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Offline Janice

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Two Classics, One Car
« on: November 03, 2011, 02:32:02 PM »


Don't know which to love more, the car or the owner. Neat video. Click on picture to watch.
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Re: Two Classics, One Car
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2011, 02:37:07 PM »
What a newt lady, and what a story she tells!  :clap:
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Re: Two Classics, One Car
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2011, 03:01:09 PM »
Car guy ^5.  Neat story.  Neat car. 
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Re: Two Classics, One Car
« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2011, 03:14:28 PM »
Geez, That was supposed to be NEAT lady, not NEWT lady.  :argh:
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Re: Two Classics, One Car
« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2011, 03:27:16 PM »
Nice story, Janice ^5! Very classy Lady and an absolutely gorgeous Packard.  :II:

This reminds me of another story I saw on T.V. many years ago which may have been covered by Charles Kuralt but I can't remember for sure, back in the mid 80's. It was about a woman with a 1930's model A Ford which she had bought new at the dealership. She was the original owner and still had the car more than 50 years later, she drove it daily.
This was the only car she had ever owned in her life and as part of a promotional deal at the time she bought the car the dealer threw in a set of tires annually and regular oil changes for free so long as she owned the car.
That dealership was still in business and honored their commitment to her with a new set of tires every year (Lord knows where they got them) and regular oil changes. Not a bad deal for her and she certainly got her money's worth out of that old Ford!
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Re: Two Classics, One Car
« Reply #5 on: November 03, 2011, 07:43:54 PM »
The Model As were definitely different than cars today. There was a spark advance on the steering column to aid in starting and running the engine, the spark plugs had no wires but used copper strips from the distributor, there was no gas gauge, the carburetor was an updraft, the brakes were mechanical rather than today's hydraulics, and there was no heater. Among other things.
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