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Originally Posted by 700rpm
Never trust your Model A to amateurs. Never.
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I agree 150% with that. The service departments at dealerships would have you believe they are anything but amateurs but when it come to a simple car like a Model A, they have no clue.
I bought a 1930 CCPU out of Phoenix a few years ago and the seller took it to the local Ford dealer before he advertised it. You wouldn't believe what I found when I got it home.
It was almost undrivable and you certainly couldn't drive it safely. The brakes were the worst I have encountered on any Model A I have seen although they had just been relined. A new clutch and ring gear had been installed with the ring gear put on the flywheel backwards. They put the usual sticker on the windscreen showing the mileage for the next oil change - 3,000 miles later. 3,000 miles on an engine with no oil filter! Utterly clueless.
There is more but I think you get the picture.