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Originally Posted by elklake

Tom:

As a Trustee of the Model A Ford Foundation (MAFFI) and the museum I want to thank you for the nice comments about the cutaway chassis and the thought of starting a project to get it replaced.

Let me explain what happened.

The bad news - the chassis you saw was on loan to the museum by it's owner and the loan agreement expired so the museum had to return it to the owner. It was not removed from the museum because of potential liability problems.

The good news - it was replaced by another cutaway chassis and cutaway motor that were already at the museum and at Gilmore! Attached is a picture I took recently of the display. We also added the original large chassis poster hanging on the wall. It came from a Ford dealership in the Model A era and was donated to the museum by the family of a Model A enthusiast in his memory.

The inventory and displays at the Model A Museum are changed and updated quite a bit throughout the year. This summer we will be adding the "Around the world Model A" car and a display showing pictures and explaining this historic vehicle and the trip it took.

Please consider a return visit to the museum to catch up on all of the changes made since the last time you were there.

It was a pleasure meeting you at the the Model A Day at the museum last September and I enjoyed the seminar you put on when you were there. Hopefully you can make it back again this September for the event!

Randy

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Originally Posted by Ronnie Lawson

Mr. Tom.
I know the owner and why he removed it.
He was told that they was removing the crank from the cutaway for liability reasons.
They did not want anybody cranking it over and someone else sticking their finger in and getting it cut off.
So he went and picked it up at brought it back to Indiana because they would not use the crank in it as it was designed for.

Nothin' like knowin' the facts from both sides!!