mrcvs Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 That is, if given a choice today, what style would most folks prefer? I won't reveal what I heard yesterday but I just about did a backflip. After several responses, I'll reveal what I was told--and why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimacar Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 I'd bet it's four door sedan, for nice quiet, dry touring. Everyone seems to WANT an open car, but I've seen a trend toward more closed cars being used on tours. I still like a top flapping in the breeze, or better yet, hidden in a boot! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13CADDY Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 David, I like the 4dr. also--the movable driver seat helps us big boys--Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcvs Posted June 1, 2019 Author Share Posted June 1, 2019 Wow! Right on both counts! Folks want comfort. This surprises me! I have a 1930 Fordor. Might consider selling as might lose storage space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimacar Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 Wow, nicely done, mrcvs, you hooked us! Now you just need to reel in the buyer! Post some pictures and a price, Model A is a commodity, one can just sit down and spec it out like a new car (color, trim level, sidemounts, etc.) and find one to match pretty easily. If you're serious about selling, put the car here, on the Model A Ford Club of America site, and maybe PreWarCar. Good luck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 I prefer an open car as well. The same people that want comfort are the ones that probably aren't as happy with an old car when they buy them as they are still an old car. They need maintenance, finding people to work on them is difficult if you don't do the work yourself and they are still not going to stop start run or drive like your new car in most cases. Some people probably don't like the smell either of warm oil and such you get in an old car. All things to remember for a new be. I know for the rest of us, that's the exact reason we like them. If we wanted a new car and the new car feel that's what we would go buy. That's the reason craigslist is filled with old cars that were bought 5 to 10 years ago and barely driven, because they actually took them out to drive them and didn't like them, so they put them away for the next 5 to 10, not sure what to do with it, until life shifted and they had to decide how to dispose of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cahartley Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 I had a '19 Touring T with which was fun to pick up a friend or two and go for drives on a pleasant days. I would take it out in late Fall because the engine throws a considerable amount of heat. Other than that not so much for rear seat passengers in cooler weather which didn't bother me up front. So my preference is for closed cars. If they want wind.......they can roll down the windows...... 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41 Su8 Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 One reason that Fordor Model A's are do desirable is due to the adjustable front seat. Another is the comfort. I have a '29 Special Coupe, the passenger compartment is quite small. Roadsters are even tighter. Large people just cannot fit in some of the Model A's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcvs Posted June 2, 2019 Author Share Posted June 2, 2019 On 06/01/2019 at 8:52 AM, trimacar said: Wow, nicely done, mrcvs, you hooked us! Now you just need to reel in the buyer! Post some pictures and a price, Model A is a commodity, one can just sit down and spec it out like a new car (color, trim level, sidemounts, etc.) and find one to match pretty easily. If you're serious about selling, put the car here, on the Model A Ford Club of America site, and maybe PreWarCar. Good luck. I'll post some photographs soon. I have no idea what it is even worth these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5632 Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 You do not purchase a Model A for comfort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcvs Posted June 2, 2019 Author Share Posted June 2, 2019 Okay here are some photographs. I don't know...up in the air about letting her go. But I don't drive it much. In fact, 25 miles since engine refurbished as club project. Other club members have gone over this car and said its fairly sound except front two quarter panels in lower portions need work. Built 13 October 1930. Ran fine 2 yrs ago. Dead battery last spring. Went to Wal-Mart AutoZone and Tractor Supply to purchase a replacement 6 volt battery this morning to run her today and no luck. Where are you finding batteries today? Interior redone in 1970's I was told. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5632 Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Optima. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcvs Posted June 2, 2019 Author Share Posted June 2, 2019 2 minutes ago, 5632 said: Optima. Where would you get that? The battery I have I replaced 5 yrs ago and I know I got it locally. If you don't get locally, how does exchanging for the core fee work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFranklin Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 I think NAPA could get you a 6 volt battery. I'm surprised that Tractor Supply didn't have one, shame on them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, 5632 said: You do not purchase a Model A for comfort. Well if you are buying a closed car over an open car becasue you want heat and less wind noise, that would be considered comfort of the type long before everything was automated and we had Heated and cooled seats and steering wheels. Edited June 2, 2019 by auburnseeker (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcvs Posted June 2, 2019 Author Share Posted June 2, 2019 I need a few days to think about this. In the meantime, what seems like a good price for this to ask? I'm thinking $12,500 but maybe that's high. I've never been crazy about the Fordor body style and that's a motivating factor. Replace it with something I, personally, like. Until a few days ago, I was not even aware the Fordor was remotely popular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cahartley Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 5 hours ago, mrcvs said: Okay here are some photographs. I don't know...up in the air about letting her go. But I don't drive it much. In fact, 25 miles since engine refurbished as club project. Sell it and get something you will drive. Currently the car isn't doing anyone any good........