The Ford Barn

Ray in La Mesa · 06-04-2017, 09:06 AM

Model A's snuck into my subconscious before I knew what they were. I was 4 or 5 and would be awakened every morning by the idling of a car about 50' from my bedroom window. It turned out there was an old Italian fellow next door who grew flowers & fruit for the Los Angeles flower market, Every morning he would start up his 1928 sedan delivery & let it idle while he loaded it. It was ingrained into my mind so I didn't have a chance to love another make of car as much, even though my dad had a '28 Chevy roadster pickup for dump runs. I don't remember what happened to the Chevy but my daily driver now is a '28 A roadster pickup while I'm restoring a '30 cabriolet. The pickup is an original beater & always draws a crowd when I park it, especially when it's next to a restored car.

06-04-2017, 09:06 AM	#24
Ray in La Mesa Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: La Mesa Ca Posts: 1,273	Re: what makes a A'er Model A's snuck into my subconscious before I knew what they were. I was 4 or 5 and would be awakened every morning by the idling of a car about 50' from my bedroom window. It turned out there was an old Italian fellow next door who grew flowers & fruit for the Los Angeles flower market, Every morning he would start up his 1928 sedan delivery & let it idle while he loaded it. It was ingrained into my mind so I didn't have a chance to love another make of car as much, even though my dad had a '28 Chevy roadster pickup for dump runs. I don't remember what happened to the Chevy but my daily driver now is a '28 A roadster pickup while I'm restoring a '30 cabriolet. The pickup is an original beater & always draws a crowd when I park it, especially when it's next to a restored car.