Trunk vs rumble seat...

[PeteVS]

A friend posted an old family picture of an A on FaceBook. Someone went through a lot of effort to load up the family roadster!

[700rpm]

One reason why I converted my rumble back to a trunk.

[KGBnut]

That's a fantastic picture. Thanks for sharing.

Ken

[marty in Ohio]

I received my March Hemmings yesterday and saw an article about 1928 - '29 Ford Roadsters. In the story they stated that price wise the "trunk equipped cars hold a slight advantage over those with rumble seats." My car is a town sedan so the point is lost on me, but I always thought the rumble seat was a plus.
Marty

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

A Friend had a suitcase in his Rumble, it "migrated" back & he couldn't open the LID!!!---He wore the SAME clothes, for FOUR DAYS! Don't know HOW he finally opened it???
Bill W.

[katy]

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Originally Posted by BILL WILLIAMSON

A Friend had a suitcase in his Rumble, it "migrated" back & he couldn't open the LID!!!---He wore the SAME clothes, for FOUR DAYS! Don't know HOW he finally opened it???
Bill W.

A panic stop might get the suitcase to "migrate" forward.

[JBill]

I wish I had put a trunk instead of a rumble seat in my '29 roadster. I never let anybody ride in there anyway.

[700rpm]

Originally Posted by JBill

I wish I had put a trunk instead of a rumble seat in my '29 roadster. I never let anybody ride in there anyway.

You can change it back. I did it, and it only cost me about $200,including repainting the deck lid. Then I sold all the rumble parts for $800.

I did an article on this which was published in the Restorer: Jan-Feb 2016 (60-5) p 12-15

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

Originally Posted by JBill

I wish I had put a trunk instead of a rumble seat in my '29 roadster. I never let anybody ride in there anyway.

YO' JBill,
With a regular trunk, I've seen Folks plop a cushion on the seat riser & ride the trunk, in a Parade!
The LID makes a GOOD SHADE!---I could "doll" this up with Funny Faces, but they still don't work for me????---And, YES, I know how to work them, been doing this for 11 YEARS, so there!
Bill Greatfun

[Oldbluoval]

The "romance" of a rumble seat is WAY over-rated.

A. They are hard to get in and out of, period (well, unless you are less than 15 years old)
B. They are dangerous to ride in them. In an accident, one could be decapitated or thrown into the front panel
C. They leave no feasible room for storing much of anything.
D. They run up the cost of a resto.
E. Too small and cramped for romance (that's where I started this!)

Want to hear my diatribe on side-mounts!!!!!

[HoarseWhisperer]

Originally Posted by Oldbluoval

The "romance" of a rumble seat is WAY over-rated.

A. They are hard to get in and out of, period (well, unless you are less than 15 years old)
B. They are dangerous to ride in them. In an accident, one could be decapitated or thrown into the front panel
C. They leave no feasible room for storing much of anything.
D. They run up the cost of a resto.
E. Too small and cramped for romance (that's where I started this!)

Want to hear my diatribe on side-mounts!!!!!

Oh, no! I opted for the rumble seat and side mount because they were unique to the era. How could I have gone so wrong?

[CHuDWah]

Originally Posted by HoarseWhisperer

Oh, no! I opted for the rumble seat and side mount because they were unique to the era. How could I have gone so wrong?

Well, yeah, you gotta have a rumble - there's no windows in a roadster for the dog to stick its head out!

[CHuDWah]

Originally Posted by Oldbluoval

The "romance" of a rumble seat is WAY over-rated.

A. They are hard to get in and out of, period (well, unless you are less than 15 years old)
B. They are dangerous to ride in them. In an accident, one could be decapitated or thrown into the front panel
C. They leave no feasible room for storing much of anything.
D. They run up the cost of a resto.
E. Too small and cramped for romance (that's where I started this!)

Want to hear my diatribe on side-mounts!!!!!

I've never had a trunk but I did have a rumble and yeah, this ^^^ - never again! (Course E. applies to pretty much every A, except maybe the back of an AA. )

[Anton Voycheck]

Originally Posted by Oldbluoval

Want to hear my diatribe on side-mounts!!!!!

I am betting we agree on this

[Tim Ayers]

As an owner of a '28 roadster who has two boys (15 & 11), a rumble was the only option. I'm going to rig up a safety catch to keep the lid from coming forward.

We wanted a roadster, so this is the only option for us.

[31Cabriolet68-C]

[QUOTE=Tim Ayers;1593676]As an owner of a '28 roadster who has two boys (15 & 11), a rumble was the only option. I'm going to rig up a safety catch to keep the lid from coming forward.

