Considering Buying A Model A

[Lannis]

Originally Posted by alexiskai

Pete, I live in Mebane and have two A’s you can check out. PM me and we’ll meet up.

I found this thread because I'm in about the same boat as Pete. I'm really thinking I'd like a Model A. I've sold a Morgan 4/4 and a BSA A10 motorcycle to make room in the shop and the wallet to accommodate one.

I've owned a lot of old motorcycles, so am familiar with the concepts of magnetos, manual spark advances, mechanical drum brakes, and 30's automotive technology and limitations in general, although I've never owned a car older than my 1953 Dodge Meadowbrook. And I've toured the country on my 1955 BSA M21, a rigid-frame, manual advance, 18 horsepower flathead with a "happy speed" of 48 MPH and a top speed (use sparingly) of 55 MPH, so I know how to pick antique-friendly routes and how to behave if I have to use a highway to get from one old road to the next.

But I've never looked around or sat in a Model A, although I'd like to. While riding in Kentucky once, I met two couples in Model As from New England who were two weeks on the road, touring the Southern mountains, and seemed to be having a great time, which got me thinking about it.

Does your generous offer to come and see your Model As as part of my "Do I Really Want One Of These?" decision that you made to Pete last month extend to another newbie such as myself? If so, I'll PM you ....

Lannis Selz
Spout Spring, VA