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montanafordman · 02-04-2012, 08:49 AM

My grandpa purchased my 1931 coupe roughly around 1962 from Cliff Ullman in Rudyard, MT. He put it in the garage where it sat for nearly 30 years until after he retired from farming in 1988. He began working on it around the spring of 1989 and had it back on the road sometime around 1993-1994.

I'll never forget my first ride in the car. It hadn't been upholstered yet and he had plenty of work left but we cruised around the dusty roads of his rural town of Gildford, MT anyway with my Grandpa sitting on a 5 gallon bucket while I sat on the floor since he didn't have the seat finished. We were both grinning ear to ear! He tinkered with it as much as his time, pateince and health allowed until his passing in 2008. He always said it was going to be my car one day and now you know.. the rest of the story!

I wasn't able to pick the car up since I didn't have a place for it until last september. The guy my grandfather bought the car from is still around and he wanted to meet me and show me a vintage auto, pioneer and dinasaur museum (three different buildings in a VERY small town) that he had a hand in puting together so I got a chance to visit with him a little when I was back in the old stomping grounds. He is 94 and still driving around and has volunteered a LOT of his time and resources putting together the three musueums and has a few cars he owned and restored in the car museum and lots of dinasaur fossils found on his land in the dinasaur museum. These museums were a community effort with many of the locals contributing that turned out quite well. This is all located in the tiny little town of Rudyard, MT on US HYW 2. Its VERY impressive for hardly being a dot on the map and I was pretty amazed. If you're ever cruising across Montana's highline you should check the museums out! You might even get to meet Cliff, he's an interesting guy that gets around VERY well for his age. He sure seemed to like the hugs he was getting from the ladies though...

I hope to be like that when I"m 94!

Here is a photo of me with the guy my grandpa bought his Model A from back in the early 60s. Taken right before I trailered it home from Montana.

02-04-2012, 08:49 AM	#25
montanafordman Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Meridian, ID Posts: 604	Re: the history of your car ??????? My grandpa purchased my 1931 coupe roughly around 1962 from Cliff Ullman in Rudyard, MT. He put it in the garage where it sat for nearly 30 years until after he retired from farming in 1988. He began working on it around the spring of 1989 and had it back on the road sometime around 1993-1994. I'll never forget my first ride in the car. It hadn't been upholstered yet and he had plenty of work left but we cruised around the dusty roads of his rural town of Gildford, MT anyway with my Grandpa sitting on a 5 gallon bucket while I sat on the floor since he didn't have the seat finished. We were both grinning ear to ear! He tinkered with it as much as his time, pateince and health allowed until his passing in 2008. He always said it was going to be my car one day and now you know.. the rest of the story! I wasn't able to pick the car up since I didn't have a place for it until last september. The guy my grandfather bought the car from is still around and he wanted to meet me and show me a vintage auto, pioneer and dinasaur museum (three different buildings in a VERY small town) that he had a hand in puting together so I got a chance to visit with him a little when I was back in the old stomping grounds. He is 94 and still driving around and has volunteered a LOT of his time and resources putting together the three musueums and has a few cars he owned and restored in the car museum and lots of dinasaur fossils found on his land in the dinasaur museum. These museums were a community effort with many of the locals contributing that turned out quite well. This is all located in the tiny little town of Rudyard, MT on US HYW 2. Its VERY impressive for hardly being a dot on the map and I was pretty amazed. If you're ever cruising across Montana's highline you should check the museums out! You might even get to meet Cliff, he's an interesting guy that gets around VERY well for his age. He sure seemed to like the hugs he was getting from the ladies though... I hope to be like that when I"m 94! Here is a photo of me with the guy my grandpa bought his Model A from back in the early 60s. Taken right before I trailered it home from Montana.