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I took my first drive in my 29 CCPU today. What a thrill!! Not completely done yet as you can see and I didn't get the pictures in order. That is the trailer full of stuff I purchased from Plucker to start with. Just a year and a half later and around the block twice. I even had tears in my eyes. Thanks to everyone that answered my questions during the build. Les Andrews books are the greatest.

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Congratulations! Great job!

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I can ceratinly understand the tears. Wow! what a great job. You should be extremely proud.

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Wow - great job!

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Was it a cold drive? At least no bugs to get in your grin. Excellent work, it looks very sharp.

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Talk about a basket case. You did a lot or work in a short period. Very nice !

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Very, very nice! You may have set a record for a restoration. I hope you bring it to Puyallup next summer for the National Meet.

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A beautiful vehicle and something you should be proud of! Congratulations!

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Yep, beautiful work and in such a short time.:)

Just goes to show you can get a lot more work done when you live in the country.:D

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Nice work enjoy driving it

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I will be getting him back to the honey due list pretty soon now!! I got to ride on the second trip around the block, very comfy! It has been amazing to watch the transformation from boxes of stuff, to a gorgeous pickup! Good Job My Sweet!
Richard's Wife, Catherine

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Wonderful! A beautiful truck. A real resurrection. I think this is the kind of project that many of us dream of doing.

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You do what you got to do . Finish my 30 coupe Little over a year ago , Honey do list will take a lot longer. :(

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Looks great! I fully understand the thrill of a job well done.

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Good job!! Thanks so much for resurrecting another Model A. I know you & Catherine will really enjoy it immensely.

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Very nice pickup!! I was born in Havre, MT and we still have a farm up on the Hi-line but I moved to Bozeman at the start of Junior High and went to school out in Churchill for a couple years and graduated from Bozeman High. My folks and my in-laws still live in Bozeman so I've spent a lot of time around Three Forks shooting gophers, fishing, and hitting golf balls in all the water hazards at the three forks golf course! I'd love to make it back to Montana sometime (permanently) but I hope to drive my 31 coupe out there if not this summer the next one. I do hope you bring it out to Puyallup in the summer for the national meet! I'll be helping out at that event as my club is hosting. Again nice work!!

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Congratulations Richard!

Wow, you did it! It looks great! Maybe I'll stop over in Spring and see if I can get a ride.

Dean

P.S. Now you will have to change your avatar.

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Happy Birthday Bill, Only 28K more to go!

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You've done a beautiful job. Love the green/black.

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Wow! Truck looks GREAT! I love seeing transformations of rusty piles of gold, into a gorgeous looking automobile.

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CONGRATULATIONS!! BEAUTIFUL TRUCK!!

and happy birthday bill!!!!

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Looks great
Happy to see the MT address--I need local (+/- 300 miles) contacts. Just got my 31 PU and need advice.
Bob
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Ahhh, great job! If I could have a CCPU, it would look exactly like that!

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Looks like the wife is a keeper too!

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Thanks everyone for the nice comments. Its snowing today so glad I got to drive it yesterday. I will post as I progress thru the last few things. What does everyone use for windlass for the doors. I don't see it listed in Mikes or Macs.

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Very nice. Wish I had one!!

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Henry did not put windlace in his modle A truck the wind comeing in around the doors was part of air condiaton in madel a trucks

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Just put new wood and a top on an early 28 pickup myself and I know what a job that is! You have done good work here and to see it go from trailer to traveler is cause for celebration.

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Congratulations Richard!

I knew you could do it.

Neil Wilson, who is head of the Ford Model AA Truck Club www.fmaatc.org might be able to tell you about the windlace in those cabs...He did a bang-up article on the restoration of one in one of his yearly magizines, The Double A'er...Maybe you can get him to send you a copy.

Pluck

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Yo' FirstA,
Iffin' you git cold, the "A" suppliers have 2 sizes of 1/2 round, hollow, self adhesive weatherstripping that you can put around the doors. If you put it on the door itself, it's almost invisable. Removes easily, & sticks & unsticks many times while you're getting it fitted well. Helps rattles too. You have to poke around in their catalogs or website to find it, but it's there. The wide one fits good in the drain trough on trunks & grumble seats & nobody even notices it! Bill W.