Best day ever at Poverty Flats! I bought back my car---

Hey Paul, Are you bringing the A?

 

The Shriners are looking for you PF! They are going to kick your ass and confiscate their car back!!! At least I WARNED you!!!

 

Yes, so I can give your kids a ride! Should be fun. Most fun car ever.

 

Thats a neat little car.Glad you got it back

 

thanks!

 

Paul, Looks like you are going to have some great fun with your wheelie car this year. Looking forwar to your blow by blow reports.

Dave

 

Thanks Dave, I just want to have fun while I can.

 

Cool, I plan on having the Model a truck there so we can save you a seat!

 

Perfect ! ha ha---

 

Big question is... are you bringing "Nino"?

 

Shiny new paint, same old clown! Congrats Paul, car looks good! Your pin striping/lettering skills are MAD! Gonna see this beastie at Iola? It should make the trip OK.

 

this is just getting out of hand. More than a conservative fellow like me can handle

 

hmmm wonder wich one does better wheelies?? bobs willys or pauls model A....

 

Paul...

As a NFG, I've just caught up with your thread. It's great to see the car back home. Here's a link to another one in my album, a historic photo from about 1913: Roy Repp and his Buick " Maude the Motor Mule ". Enjoy!

 

Pov, your new nickname should be "Lucky", just goes to show ya, what goes around comes around. So happy to see the fun-mobile back home. Congrats my brother. ~sololobo~

 

Paul, Looks good, bring it to dewey!

 

okay if a horn that honks at full tilt won't be done..
how about a bell that rings when tipped clapper held down until extreme g force applied rings bell
vrrrooom pop ding vrrrooom pop ding

okay add the bulb horn to the front end so a return from wheelie it honks

vrrooom pop ding honk vrrrooom pop ding honk

add cards to buzz on the wheel spokes ..like wheel of fortune ..

sorry ....remember i fell and hit my head ...

 

that is good stuff, Paperdog.

Nino likes to squeeze the bulb

 

That's just awesome!

 

too funny!

 

Funny, Saw Ed Jones and his fire truck this weekend at the Chrome in the Dome show in Pocatello and it made me think of this thing. Then this thread pops up. LOL

 

Sorry about the late reply, but I just found this forum. I grew up in Port Lavaca, TX where my family was very invloved with horses and rodeo. Bo Bland and his Bucking Ford was a regular at our local rodeo and although he was a so-so bull fighter, the kids went crazy for his act. The Bucking Ford Model T had original equipment engine/running gear and that's where I learned the distinctive sound of a Model T engine. It was bright shiny red with white "Bo Bland", etc logo'd on the sides, and everything on it had a finished look. He or someone really put their heart into that car. As part of the act, the front wheels were rigged to fall flat to the side like they had fallen off, but when he took off, the front end would rare up and the wheels would lock back in place. At one point during the act he would finally get 'er started after cranking the hand crank and going through his spiel for a while, step up onto the driver's seat, pull the steering wheel off, stick it on a small finial on top of the windshield post, give it a spin, then step into the back seat and using a throttle and independent steering brakes mounted there would take off doing a wheelie and several doughnuts at the same time and then the motor would quit again, slamming the front end down with both fr wheels layed out flat, and the rear section where he was sitting was hinged at the bottom and would drop like a bucket loader and dump him out the back. There were some dachshunds that were part of the act also. As a kid in a small town this was quite an event. I even have a promo postcard with him, the car, and the dachshunds. Back about 10 years ago I found that card and decided to call the phone number listed to see what had happened to that car and although the area code AND prefix had changed, the number still went to the same house. Evidently it was his parent's house and his nephew lives there now. The nephew didn't seem to be real forthcoming and said he didn't know what had happened to the car, although I think a person with some time on their hands could find it. Anyway, with the nephew not being real open about things I left it at that, but got the impression that Bo (His christian name is Jayc (not a typo)) was kind of the black sheep of the family. Later, I ran across Bo's obituary. Bo commited suicide in 1976. After bringing so much excitement and smiles to so many children.