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07-05-2011, 11:37 PM | #1 |
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My Family's History finally Come's to Life.
My Grandfather bought a 1930 Deluxe Delivery new in Oct. 1930. I have only 2 original pic's of the Truck. I was able to find a nice original truck in May, 1971. I drove it for a couple years before restoring in 73-74. Everything was redone ,but after about a year later the paint started cracking . By now I was getting very frustrated .Things in my life started changing ,got married, had a family, Most of you guys understand that. I did have other cars to drive ,like Model T's, 1939 Chev . But I didn't feel like spending any more money at the time. So I put the truck in storage and just let it sit there. Now let's move 32 years forward,about 3 years ago I decided to tackle another restoration on the Truck. Well it is now DONE . Finished it last week and had the sign put on ( Just like Grandfathers ) .I have taken a few pic's of it, So here it is. First 2 pic's are the orignal Truck, the one taken from the rear is of my dad at the age of 11 taken in 1931. The 3rd pic is of taken of me in 1971 at the age of 19. And finally the last 5 pic's are of the new Truck. Hope you guys enjoy because I am for sure even after all these years.
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07-05-2011, 11:47 PM | #2 |
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That is awesome! My initial thought was that how cool would it be to cut up a few 1930 plates and make the same plate that was on your grandfather's truck.
STELLAR JOB! Wow!
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07-06-2011, 12:16 AM | #3 |
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Looks great. Were the original wheels red, or were they black?
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07-06-2011, 12:24 AM | #4 |
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07-06-2011, 12:26 AM | #5 |
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That is great!!! Best of luck with it!!
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07-06-2011, 12:59 AM | #6 |
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07-06-2011, 01:16 AM | #7 |
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Wow! That's a beautiful job and a great story to go behind it. I'm glad someone thought to take pictures of the original
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07-06-2011, 03:36 AM | #8 |
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Very Beautiful Car ! And so nice with your family history to go with it. Good job !
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07-06-2011, 06:00 AM | #9 |
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Beautiful, and what a nice Model A to own. Someday I'd like to also have a Sedan Delivery.
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07-06-2011, 06:10 AM | #10 |
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Nice Job. I can not wait to get mine done. No family history, but local history. My Grandpa knew the guy who owned it originally and was good freinds with the husband of the widow I bought it from. He may have even worked for the person who used the body as a line shack, but we are not sure. Rod
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07-06-2011, 06:17 AM | #11 |
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VERY, VERY NICE!!!!!
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07-06-2011, 06:22 AM | #12 |
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Thanks for sharing this Don.
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07-06-2011, 07:25 AM | #13 |
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Very nice job well done!!
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07-06-2011, 07:40 AM | #14 |
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The truck is beautiful, and the story is GREAT. Good Job.
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07-06-2011, 08:14 AM | #15 |
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Beautiful job!!
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07-06-2011, 08:23 AM | #16 |
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You did very well keeping the family alive!
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07-06-2011, 08:38 AM | #17 |
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Very nice!
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07-06-2011, 08:41 AM | #18 |
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What a nice looking A. I can only guess how proud you are of it.
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07-06-2011, 08:51 AM | #19 |
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Great story and a job well done. I can relate to getting married.............. it took me about 45 years to finish mine.
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07-06-2011, 11:16 AM | #20 |
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Great Don, the truck looks terrific. Now if I can only get working on my projects and get to that truck of mine.
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