Bought another one recently...

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I just realized I hadn't let you guys know about the most recent Model A I purchased, a 1931 Deluxe Roadster.

Wasn't really looking for another Model A, but stumbled on this one early Monday morning on Facebook Marketplace a mere 50 miles away at a price I simply couldn't believe (seems he'd lost his storage space, so at half the price this car would have brought four or five years ago), with a nice series of pics in the ad. Called immediately and arranged to see the car the next day.

Seller mentioned on the phone that the car had won first at some car show and I could see a very familar brass, red, and white oval badge affixed to the radiator.

Turns out this roadster won an AACA first at Hershey... in 1966! It has been very well kept and runs better than either of the other two As I've owned. The nitrocellulose lacquer on the rear fenders is cracked from UV exposure, with a litttle bit of the same damage on the rear of the splash aprons. Little bit of water staining on the top and sidemount covers.

Some here may remember the '30 Tudor I bought in Oregon in 2014 and drove home to Atlanta, or the '30 Coupe I bought in Connecticut in 2023 and drove home down the length of the Blue Ridge Parkway. I was planning to drive the roadster home from Peachtree City, Georgia, leaving basically at dawn on Sunday morning, as there is no real non-interstate way to get to Norcross from there. But the seller was not comfortable with me doing that, as we couldn't tell how old the undated tires were and he'd only driven the car for short local distances. So he insisted on trailering it to me, which I found a little embrassing after my first two trips!

The car came with a bunch of spares, as well as a brand-new set of side curtains still in the original packaging.

Here's a couple of pics, including the interior shot which sold me on the car before I ever saw it. You almost never see a Model A interior look this nice in an ad.

If my sanity was questionable before, there should be no doubt about it now. I mean, what nutcase buys a 60-year old restoration? (Even if it means it doesn't have any repro parts on it...)