[Keith True]

My grandfather told me the reasons the A's survived and the Chevy's didn't were,(1)the wood framed bodies.There were always nice running Chevy's around,with the doors flopping around.(2)During the war you could squeeze 16-20 MPG out of an A,the Chevy was 10-12.Todays gas would do much better.Everybody wanted an A.In 1978 I was driving a 30 Chevy coupe,I could get 16 MPG out of it.The original owner told me the best he did for the first 12 years was 10-12.He parked it during the war and drove a beat up A.That car stayed parked for 35 years until I got my hands on it.It had always been in a dry environment so the wood was perfect.