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Drive your old Ford today--Henry's birthday! Today is Henry Ford's birthday--let's see some old Fords being driven today to mark the occasion!
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Re: Drive your old Ford today--Henry's birthday! Thank's I will do that today!:)
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Re: Drive your old Ford today--Henry's birthday! As soon as I get off work, I will too.
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Re: Drive your old Ford today--Henry's birthday! Me too, plan on going and getting some ice cream some where.
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Re: Drive your old Ford today--Henry's birthday! I'm very surprised I was not aware that Henry was born July 30. It's also my birthday, and the only day I ever read the celebrity birthdays in the paper. Don't think I ever saw Henry's name listed.
Happy Birthday to Us!!! Joe PS I was born about three months after Henry died, if anyone wants to do the math. |
Re: Drive your old Ford today--Henry's birthday! Ought to be a National Holiday !!
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Was it "Forbes" or "WSJ" that still considered him America's Best Leader? Quote:
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Re: Drive your old Ford today--Henry's birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY jOE
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Re: Drive your old Ford today--Henry's birthday! Yup . Going to cruise in in ELYRIA OHIO
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Re: Drive your old Ford today--Henry's birthday! me and the boys cruised in my 53 ford today and went to see about some model a parts.
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Any pictures of the '53? Sweet ride. MyAunt had one in a light green and it had a lever that opened a "flow through air vent" (like my push out windshield). Though I was in high cotton with all that cool air and no draft! |
Re: Drive your old Ford today--Henry's birthday! Yup, went out in the AA and enjoyed the nice cool temps this evening - a welcome break from the heat we've had and a welcome break from work!
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Re: Drive your old Ford today--Henry's birthday! I would get my "A" out and go for a ride, but it isn't running right. I'll ask for advice in a separate thread. Happy Birthday Henry wherever you are.
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Re: Drive your old Ford today--Henry's birthday! I took a long ride yeaterday, here is the story;
A LITTLE OFF THE TOP My first go at this idea was indeed an adventure! I left home at 10:30 A.M. and drove some 30 miles to Delavan IL. Not a problem. I found Jim’s Barber Shop just off Main Street in a small, old building leaned up against the side of the post office. Just the shop, no Jim. As soon as I parked the Model A it attracted a couple local fellows asking about the car. They told me Jim usually didn’t open Thursday and did not always open the other days either. I could go to the Promenade Salon on Main Street if I wanted a haircut. Not a problem, I will just drive to the next small town, after all, every town has a barber. As it turned out I had trouble finding the next town, let alone a barber! I never admit to being lost, I just got “turned around”. In any case I drove up and down miles and miles of blacktop, country roads without finding a town. Once I did get to a State highway I recognized I was way, way southeast of where I thought I was, almost out of gas and still miles from anyplace big enough to have a gas station. By the time I found myself at the pump in Mc Lean IL the “evil eye” was rolling in its socket. (The Model A gas gauge) Mc Lean is a small town on the super slab that replaced old 66. Besides the two truck stop/gas stations and a Mc Donald I found a grain elevator and of all things, a Beauty Salon! I had no interest in having my hair cut in a salon or in driving the A on the super slab so I headed north on a black top that ended just west of Bloomington without passing through a single small town. Carlock does not have a barbershop. By the time I got to Congerville I had almost given up on the idea when my cell phone rang. Since I had pulled over to take the call I decided to ask if there was a barber in town. “Yes, but she don’t open till 3 on Thursdays.” It was only 2:00 but I went by the shop anyway and “she” was there. An older lady named Janet runs a neat shop called the Yankee Clipper and does ladies perms and mens haircuts. A stranger in an even stranger old car in a small town prompts all kinds of questions. Janet thought it mighty strange when I told her I drove 131 miles to get a haircut! I made it home in time for supper after 163 miles and 6 hours of back roads. Rainmaker Ron 7/29/2010 |
Re: Drive your old Ford today--Henry's birthday! Ron, you forgot to tell us if Janet gave you a good quality haircut.
sounds like a great way to spend a day! |
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Re: Drive your old Ford today--Henry's birthday! Happy birthday Henry!!!!
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