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08-02-2020, 07:04 PM | #1 |
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Was there once a Model A open bus on Catalina Island?
Seems to me that I remember that there was a local who lived on Catalina Island, in Southern California who owned a Model A open bus vehicle.
Do any of you remember that? Does anyone know what ever happened to that vehicle? Were there ever Model A tours to the island, prior to only allowing golf carts? Thanks in advance. |
08-02-2020, 08:54 PM | #2 |
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Re: Was there once a Model A open bus on Catalina Island?
Though kinda far from the islands off the California coast, there is one for sale in Norway:
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08-02-2020, 09:55 PM | #3 |
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Re: Was there once a Model A open bus on Catalina Island?
I grew up in San Pedro. As a kid, I went to Catalina Island often. This would have been in the late 1970s and early 1980s. I don't remember a Model A bus. The only old car I remember was a brass Model T roadster that was on display in the old Casino.
The Model T Ford Club of America (MTFCA) hosted a few national tours on Catalina Island back in the 1970s and maybe before. I attended one as a kid. The car in my avatar was also there on at least one MTFCA tour. If you read Bruce McCalley and Glenn Embree's book "From Here to Obscurity" (the Model T equivalent of the book "Henry's Lady") many of photographs in the book were taken at one of the MTFCA tours in Catalina. I don't remember any Model A club tours. Last edited by gz; 08-02-2020 at 10:11 PM. |
08-03-2020, 07:54 AM | #4 |
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Re: Was there once a Model A open bus on Catalina Island?
There was a handyman that had a T roadster pickup with a ladder rack that I would see from time to time in Avalon.
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No restorable Model A's were harmed in the building of this truck! Last edited by denis4x4; 08-03-2020 at 04:52 PM. |
08-03-2020, 11:24 AM | #5 |
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Re: Was there once a Model A open bus on Catalina Island?
Brad, that is one cool lookimg bus!!!
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08-03-2020, 12:39 PM | #6 |
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Re: Was there once a Model A open bus on Catalina Island?
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Thank you everyone for sharing your memories and comments. I'm pretty sure I read a short article or saw a picture of a model a bus, wagon, or truck that was used at Catalina island. I wonder if it was in one of the national magazines? If I find out, I'll report back. |
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