 years.
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Rich, my father used to buy parts from you. I still have some old invoices somewhere.