We wanted a roadster, so this is the only option for us.[/QUOTE


Rumble Seat Safety Catch sounds like a truly great concept. I have a question, since this my
first post, I'm not sure exactly how Ford Barn works. Is it OK to ask to be notified/informed if/when Mr Ayers designs such a catch. What's the protocol? Thanks in advance for the (off topic?!?) tutorial.

[700rpm]

[QUOTE=31Cabriolet68-C;1593790]

Originally Posted by Tim Ayers

As an owner of a '28 roadster who has two boys (15 & 11), a rumble was the only option. I'm going to rig up a safety catch to keep the lid from coming forward.

We wanted a roadster, so this is the only option for us.[/QUOTE


Rumble Seat Safety Catch sounds like a truly great concept. I have a question, since this my
first post, I'm not sure exactly how Ford Barn works. Is it OK to ask to be notified/informed if/when Mr Ayers designs such a catch. What's the protocol? Thanks in advance for the (off topic?!?) tutorial.

You could send him a private message (PM). Click on his name and select View Public Profile.

[wingski]

When I first tried to climb into my rumble seat, I realized that the last time I’d been in a rumble seat was in 1957. It wasn’t in an A, but was in a ’33 Plymouth roadster. That day, I had my first beer while riding along with my cousins on a beautiful, hot sunny day on the Southern Oregon coast. I was 13 and 1/2 years old.

My older cousin Roy had installed a radio, and I heard Jack Scott sing “What In The World’s Come Over You’ and “Buring Bridges” for the first time. That beer tasted good for the first two ice-cold swallows, then warmed up and tasted what I thought pee must taste like. I was never much of a beer drinker after that.

Believe it or not, but I had my first A back then. It was a 1931 coupe with a trunk. I remember back then wondering where people with rumble seats carried their tools. The idea of trying to lift a heavy tool box up out of a rumble seat was beyond me even back then when I was young and full of it. Also, the idea of having an open car without windows totally turned me off. Hey, it rained a lot in Portland, Oregon, and even back then I hated the feeling of damp upholstery. Even worse was the feel of that bakelite steering wheel. I remember my hands turning black when driving after I’d left the driver’s window down in a rainstorm. After that, I bought my first leather steering wheel cover. After several tries, I was able to get that stitching correct, and wow did that black cover ever look good. It made the steering wheel bigger and easier to grab. I’ve put leather covers on almost every steering wheel of every car I’ve had since then.

I’ve got to thank you guys again for stirring up wonderful memories.

Thanks,

Mike

P.S. That first beer was Olympia and had four stars on the inside of the label. That meant that I was going to get “Some.” What a joke!

[cpf240]

Originally Posted by wingski

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P.S. That first beer was Olympia and had four stars on the inside of the label. That meant that I was going to get “Some.” What a joke!

Was there an expiration date to go along with those four stars? I'm guessing it didn't specify 'when' you were going to 'get some'...

[California Travieso]

Originally Posted by wingski

When I first tried to climb into my rumble seat, I realized that the last time I’d been in a rumble seat was in 1957. It wasn’t in an A, but was in a ’33 Plymouth roadster. That day, I had my first beer while riding along with my cousins on a beautiful, hot sunny day on the Southern Oregon coast. I was 13 and 1/2 years old.

My older cousin Roy had installed a radio, and I heard Jack Scott sing “What In The World’s Come Over You’ and “Buring Bridges” for the first time. That beer tasted good for the first two ice-cold swallows, then warmed up and tasted what I thought pee must taste like. I was never much of a beer drinker after that.

Believe it or not, but I had my first A back then. It was a 1931 coupe with a trunk. I remember back then wondering where people with rumble seats carried their tools. The idea of trying to lift a heavy tool box up out of a rumble seat was beyond me even back then when I was young and full of it. Also, the idea of having an open car without windows totally turned me off. Hey, it rained a lot in Portland, Oregon, and even back then I hated the feeling of damp upholstery. Even worse was the feel of that bakelite steering wheel. I remember my hands turning black when driving after I’d left the driver’s window down in a rainstorm. After that, I bought my first leather steering wheel cover. After several tries, I was able to get that stitching correct, and wow did that black cover ever look good. It made the steering wheel bigger and easier to grab. I’ve put leather covers on almost every steering wheel of every car I’ve had since then.

I’ve got to thank you guys again for stirring up wonderful memories.

Thanks,

Mike

P.S. That first beer was Olympia and had four stars on the inside of the label. That meant that I was going to get “Some.” What a joke!

Mike,

My first beer was Oly too, about the same age. My older brother and I sneaked two beers out of my sisters wedding reception and we drank them out on back porch. Don't remember if I finished mine!

In 1977 my wife and I bought a VW Van and we went camping up to Vancouver B. C. On the way up I HAD to stop in Olympia, WA and toured the brewery.

David Serrano