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Old 08-02-2015, 12:22 PM   #17
BILL WILLIAMSON
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Default Re: What did you trade for a Model A?

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Originally Posted by Hoogah View Post
A '27 Chevy. Well not a direct trade but that was the result I was endeavouring to achieve. Always wanted an A. It took me about 10 years to learn that the Chev, although fun, was just a stopgap that was standing in the way of my ambition. The longer I kept it, the longer it would be before I could park an A in the same spot.
HOOGAH,
Had a '26 Chev Tudor, good learning experience, as it had some unusual designed stuff, like, VACUUM TANK, to suck gas from the BACK of the car, NO combustion chamber in the head, CONDENSOR, incorporated INSIDE the coil, "STAR-LIKE" diffusers in the intake ports, for better mileage, exposed push rods & lifters, & a felt pad, to oil the rocker arms AND, only had 2 wheel brakes, service brakes were BANDS around the drum & park brake was shoes, inside the drum!! AND, its' TAIL LIGHT wuz in the middle of the spare tire.
The car was a TOTALLY UNMOLESTED car, except for a 2" water pipe straight pipe. Body was perfect & original MOHAIR interior would rate an 8!!!
Bill W.
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