Tuesday, July 30, 2024

The Colonel and his business coupe

 


16 comments:

  1. Bootleggin' those eleven secret "herbs" across state lines.

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  2. Original Recipe Model A coupe, looks like.
    Notice the un-adorned exterior (no aftermarket accessories, or in-accurate ones for the model), and body color wheels.
    Why do owners persist with doo-dads and cuteness with their gaudy restorations?

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    1. dan-that's a standard model- the multicolor,etc one's are DELUXE models.
      the manufacturers have been doing this for 100+ years-plain=std and
      fancy=deluxe

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    2. While I appreciate the elementary information, here's a resource for more detailed data on the original Model A versions, options, and differences between styles.

      https://model-a-ford.org/

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    3. To your point, here is the 1930-'30 body, stripe, and wheel colors (wheels were optionally painted, you are correct).

      https://www.mafca.com/tqa/p-colors3031.html

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    4. gracious, Dan.

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  3. Harlan and Grandpa ordered those from Sears and had them drop shipped partially assembled. They bored them out for business, mainly running shine to the godless Yankees up north. I used to call the Colonel Uncle Harlan. He got credit for the fried chicken, but not the birth of NASCAR.

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    1. The original sleepers.

      (For those who don't know, a sleeper is a vehicle factory stock on the outside [visible], high performance on the inside [invisible].
      Most recent, that includes vehicles looking like rust buckets.)

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    2. Really?-Henry Ford would never let anyone sell Fords but DEALERS only-not
      monkey sears(i worked for sears in75) 4cyl model a's were too slow to
      run booze or race-Nascar started in 1949 long after the Model a era

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    3. Sears made their own forays into the auto market - once with the Motor Buggy in the early 1900s, which were very quickly eclipsed by the Model T, and then later, in the 50s, with a Kaiser joint venture. A few were made, but this effort fizzled as well.

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  4. All that finger lickin' good money and he didn't drive a Packard?
    Al_in_Ottawa

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    1. gray man theory-anyone with the most expensive car in 2-3 counties
      will be hated by a lot of people-safer to blend in

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  5. 93 years and never out of style for a day.

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  6. i wonder what that car would sell for today just like it sets ?

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