Wayne Carini A-400

[BRENT in 10-uh-C]

Logan & Jordan are correct in their defense of Bill's car, ...but it does make someone wonder what has happened to us as A drivers over the years. Today, it seems like A/C is a must-have in some parts of the country if we are to enjoy our cars. So it begs the question, is it hotter now in our cars than it was 30 years ago on tour, --or some 80 years ago?

Naturally is would seem that if it is indeed hotter (--or more humid) in today's times, then modifying an 'A' for A/C sure seems like the right way to go. On the other hand, in the dead of summer you will see the Model-T clubs touring in their cars with temps in triple-digits and the heat index over 130, ...and these folks (many of them elderly) never have an A/C in their car. Adding to that, many of the earlier AACA & HCCA-eligible cars tour during the hot summer months without having any type of air conditioning too. Definitely not arguing Logan or Jordan's point because I would not want to drive in S. Texas summer weather in a Model-A without an Air Conditioner, ...but then again, anymore I guess I don't enjoy driving a Model-A all that much either.


Logan, your comment about Bill owning more A400s than anyone did make me nod in agreement with you, as he and Curtis Foster owned several together over the years, ...but I also have two other A400 owners that come to mind that very likely could give Bill Coleman a run for his money in that regard. One of those other guys frequents here on occasion and is also named Bill.

[barnstuf]

If Wayne Carini's father was Bob Carini I was a friend of Bob for many years. As I recall Bob restored an A-400 for a lady named Esther Larsen who had about 6 beautiful Model A's in her Model A museum named Captain Paul Model A Museum in northern CT. I believe Bob acquired the car from Mrs Larsen as the life span of the museum was only a few years. I recall that Bob took the car to the 2nd National Model A Ford Meet, Dearborn 1957, but it probably was owned by Mrs Larsen then. Bob and I were friends for many years and I last saw him perhaps 10 years ago when he was on a camping vacation on the lower Cape Cod area and looked me for old times sake.

[Jeff/Illinois]

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.

[mach0415]

I agree. I drive my ‘28 Tudor here in the dry 113°+ Sonoran Desert in AZ regularly. No A/C, but windows down and plenty of water.