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barnstuf · 02-10-2019, 03:15 PM

When I returned home after WWII the first thing did was get my 1930 Coupe out of storage and it became my daily driver for quite a few years. I put about 8 cement blocks on the rumble seat floor to give me good traction from their weight. Even although I did not have knobby tires I could drive on unplowed roads as long as the snow depth was not more than 2 or 3 inches over the front bumper height. I used to blast through drifts but one day tackled one higher than the radiator, was half way through when I could go no further, and with the extra weight I easily backed out. Even after the Coupe became a second car in the 1950's it remained the winter driver until it was repainted and reupholstered in the early 1990's. Since then it has not been driven in the winter.

02-10-2019, 03:15 PM	#75
barnstuf Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Cape Cod MA Posts: 2,840	Re: Do you drive your A in the snow or stormy weather? When I returned home after WWII the first thing did was get my 1930 Coupe out of storage and it became my daily driver for quite a few years. I put about 8 cement blocks on the rumble seat floor to give me good traction from their weight. Even although I did not have knobby tires I could drive on unplowed roads as long as the snow depth was not more than 2 or 3 inches over the front bumper height. I used to blast through drifts but one day tackled one higher than the radiator, was half way through when I could go no further, and with the extra weight I easily backed out. Even after the Coupe became a second car in the 1950's it remained the winter driver until it was repainted and reupholstered in the early 1990's. Since then it has not been driven in the winter.