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcvs Posted June 2, 2019 Author Share Posted June 2, 2019 21 minutes ago, cahartley said: Sell it and get something you will drive. Well, that's the huge dilemma! I bought it thinking that I would drive it, especially when my 1917 Maxwell is laid up pending finding parts, which is currently the case. I thought I would buy a farmhouse and barn by now, and have it on my property, but that is much easier said than done, so I rent space in someone else's barn. Not ideal, and removes any spontaneity from driving it, especially when I cannot easily access it sometimes. I find my interests are early cars, the earlier the better! I would buy something pre-1915, this time around. My abilities suggest that I would end up driving something rarely, stuck with pesky repairs that take me an incredible amount of time to resolve. Diagnosing, then obtaining parts, then fixing, then actually getting it to work, can easily eat up months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Mack_CT Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 A lot of guys like closed cars here in NE cause they are cozy in late fall and winter if roads are dry. Fordors tend to have a solid feel to them as well. But you will likely fall behind me on a long grade! 😆 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brass is Best Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 Hard to beat touring in an A sedan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercer09 Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 roadster roadster roadster........................ who needs a stinkin sedan? lol 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercer09 Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 Where are you finding batteries today? tractor supply ALWAYS has 6 volt batteries if you want an Optima, Amazon and shipped to your door free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcvs Posted June 18, 2019 Author Share Posted June 18, 2019 Yes, Tractor Supply DOES have 6 volt batteries, and I got one there. The day I went there, I asked if they had 6 volt batteries. They stated no. I guess they answered my question literally, and never mentioned they were actually coming in the next morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercer09 Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 so much for the hired help................................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcvs Posted September 5, 2019 Author Share Posted September 5, 2019 Anyone care to rethink what the most popular body style might be relative to Model A Fords? I have a solid 1930 Model A Fordor for sale and I'm learning the hard way you can't give one away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimacar Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 Model A's are commodities, there are so many of them that a potential buyer can pick and choose. Same with Model T's, early Thunderbirds, Mustangs. Your car just hasn't hit the correct commodity price yet. The fact that it needs paint, and you first put it on the market at an inflated price, doesn't help sell it. To take one example of a car hard to sell and project that on the entire market is not correct. Good luck with sale. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 So through marketing for a few months you have found your answer that maybe the 4 door sedan really isn't the most desirable body style. If it was a coupe you would have sold it by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cahartley Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 It was desirable enough for him to have bought it. That's the only thing that counts. Pretty damn hard to take 3 friends for a ride in a coupe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 (edited) I must not have enough friends that want to go for a ride. Besides unless you are touring for days on end, you can take one or 3 with the rumble at a time. Better yet, you want to haul some friends around buy a Phaeton. They are on the cheap side of mi9d 30's and up open cars. Just sold the 40 Ford Coupe last month. Got about 3 times what the guys are trying to get for their 4 door sedans and it sold in a couple of weeks. Those same sedans are still for sale. It was a business coupe. The current Pickup craze must not factor in taking friends for a ride as, unless it's just cruising through a show or in a local sanctioned type cruise you can only haul 3 with most old trucks since you can't have riders in the back on open roads anymore. Seems all those guys aren't too worried about hauling loads of people around. The van craze hasn't really rekindled either which is where it would be at, if you really wanted to haul some friends around. Yeah the many window VW's are popular but I don't think it's for school bus duty. Edited September 6, 2019 by auburnseeker (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcvs Posted September 6, 2019 Author Share Posted September 6, 2019 What does a 1930 Ford Model A Phaeton go for these days? Maybe someday... I have a real estate problem right now, which is why my Fordor is for sale, and I can only look but not buy anything else. I always liked the Phaetons. In the late 1980's, they were no where near affordable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 I've seen them as cheap as mid teens in good shape. Low 20's in very nice #2 type shape. With anything you see prices all over the board and the junk is usually not alot less than the nice stuff when you look at what it takes to make the junk nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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