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Tim Quinn · 11-19-2019, 08:44 AM

One clear cold day, in mid January, three of us decided to drive my '29 A to a lighthouse in Lake Eire. The ice was good, thick and safe . We got about halfway to the lighthouse (1.5 miles) and it was noticed that we were almost out of gas.
Turn back and as we got closer to shore, we saw a big wide crack in the ice with a 6" or 7" lip. The crack went for ever parallel to the shore line in both directions.
We are now out of gas ! Only one thing to do "JUMP THE CRACK !!!"
One on the driver's side running board and one on the passenger side.
Back the A up and got to at least 38 mph, hit the crack , went air borne, came down and went through the ice ! The A floated up on solid ice, both of them on the running board had wet feet ! Knocked a whole in the ice 4 times the size of the A.
We stood there laughing as our testicles headed to our throats.
Good thing Henry used wood in the construction of those beautiful cars.

11-19-2019, 08:44 AM	#794
Tim Quinn Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 6	Re: tell a Model A related story One clear cold day, in mid January, three of us decided to drive my '29 A to a lighthouse in Lake Eire. The ice was good, thick and safe . We got about halfway to the lighthouse (1.5 miles) and it was noticed that we were almost out of gas. Turn back and as we got closer to shore, we saw a big wide crack in the ice with a 6" or 7" lip. The crack went for ever parallel to the shore line in both directions. We are now out of gas ! Only one thing to do "JUMP THE CRACK !!!" One on the driver's side running board and one on the passenger side. Back the A up and got to at least 38 mph, hit the crack , went air borne, came down and went through the ice ! The A floated up on solid ice, both of them on the running board had wet feet ! Knocked a whole in the ice 4 times the size of the A. We stood there laughing as our testicles headed to our throats. Good thing Henry used wood in the construction of those beautiful cars.