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02-13-2023, 08:46 AM | #1 |
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Veteran buying a 31 Victoria on credit
I have a question. How did someone back in 1931 with only one leg go about driving a model A? Did they have hand control systems back then? There is a photo on the MAFCA home page today 2/13/23 of a gentleman purchasing a 1931 Victoria and it is clear he is on crutches with only one leg. There was as we know no power brakes or power steering on an A let alone an automatic transmission back then. Sometimes it difficult to drive one with two legs. Good for him if he could do it! They must have had something or else he wouldn’t be buying the car unless he had someone to drive him around. Marc
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02-13-2023, 09:19 AM | #2 |
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Re: Veteran buying a 31 Victoria on credit
think Def Leapard, the one armed drummer............
all is possible clutch and brake with your foot and throttle by hand |
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02-13-2023, 09:50 AM | #3 |
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Re: Veteran buying a 31 Victoria on credit
Possibly someone installed an automatic transmission
There is a gentleman out here in so cal who drag races a speedster He is paraplegic and uses only hand control John
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02-13-2023, 10:22 AM | #4 |
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Re: Veteran buying a 31 Victoria on credit
There were hand controls on FDR's 36 Ford Phaeton.
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02-13-2023, 10:24 AM | #5 |
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Re: Veteran buying a 31 Victoria on credit
My wife's cousin's hand controls back in '70s consisted of a pretty simple lever that worked both the brakes and throttle. Pushed for brakes and pivoted down for throttle.
Can't imagine they didn't have the smarts to do the same back then. So as long as the veteran in the picture could use his remaining leg to operate the clutch, he could be good to go. |
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02-13-2023, 10:41 AM | #7 |
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Re: Veteran buying a 31 Victoria on credit
How do we know it was on credit ?
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02-13-2023, 11:11 AM | #8 |
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02-13-2023, 12:21 PM | #11 |
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Possibly someone installed an automatic transmission
not in 1931................. auto trans didnt come out till later in 40s-think Buick dynaflow. of course there were also the 36-37 cords, but that wasnt totally automatic |
02-13-2023, 05:28 PM | #12 |
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Re: Veteran buying a 31 Victoria on credit
You beat me to it!
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02-14-2023, 11:27 AM | #13 |
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Re: Veteran buying a 31 Victoria on credit
Wooden Prosthetic? Or, there is a foot there I just can't see it as it is in the shadow of his other leg.
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02-14-2023, 11:39 AM | #14 |
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Re: Veteran buying a 31 Victoria on credit
At first I thought he had no left leg. Zooming in I see a left shoe but cannot see a right leg or foot. Perhaps he had both but cannot clearly tell in this picture.
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02-14-2023, 11:45 AM | #15 |
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Re: Veteran buying a 31 Victoria on credit
You can see his right pant leg folded up
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02-14-2023, 11:59 AM | #16 |
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The pic is most likely a part of a promo ad to inform the public that the U.S. Government has a financial assistance/grant program to help disabled vets returning after WW1-era. Plenty of info if you GOOGLE "disabled veteran benefits."
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02-15-2023, 06:38 AM | #17 |
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Re: Veteran buying a 31 Victoria on credit
Could also be the veteran is the person with two legs and the creditor is the person on crutches.
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02-15-2023, 07:17 AM | #18 |
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Re: Veteran buying a 31 Victoria on credit
He made a good deal, most times credit costs me an arm and a leg.
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02-15-2023, 08:43 AM | #19 |
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Re: Veteran buying a 31 Victoria on credit
I have a cousin who is paralyzed from the waist down and there is very little he can’t do, he’s actually worked ever since the accident. The stuff he can do without asking for help makes you want to take a club to some of the able bodied pajama walkers I see regularly. I can promise if he had one leg that worked he could drive a model A easily. I bet as mentioned earlier he used the hand throttle and other leg.
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02-15-2023, 09:12 AM | #20 |
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Re: Veteran buying a 31 Victoria on credit
I think the whole photo is a staged publicity shot. I doubt the man bought the Model A.
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