Is this the last ride?

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dan Killecut on Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 06:40 pm:

The winter has been slow to arrive in New York. It is Dec.20th, and we are still driving. We drove the Coupe 5 hours today, 4 hours yesterday. The storm that is blanketing the Mid-West is supposed to hit here tomorrow. Today might be the last ride for awhile.









Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jay - In Northern California on Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 06:46 pm:

Dan, Tomorrow is the last day of the World.....don't sweat it!!!! :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By George_Cherry Hill NJ on Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 06:54 pm:

Glad you can get out and around in the T this late that far North.

As far as the tomorrow comment thing....

To all the friends I knew
Let’s just hope the Mayans aren’t true…
But if they are, and we’ve come so far, in the world we knew…

Here are 5 things I’ve always wanted to say…just in case….

1. I’m glad the Surgeon General of the USA was never a woman, or us guys would need annual scrotugrams (ouch)
2. To that guy at the A&P when I was a kid….Gee Mister, it’s now 60 years later and I STILL didn’t try to steal that damned candy bar…
3. I bequeath my Model T collection, or what is left of them to the first new primate who has speech and can say ‘Wow’! To the first primate who has real fingers, or maybe even really good toes you can have what is left of the tools.
4. Speaking of the Mayans, they must have been pretty good but lazy…they must have known we’d shift to the Julian calendar millennia before Julius was even born…and I am markedly impressed that they perceived of leap years too…you guys must have been some sharp cookies. By the way, what happens to that part of the world that still stays on the lunar calendar? Do the Chinese really win on something simply because they still have to transpose from lunar before they reference our own concept of dates? On never mind, too late to answer…on both sides count
5. To my ex-wife from that brief period in my younger days…even if it was by a millisecond, you had better have gone first! :-):-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dan Killecut on Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 07:04 pm:

Gee, maybe I better get the T back out and keep on driving until it's finally over. The headlights work most of the time, every once in a while I have to punch the drivers side, maybe I'll have the wife get out and do that when needed. No sense fixing it now.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Gary Gregory on Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 07:14 pm:

Nice car !


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Richard Wolf on Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 07:14 pm:

My '20 Coupe has the same patina.
It will never be restored as long as I own it.
Beautiful car.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By ex trooper on Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 07:15 pm:

Primates wont have any problem hand starting the flivvers... non opposing thumbs (Like wife #3)mean they can crank L or R handed troop


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jay - In Northern California on Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 07:16 pm:

George George George..... Great stuff my friend! Lets hope the Mayan's stopped the calendar where they did for lack of writing material! GRIN! Happpy Touring Til The End!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By David Walker on Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 09:18 pm:

Dan, if you ever want to get rid of one of those open cars, please please please let me know! Love 'em!

And that wonderful weather you've enjoyed? Yeah it's ending real quick. It's very cold and very windy here in the Deep South and heading your way :-(

I drove my T hot rod yesterday knowing it would be the last day for a while. Wanted to visit the T fairground racer but work prevailed.

Thank you for driving your T's. They are wonderful to look at.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dan Killecut on Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 09:48 pm:

David, thanks for your interest. That is a problem us T people have. We never want to get rid of them. LOL. Actually I bought the Coupe(in 1988) to save it from someone who wanted it for a street rod. This car was too original for that to happen to it. I hadn't planned on keeping it. After I started driving it I was hooked. This happens to me with other Ford products also


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Harold Schwendeman - Sumner,WA on Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 10:08 pm:

Dan - All I can say is, if you ever get a chance to fly in a Ford Tri-motor, ya' better not do it! Ha,ha,.....harold


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Danial - Veneta OR US Earth Solar System on Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 10:14 pm:

Great pics Dan. Makes me want to take my coupe over to the coast for a run...once the rain stops..


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Craig Anderson, central Wisconsin on Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 10:45 pm:

I had the coupe out yesterday for the last time for a while since a snow storm was forecast to hit us (it did).
I drove it in the shed, shut the gas off, ran the carb empty and took off the battery ground cable.
No more T driving for a while here........too much salt on the roads....... :-(


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Danial - Veneta OR US Earth Solar System on Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 10:48 pm:

Craig, one thing I have been thankful for is that so far, here in Oregon, we don't use salt.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dennis Henrichs on Friday, December 21, 2012 - 12:30 am:

Danial- No wonder the food tasted so bland the last time I ate in a restaurant in Oregon :-)

Dennis

PS: thanks again for the coupe height measurement--it will fit in my shop.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Danial - Veneta OR US Earth Solar System on Friday, December 21, 2012 - 01:08 am:

Ha!

You only think I gave you the right height!

Chuckle...


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dennis Henrichs on Friday, December 21, 2012 - 01:28 am:

Danial- Fooled ya! I replaced the wood spoke wheels with 4 modern disposable spares. Still goes in the shop and looks kinda cool. :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Danial - Veneta OR US Earth Solar System on Friday, December 21, 2012 - 02:01 am:

hahahaha! Literally laughing out loud here...hahaha


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dan Killecut on Friday, December 21, 2012 - 06:32 am:

Harold, To late, I've already flown in a Tri-Motor, twice. I would love one and I do have the room, but the availability and price is out of my range. I've never flown except for these two times in a Tr-Motor. I don't trust new commercial planes, and will never fly in one. I don't care how safe they say they are. My favorite Uncle was killed in one, of all things it ran out of fuel.
Well, it looks like we are all still here, so maybe I am going to have to fix that headlight after all.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By scott thayer-Ohio on Friday, December 21, 2012 - 07:05 am:

in Ohio we have been lucky,not much snow,so no salt on roads yet,been using my coupe every day.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Garrison on Friday, December 21, 2012 - 01:37 pm:

I didn't drive my T. But I started pulling the rear end out. I did back my Vette out of the shop so I'd have extra room but I only drove it around the block and put it away.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Harold Schwendeman - Sumner,WA on Friday, December 21, 2012 - 03:20 pm:

Dan - Yeah, I should have known that as a "dyed-in-the-wool" Ford guy, especially with a wife that has "the bug" almost as bad, you'd already have done the Ford Tri-Motor thing. When I posted my comment, I had intended to mention the Model "T" or Model "A" powered Peitenpol Air Camper, but then recalling from meeting you and your wife at Chickasha, and recalling that you're a pretty big guy, I figured you probably wouldn't be tempted by the Peitenpol Air Camper as you probably wouldn't fit in one! Ha,ha,....harold


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By David Dare - Just a little South West . on Friday, December 21, 2012 - 04:48 pm:

OH Dear,

we're still here !!!!!

I'm guessing it was all just a big mistake or a load of Bu** &hit.

Merry Christmas to you all. ( or Happy Holidays for those who dont want/like Christmas anymore ).

David Dare.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By George_Cherry Hill NJ on Friday, December 21, 2012 - 05:30 pm:

David :-)

Thanks for your confirmation...it's already Saturday there! :-)


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