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Old 09-10-2020, 12:13 PM   #18
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Default Re: Ford verse Chevrolet

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Originally Posted by Bob Bidonde View Post
Big Three engines of 1928 and 1931. A story I have often heard from from folks who lived through the Great Depression is that a replacement fuel pump cost about $15 in the late 1930s, but one could buy a running Model "A" for that money. The Chevrolet and Plymouth had fuel pumps. Note that the horsepower monster was the Plymouth.

I raced my 1931 Model "A" Coupe against a 1932 Chevy Master Coupe on a highway from about 30 MPH up to 60 MPH and it was tie.
Maybe the cost was lower but so did all Fords from 32 on, re fuel pump.
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