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10-25-2011, 04:54 PM | #1 |
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My girlfriend drove the model a today >.<
My girlfriend came over today to check out my chassis. she had helped out alot on the restoration (can be seen on my website). She asked if she could drive it and i said sure. She can kind of drive a manual but not 100% yet. She has practiced on my 1991 Jeep Wrangler 5 Speed.
Anyways, heres the link to her driving the Chassis for the first time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU8CSph_w-o HERES THE LINK TO ME DRIVING AND HER FILMING: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHO0jcTvKf0 Uploaded with ImageShack.us Last edited by Modelakid31; 10-26-2011 at 04:31 PM. |
10-25-2011, 04:56 PM | #2 |
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10-25-2011, 05:00 PM | #3 |
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10-25-2011, 05:15 PM | #4 |
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Very nice. You're very fortunate, my wife won't go anywhere near mine. Enjoy.
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10-25-2011, 05:40 PM | #8 |
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Lookin good Mike! Congratulations.
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10-25-2011, 05:49 PM | #9 |
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You're a lucky man, Mike. Be careful, it could cost you a lot of money!
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10-25-2011, 05:58 PM | #10 |
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Both the car and the girlfriends are keepers... and they both can cost you money. You are a fortunate young man.
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10-25-2011, 06:33 PM | #11 |
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Looks like fun, my wife hasn't even driven mine yet after owning it for three years. I keep asking her...
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10-25-2011, 07:21 PM | #12 |
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What chassis?
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10-25-2011, 09:06 PM | #13 |
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10-25-2011, 10:34 PM | #14 |
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She looks pretty happy with both of you.
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10-26-2011, 11:14 AM | #15 |
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My wife says she'll ride in my car "when it's finished". So, when is anyone ever "finished" restoring their car? But next year my daughter is sixteen, and maybe I'll teach her to drive a stick shift in my A...
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10-26-2011, 12:10 PM | #16 |
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Doug, My daughter is turning 16 next year also and we have the same plans. I just hope I can get my coupe done in time.
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It's good that everybody learns to drive a stick trans early in their driving life as you never know when you need to in an emergency. Same goes with the Model A and double clutching. You never know when you're out driving and something befalls your ability to drive it back. My wife just drove 113 miles with fifteen other A's Sunday on our progressive dinner/garage tour. It was a nice relief after I drove 120 miles Saturday with a different club on a color tour.
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10-26-2011, 03:24 PM | #19 |
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Keep up the good work!
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10-26-2011, 04:42 PM | #20 |
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Thank you Everyone for all the kind comments! She kept having me go on fordbarn today to check replies haha. usally its the other way around. "you dont need to go on fordbarn michael, you were just on it an hour ago." LOL
I also just uploaded the video she took of me right after its only a minute long but still ok. still trying to figure out how to upload them in the original HD format to youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHO0jcTvKf0 |
10-26-2011, 05:07 PM | #21 |
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Thats great. Great start. U found a keeper... Keep up the good work.
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10-26-2011, 07:59 PM | #22 |
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kid you did good with car and girl pick.If I was 50 years younger i would hit on her
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01-12-2012, 09:03 AM | #24 |
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Hahaha thanks
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nothing like gettin loved ones involved with the hobby....she caught on quick!!
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Hi Mike,looking good oh the car too. LOL your a lucky guy.Ken ct,originally from Fall River. Still have a younger brother there.Hes a good wrencher but Musule car era. Have fun with both. ken ct.
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01-12-2012, 10:22 AM | #28 |
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40 years younger and I would steal the car and the girl.
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01-12-2012, 10:27 AM | #29 |
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I used to work at a small engine shop and would go home after work and shower and then go see her and I would get yelled at... "you smell good when ur hands are all greasy". Gotta love her.
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01-12-2012, 11:52 AM | #30 |
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Thats funny all it took in mine was one ride, my new Lady friends 08 fusion lost its brakes last week so i showed up in my truck to pick her up. Untill this she wouldent get in it opting to take hers. While AAA droped her car off at my house me and her headed off in the A to get parts for her car. she loved it that night shes asking me to teach her how to drive it and already trying to make spring plans for drives up the coast her one stipulation is she gets to drive atleast one way. IM getting Scared lol
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01-12-2012, 12:06 PM | #31 |
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Haha that's what I'm thinking too!! Before we know it they will have their own model A's haha and we will be asking them to let US DRIVE
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Mike, when you get a body on the "A" you might never see the car or the girlfriend again!
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You are one lucky man there Mike, a great looking girl who is interested in your hobby. My wife and I have done over 76000 miles in our Model A and my wifes only complaint is that she does not drive the Model A as often as she likes to do. It's always a fight to see who gets behind the steering wheel first. Unlike ourselves you are both young and I'm sure that you have many years of happy Model A touring ahead of you. I have seen many vintage car enthusiasts fall away from the hobby because it was a one sided affair with the wife or partner complaining about too much money and or time being spent on the hobby. So, enjoy it together and live every day as though it was your last. May you have many happy miles together.
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What Body do you have for this chassis, or did you already mention it and I forgot or failed to see it ? I'm also lucky in that my wife loves to go Cruisin' with me in "Miss Tillie". |
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So, I guess you don't have to register at the Department Store before getting married, just have everybody contribute to bids on a Phaeton on ePay.
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And how to use the starter and overdrive to drive a car out of a stream bed when the engine quits... And how to shift when the synchros on a modern tranny go out far from home...
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01-13-2012, 04:35 PM | #37 |
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You two are very lucky to found each other, hope I get that lucky. That why when Iam done restoring my 29 AA truck, I can enjoy it.
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