The Ford Barn

Marshall V. Daut · 03-16-2025, 08:28 AM

Life as a rural mail carrier would have been easier for Elmer if he'd had a right-hand drive Model A. Then he could just lean out of the passenger's window and put the mail into the mailboxes without the need to slide across the two seats to do so. 'Course, he could just drive on the wrong side of the road and put the mail into the mailboxes from the driver's side. Back in those days, country roads probably weren't traversed heavily enough to cause problems. You could see way off in a distance if a car was coming at you on the wrong side of the road. Besides, people in that farming community would have most likely been used to seeing Elmer delivering mail on the wrong side of the road.
I wonder how it all ended for Elmer and that workhorse Tudor??? Both look like they had a LOT of miles on them!
Marshall

03-16-2025, 08:28 AM	#20
Marshall V. Daut Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Davenport, Iowa Posts: 2,627	Re: Shabby tudor Life as a rural mail carrier would have been easier for Elmer if he'd had a right-hand drive Model A. Then he could just lean out of the passenger's window and put the mail into the mailboxes without the need to slide across the two seats to do so. 'Course, he could just drive on the wrong side of the road and put the mail into the mailboxes from the driver's side. Back in those days, country roads probably weren't traversed heavily enough to cause problems. You could see way off in a distance if a car was coming at you on the wrong side of the road. Besides, people in that farming community would have most likely been used to seeing Elmer delivering mail on the wrong side of the road. I wonder how it all ended for Elmer and that workhorse Tudor??? Both look like they had a LOT of miles on them! Marshall