The Ford Barn

pgerhardt · 12-06-2014, 07:36 PM

In the seventies I had a 1930 Coupe, a 1936 hump back 4-door, and a 1962 T-bird. In the winter I would garage the coupe and use both the T-bird and the 36. I got snow tires for the 36 (they looked like oversized knobby motorcycle tires!), and I would say the 36 was just as good in the snow as the T-bird with one exception. While the 36 had a Southwind heater which kept it nice and warm, it had no system for defogging/defrosting the windshield. At times I had to stop by the side of the road to clean the windshield so I could see where I was going. So if you want to drive your A in the winter you might want to look into installing a defogging/defrosting system and a set of snow tires.

12-06-2014, 07:36 PM	#2
pgerhardt Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Danbury Ct Posts: 1,254	Re: Rust proofing: Schutz, cavity wax, other In the seventies I had a 1930 Coupe, a 1936 hump back 4-door, and a 1962 T-bird. In the winter I would garage the coupe and use both the T-bird and the 36. I got snow tires for the 36 (they looked like oversized knobby motorcycle tires!), and I would say the 36 was just as good in the snow as the T-bird with one exception. While the 36 had a Southwind heater which kept it nice and warm, it had no system for defogging/defrosting the windshield. At times I had to stop by the side of the road to clean the windshield so I could see where I was going. So if you want to drive your A in the winter you might want to look into installing a defogging/defrosting system and a set of snow tires.