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Old 12-05-2016, 11:18 AM   #1
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A few months ago I told about a 90 yr old friend that built a model custom. Its now on sale on ebay item 162298372110
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Old 12-05-2016, 11:42 AM   #2
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Old 12-05-2016, 12:21 PM   #3
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Too bad the chasssis didn't get the same treatment.
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Too bad the chasssis didn't get the same treatment.
It certainly detracts from the rest of the car. Wayne
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Its got the "B" head, It can fly !!...
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I would expect that all Model A's were built by guys at least 90 years old! 8^)
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31? 30 grill shell..
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31? 30 grill shell..
That is what mine has.
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31? 30 grill shell..
Note the Oval speedometer which was replaced by the round speedometer in June 1930. The oval speedometer could have been used for two months after the introduction of the round speedometer, (page 7 RG&JS page 7 Revised 2011).

The vehicle is a 1930.
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No int.erest here. That's what I call a Kluge Job.
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did not know a coupe had a soft top.....
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No int.erest here. That's what I call a Kluge Job.
But I'll bet he get's his price or more. Many people don't care if a car is not 100 percent "correct". "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder".
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"Maybe" a 90 year Old Man can't get under a car, to do the chassis RIGHT!
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He could, but then he'd be stuck down there...
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I saw the cars in Mike V's post a while ago. This car is not a one off - far from it so it has integrity.
I hope I'm still able to do work like that at 90 regardless of what others think of it.
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personally I question that 90 yo man story

learned a long time ago not to believe everything I read or heard.......
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I know the man personally and was present when he was working on it.It seems like you are calling me a lair.
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