Watching the history channel tonight and this show is showing Henry Ford unveiling his new Model A in reaction to GM and Chrysler out innovating him. Trouble is his unveiled 1927/8 4 Dr Sedan is either a 30 or 31. Really obvious. You would think they would be a little more technically competent.
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Ha, just turned it on. You're right about wrong car. Funny. It's not like they couldn't have found the correct car for the show. -
Yea and late '31 at that! They could have used a '28 at least. The race car, the sweepstakes car, was not even close to the original. Of all the manufacturers to get the wrong a Ford? So much information out there, so many cars out there it's a shame.Originally posted by Roadster Rich View PostComment
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It looks like a 31 Slant Window to me. Also it has white side walls and red wheels. It is an interesting series, though.Comment
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It was a late 31 slant windshield, similar to mine. Plus, I do not believe the car was originally introduced as a Model A Ford, but as "The New Ford." Even with these inaccuracies, the show is entertaining to watch.Comment
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Concur; did I miss the '32/ v8 introduction or is that perhaps in the next sequence?Comment
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My read on the series is that it is the usual TV "dumbed down" version of what actually happened.Comment
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When watching MOVIES/FILMS/ETC, we have to just throw REALISM out the window & enjoy it!!---UR, you could jist UN-PLUG the danged thing & go sit in the corner, in a FETAL POSITION!!!---The Dog.png "cool")
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I think stuff like that has been happening for years. Even the movie "Emporer of the North" had mistakes like that. The Plymouth door in the trash pile at the bottom of the revine was looking old and beaten even though it would have been very new (looking at the door handles) at the time frame the movie is set in (FDR was on the radio in one scene selling "The New Deal"). Prop people don't always get it right. Time and budget don't always allow experts and convenience rules the day. RodLast edited by Rowdy; 08-17-2017, 11:22 AM."Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good." Thomas SowellComment
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My favorite series was the Board Walk Empire3~ Tudor's & 1~ Coupe
Henry Ford said,
"It's all nuts and bolts"
"Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible."
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Saw an Old Western, with WIDE tire tracks in front of the Ranch House, looked like DUALS!!
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Chief, my Dad & mentor, had a friend that built a BEAUTIFUL, BLACK Sedan. Shortly after drivin' it, he SOLD it! Apparently DISILLUSIONED with it. Chief said, "The only thing WRONG with the car was it was BETTER than new, including the paint"!
I've known of several folks that have done a similar thing. One built a '28 CCPU, with A/C, even. The seating comfort was SO BAD, he SOLD...05-11-2017, 02:14 PM -
Won Best Of Show for pre1949 original car, about 15 cars in the class, Sister was the only pre 1940 DejaBlu actually won a top 25 trophy...about 150 cars total in the show.....get a lot of comments having both a Ford and a Chevy at these shows .png "smile")
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I was in the car wash yesterday and noticed a guy with a nice mid 80's Mercedes coupe. We struck up a conversation about the car and he said that he was on his way to a commercial shoot in NYC. He went on to say that he has this car registered with an agency that supplies vehicles to photographers who want them for commercials. He also told me that the typical fee for using his car was $1000 for a...12-04-2018, 08:47 AM -
Hi everyone heres a short 32 second video of our restored drag altered running shes been sitting for many years under cover. Were taking the car to the Hot Rod fall out in CT next month just for display. Some engine specs the cam is a Potvin 425 eliminator heads are Grancor the Strombergs are 48's ignition is an original Vetex bore 3-3/8 stroke 4-1/8. Drivetrain early Ford side shift trans using 2nd...09-14-2018, 09:13 PM -
How many of you at one time or the other over the years heard something about the Model A/AA Ford that you had a hard time beleiving if it were true or not.
Here is my story...I was told once that before the Ford Runtunda fire of what year I forget, that there were many Ford archives and Ford data that were lost due to the fire.
One of the items that was lost were all the...08-29-2018, 11:53 PM -
This is a good book for all you Ford fans if you are looking to pass some winter weather time indoors. Some neat points they make in the book, in relation to Model A Fords, was the story of 'how' the Model A came about (we've all heard it still interesting) but also later Alan Mullaly makes reference to how they pulled Ford out of the brink of disaster after he took over in Sept. 2006, akin to what...01-30-2018, 05:52 PM -
A few years ago one of my family members died and we were going through our family estate colonial historical documents in our ancient land grant estate house.
We found a later 1905 dated post card written to my grandfather from his Godchild who was studying to become Priest at the Marist Seminary in Maryland.
He described how the night before, his seminary student friend...12-01-2018, 03:11 AM
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