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Just covering my ass from the forum constabulary.

We are an antique car forum... so no hotrods, etc. 🤷‍♂️

And Kookie (Edd Byrnes) drove a 22 Ford T-bucket built by Norm Grabowski who garnered some fame as a hot rod builder and character actor (hopefully this doesn't violate the "no hot rods" rule).

Wonder if that's where Lucas got the idea for the Pharaohs doing the same thing to the cop car in American Graffiti.

Many years ago, I saw Robert Stack on one of the late night shows. All I remember about it was him saying they started showing the cars more on The Untouchables because old car guys kept asking for them. 😁 Course there's the well-known goof in High Sierra when Mad Dog Roy Earle's Plymouth coupe keeps morphing back and forth between a 1937 and 1938.

Yeah, I know. Many prewar cars didn't have an outside lock on the driver door, so you had to lock it from the inside, exit the passenger side and lock that door. For that matter, some cars didn't even have a driver door, e.g., early Model T open cars. OTOH, the driver is posed on the street side in the OP pic. 🤷‍♂️

I used to but now I'm so crippled up she usually has to open doors for me.

Your finding one in Florida lends credence to it being an insecticide/herbicide sprayer - we have plenty bugs and foliage here!

It looks to be "accessorized" and prepared for cold weather - that hood cover is interesting. Bet it was fun climbing over the luggage rack.

Nice truck. The Black Star Story Per the above link, the Great Northern Brewery was built in 1994 to produce Black Star. In 2010, the company celebrated the 15th anniversary of the first brewing. That's pretty close to the time the OP said the truck was restored. I'd guess it was to promote the anniversary.

The Inman in Champaign, IL - on the National Register. Built in 1915 with 5 stories, a sixth was added a few years later. Due to the shape of its lot, the east wall is longer than the west so the corners on the north side aren't square. It's no longer a hotel - converted to senior apartments but the architecture has been preserved. This is an old postcard but the appearance still is the same. The lobby and dining room as they currently appear.

I second what others posted, with one proviso - it can get pretty foggy (and spooky 😉) at night.

There are three pieces. In the picture Keiser posted of an original dash, the center section with three knobs is the radio head. The eBay picture he posted is a radio delete which covers the hole if the car doesn't have a radio. Above the radio is a trim piece with the Dodge badge. The piece with two indentations below the radio is the ashtray. It pulls out like a drawer for use and fits into a metal bracket behind the dash. This is 38 Plymouth and not the best picture but it shows the ashtray and its bracket - similar to Dodge.

Nice looking truck. Yep, both my wife and I are well into our seniority and have some mobility issues. Our "modern" DD is a pickup (same vintage and layout as yours) because it's easier/safer for us to sit, then swing our legs in. The truck seat is butt-height so it's more convenient than a lower one. Course, the truck also is handy for hauling our various stuff.

When traveling with my parents many decades ago, there happened to be a car show in the town where we overnighted. One of the entrants was a gorgeous Marmon coupe. I immediately fell in love with that car and can still see it in my mind's eye. I'm sure it's the one that infected me with the old car bug. To this day, I'm still partial to 30s coupes and I've owned several of them - none so grandiose as a Marmon, but coupes nonetheless. My modern rides have been 2-door hardtops, which are about as close to coupes as can be had nowadays. As I was living in the midwest at the time, they were more practical than convertibles there. But now that I've retired to a milder climate, I'm considering a rag-top. I also like pickups and various commercial vehicles.

The Model A appears to be a 28 or 29 standard coupe. Interestingly, it was produced until July, 28 and again after April, 29. The Special Coupe was produced in the interim - pretty much the same except the panel with the rear window was covered with top material.

Lubricating the seat tracks and adjuster helps. And yeah, we like pix.

One of the cars on my wish list is a Cutlass SX - produced only in 1970-71 and pretty much a 442 in Supreme clothes.

Thing is, rubber is dull in appearance and tends to dry out and get brittle. Products like Armor All shine it (which admittedly may not be authentic) and supposedly helps keep it pliable. Slickness seems to be somewhat dependent on the "tread" of a mat. The ones in my truck are fairly smooth. OTOH, our Model A had a pattern with some depth to it and slickness wasn't a problem.

^THIS!^ I once made the mistake of putting Armor All on the rubber mats in my modern truck - shined real pretty but boy, was it slick until it wore off.

The bold above may be true. OTOH, many if not most/all cars now come standard with a center console, making sliding across a major inconvenience.

Prior to 1941, Ford put outside locks on only the passenger door. On exiting the car, you had to lock the driver door from the inside, slide across to get out the passenger side, and lock that door from the outside. I think some places actually had laws against exiting on the driver side, as a safety measure I suppose.

^This^ Rumble seats are cool (although dubious safety) for hauling around kids/grandkids and they love it. Not so much for adults, especially senior ones - hard to climb in and out of, pretty cramped and better hope it's nice weather. I had a rumble seat car for decades and can count on one hand the number of times anybody rode back there.

The one in the OP pic doesn't look as wide as the others, although I suppose that could be difference in year and/or model/trim level.

Dunno if this will work in every situation but FWIW... I've used mineral spirits to remove road tar and 3M adhesive foam tape. It's never harmed paint but I always test first. Soak the stuff to be removed and let it sit for a few minutes. Then wipe it off with a rag dipped in the mineral spirits - that may smear the stuff but just keep wiping with a clean spot on the rag until it all comes off. It may take more than one application and it does work better if the surface is warm.