AA forum possibility ?

[pAAt]

Mitch, is there a chance of doing this ? It would help me get a friend involved and he is very knowledgable in the early ones. Most of all it would benefit me greatly, selfish I am, and it would possibly get my truck going. Thank you for your consideration on this manner. P.S.- this is serious, but they are really fun to use ! Pat

[Neil Wilson]

Mitch, is there a chance of doing this ? It would help me get a friend involved and he is very knowledgable in the early ones. Most of all it would benefit me greatly, selfish I am, and it would possibly get my truck going. Thank you for your consideration on this manner. Pat

FYI - There is currently an AA Forum at http://forums.aa-fords.com. And, the Ford Model AA Truck Club website is at http://fmaatc.org/

[pAAt]

Thanks Neil, I have been at those sites and I would like to stay in one place for everything. This is going to be the total, come to, site in my opinion or I sure hope so. Your forum on this site would be the big change in my life. I already know who you are and you are the one !! Please do it for me pAAt

[DaWizard]

Well, I see no reason to not have a section for AAs, afteral, they are Model As too.

[pAAt]

You have the greatest mind I have ever read Wiz ! Plus a awesome Avatar !! pAAt

[pAAt]

Same cab, fenders, engine (except for the extra A stamped on them), seats, windows, and etc. Why do I feel displaced and no body loves me !! Probably because I own an AA on an A forum ? Pat's sad, very sad, and that's no B.S. I know I'll always be last to the bar, last to the hotel, and the one who helps distressed Model A in trouble, but a half hour after they breaks down ! I think I'll get a winch so at least one, Model A, person at a time loves me. AA Blues wishing all you A people safe travels ! You know I'm watching your back, so wait awhile and I'll be there to help. Mr. High Speed Worm Drive Man..

[DaWizard]

Ya know Pat, when I was a kid with a Model A family, we even collected AAs. I remember bringing the first one home. We rented a Uhaul trailer that had cattycorner mis-matched tires. It had 4 tires of 2 sizes, the tires opposing were the same size.

Anyway, on the way home after loading this thing on the trailer hood forward, the oak bed was hanging out with a flag, and coming down this slight decline, my sister driving her 56 truck, the trailer hitch the high spot, we started to kinda fishtail in the middle, and instead of running away from it, she hits the brakes to slow down, we wind up jackknifed across the 4 lanes onto oncoming traffic, the trailer tongue up over the bumper, the truck still on the trailer but the bed laying off to the side on the curb. My brother sitting in the middle with a cup of coke in his hand never spilling a drop, all three us just a bit shaken up.

Needless to say, it took all of us to get things righted back the way they should, with the help of the AAA tow truck drivers help.

Anyway, we finally get home with this beast and in the backyard where it rests comfortably. A nice example of the early '28 left brake closed cab AA. Sure wish I had all those cars we had back then.

Sorry to get off on nostalgia. Memories come so dearly.

BTW, that was one of the few that became a runner, my brother fell in love with it.

[pAAt]

Sorry for laughing Wiz ! I felt like I was there in the 56 !! Great story and I'm glad it only took AAA to solve your problems. Your with us now and that's what matters the most. I need these stories Wiz, because that's who we are. My cousin, if you asked him a question, would tell you the truth right down to the price of pop and the strippers He's gone now (2 years), but I still wear his winter pants and shoes he left me. I'm a very proud man, I guess, of people who do good. Wiz, your my friend and you don't have to be mine. No contracts here !! I need to meet you and Bill for sure, I guess Rowdy's on the way. This is a great forum and I will do what ever it takes..................Your friend, Pat

[DaWizard]

Thanks Pat. I am proud to call you friend, as well as the rest of the crew here. This has been a long time coming and it was due.

Actually, it was 1966, but the 50's and 60's were a time of wonder for me.

As for stories of my youth, there are a few that will put a smile on your face as it does mine when I remember them. Give me some time, I don't want to over run the place with me.

Your friend, J.C.

[Tom Wesenberg]

Pat, if you're looking for an antique hand winch for a wrecker, I saw a couple in Cooley's junk yard the other day. I could spend all day just walking around in a good old junkyard. It's like an outdoor museum.

[pAAt]

You have to take me with sometime ! I was a junkyard dog back in the day. I worked at Bauer Brothers Salvage in St. Paul, located off 35E and Maryland. They are in Minneapolis now on 2nd Ave. N. I worked for Herman, the father, who did the auto salvage part and the boys did building salvage. This should be on your list of stops someday soon. They are 20 minutes from you and have tons of stuff also.