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Old 01-01-2021, 02:48 AM   #21
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Probably a hundred or less. But they were fun Country miles. You can cover a lot of roads without racking up many actual miles.
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Old 01-01-2021, 07:05 AM   #22
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I drove my 31 coupe 1002 miles in 2020
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Old 01-01-2021, 08:24 AM   #23
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3,000 in 2020 - With radial tires a 3sp overdrive, 6:1 head, B cam, intake and carb. Top speed was 67 mph early in the morning on a very smooth highway, with almost no other traffic. It was just a one time thing to see how fast it would go on the GPS wave app.

I regularly drive my car 60 mile round trips to work. It does so well in modern traffic we use it to grocery shop on weekends. Next upgrade will be juice brakes and an F1 steering box.
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Old 01-01-2021, 08:40 AM   #24
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modifications you have so far are worthwhile for your purposes,
but the juice brakes will be a time/money-consuming disappointment.
spend it instead making the mechanicals 100% with cast iron drums if needed.
to a lesser extent the steering "upgrade" is not required- make sure youe two-tooth box is 100%, then add teflon ball seats + a short pittman arm.....
sometimes less is more.
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Old 01-01-2021, 08:44 AM   #25
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About 1000 on the 'A' each season and a couple thousand on the motorbikes. Then they sit in the barn from Nov til May. I think they try to reproduce each winter.
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Old 01-01-2021, 09:15 AM   #26
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418 miles since re-purchasing the Town Sedan at the end of September.

I promise to do better this year.....
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Old 01-01-2021, 10:45 AM   #27
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About 400, my first year owning a Model A. Mostly down local country gravel roads with my arm hanging out the window. Very enjoyable the highlight of my summer.

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Old 01-01-2021, 12:20 PM   #28
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Not many, guesstimate about 25 - 30
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Old 01-01-2021, 12:49 PM   #29
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Just short of 600.
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Old 01-01-2021, 02:52 PM   #30
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About 500 miles on nice country roads,rattles and squeeks very soothing.
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Old 01-01-2021, 02:53 PM   #31
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About 250.
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Old 01-01-2021, 03:45 PM   #32
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749 miles. Really hope this year is better as I sure have missed cruising with friends!
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Old 01-01-2021, 04:04 PM   #33
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230 or so, 1 parade, 1 rally, and several trips to the local post office.
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Old 01-01-2021, 04:16 PM   #34
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Between the 2, only about 4,000 miles. Which had we done all of the activities this year that were originally planned, it should have been way more.
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Old 01-01-2021, 06:18 PM   #35
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I put about 1800 miles but I did not get the car from an engine rebuild until the end of June.
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Old 01-01-2021, 07:05 PM   #36
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Zero for me couldn't drive either model a My Son is storing his Transam in my driveway in front of my garage door.And besides with the covid I didn't get out much.
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Old 01-01-2021, 07:59 PM   #37
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Zero for me couldn't drive either model a My Son is storing his Transam in my driveway in front of my garage door.And besides with the covid I didn't get out much.
Put a for sale sign on the windshield of the trans am . He’ll move it!
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Old 01-01-2021, 10:04 PM   #38
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About 300 miles with the AA , TuDor and Pickup, The Coupe never left the garage which is about 1/3 of what I usually do. One of the main reasons was the social distancing aspect. The A's are magnets for people and at my age that was one thing I tried to avoid. Went on some picnics with the Grand Kids during the week when most people were working.
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Old 01-01-2021, 11:44 PM   #39
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About 400, my first year owning a Model A. Mostly down local country gravel roads with my arm hanging out the window. Very enjoyable the highlight of my summer.
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Old 01-02-2021, 12:15 AM   #40
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I only was able to put 400 miles on my Coupe this year. Most of that was around town and two Club tours in the fall. I have gotten a lot of little things done to it. I also got to drive my Victoria a little and worked on it.
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