Trip to the Tire Store

[KGBnut]

My daughter got a flat tire on her car. I took the tire down to the tire store the best way I knew how.

It made for interesting conversations with a bunch of folks, both customers and staff.

Another fun day with my Model A.

Ken

[Kahuna]

Good job, Ken

[mshmodela]

Never under estimate the usefulness of the Ford Model A! I took my 31 for two drives today

[Synchro909]

There's always a certain sense of satisfaction when someone in a Model A comes to the help of a modern motorist. Recently, I LOVED stopping to help a Rolls Royce owner (I know, many would say I shouldn't have) who had run out of fuel. The 85 year old car to the rescue was not lost on the RR driver. I made sure of that!

[Floats]

The guy at our local hardware store refused to load a bag of cement on my RPU. Told me to go get my wife's Toyota Fortuner instead.
Regards
Chris
Cape Town

[KGBnut]

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As you can see from the picture, mine is a working man's car. I keep her mechanically solid, but I don't worry about the cosmetics except for the interior. She has decades of dents and scratches, every one of which tells a story.

I get the freedom to not pamper her. I use her to tow a busted lawn tractor, to carry logs thrown in the truck, or to transport a flat tire on the running board. Those scratches are how I add to her story.

[mshmodela]

Originally Posted by Synchro909

There's always a certain sense of satisfaction when someone in a Model A comes to the help of a modern motorist. Recently, I LOVED stopping to help a Rolls Royce owner (I know, many would say I shouldn't have) who had run out of fuel. The 85 year old car to the rescue was not lost on the RR driver. I made sure of that!

I worked many year as NASA GRC and would see from time to time a green car just like this:




I wondered who's it was??? One day I saw it was parked at the building I worked in and looked in at the car and saw on the console this:



Turned out it was our local SGI tech who came to repair my SGI servers... I asked him, pardon me do you have any Gray Poupon? He said, but of course... I got to ride in that tank... you can really tell a HEAVY Car and how they ride

[Synchro909]

Originally Posted by mshmodela

I worked many year as NASA GRC and would see from time to time a green car just like this:




I wondered who's it was??? One day I saw it was parked at the building I worked in and looked in at the car and saw on the console this:



Turned out it was our local SGI tech who came to repair my SGI servers... I asked him, pardon me do you have any Gray Poupon? He said, but of course... I got to ride in that tank... you can really tell a HEAVY Car and how they ride

That's about the model RR I was talking about. Those 1970's RRs were rubbish. You can buy them for not much more than a slab of beer now.
PS A slab is a pck of 24 cans or stubbies and is almost legal tender here

[denis4x4]

You can buy those cheap and there's an outfit in Cleveland that will replace the suspension, AC and engine/transmission with GM stuff for around twenty grand. Makes for a great grocery getter.