Re: In search of the right Model "A"

Posted by Marith McCoul on December 04, 1996 at 20:21:13

In Reply to: In search of the right Model "A"
posted by R.A.Breckler on December 01, 1996 at 22:21:55

You would do well to join the local chapter of MAFCA or MARC.
I don't know where you live, so I can't give you the address
of the nearest one to you. These guys will "hold your hand"
and generally help you out as you go through the very difficult
process of finding the right car. Model A's are some 60 years
old. There's nearly "no such thing as" an UN restored original
Model A - they've all been used, abused and worked on extensively
with varying degrees of skill and success. A club member with
a few years of restoration experience under his belt can save
you from making a ghastly (and costly) mistake. Here in my
area, would-be buyers bring prospective purchases in to us for
my appraisel. The stuff they drag in is frequently AWFUL. They
truely don't know the difference because they don't know what they're supposed
to see, what they're supposed to hear, and what they do see
and hear is going to cost them to correct. Failing to find
the "local" chapter, contact the nationals: MARC: 1-313-278-1455
MAFCA: 1-310-697-2712 and, if need be, buy a copy of their
national membership roster and look up members near you. I
can't stress enough that what you don't know can and will cost
you plenty. A top notch 30-1 coupe can cost $15,000., but you
can get badly burned, at that price, by a dishonest (or stupid)
seller just the same as you can waste $4,000 or $5,000 on a
car that's simply rolling junk billed as "an amatuer restoration".

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Re: In search of the right Model "A" Wayne Parker December 06, 1996 at 16:04:28(0)

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