History Who Needs A Model-A? Not Chester.

sort of off topic but on topic too...

clearing out an aunts house we found a whole bunch of papers and stuff....including an unopened letter postmarked 1929...anyway there were local papers going back to 1932....so straight to the cars for sale sect...

morgan 3 wheeler for £5
model t truck £20
Humber 4 door.....luxury saloon..£35
model T 4 saloon......£15
I won't even start on the motorcycles but lets just say you don't wana know how cheap....

and the unopened letter contained the end of year (1929) magazine for Tamworth High School for Girls..and yeah I still have it!

 

$7 for 4 pistons?? Shit that won't even cover shipping today.

That's one of the coolest things I've seen in a long time. Thanks for sharing it.

 

Cool postcard!

 

Charlie did what any of us would do. He waited until one of his neighbors wrecked their A, then followed the hulk to the junkyard. He pulled the engine, trans, steering gear, wheels, and axles and took them into his own barn along with Ol’ Lizzie (a touring car, I imagine, since that was the most numerous model of T). He bolted everything together and tossed on a new set of fenders while he was at it (he’s in NoDak, remember).

A couple months later he got dusted by a guy in a speedster T and decided he needed a bit more of That. So he got out a letter to a fellow named Winfield in Southern California and in a few weeks he got back a heavy package with a head, a camshaft, and a carburetor. He installed them, tuned them up, and went hunting for the president of the local bank and that Packard coupe he was always racing around in...





-Dave

 

what's that come out to in 2009 dollars?

 

I've seen these letters before in a book I have on restoring your Model A. Prior to the Crash they couldn't keep up with the demand for Model A's, it says, and they didn't want to lose a loyal customer or a potential profit. Ol' Henry was a sly one.

 

Being the owner of a 1920 Ford model T I can say without hesitation "gimmy me an A any day". Kinda reminds me of the major changes between the 54 Chevy to the 55.

 

Spammin' me like that, you oughta be ashamed...


Neat old card and it just goes to show you direct mail marketing isn't anything new.

 

$3.50 = $43.43

$25.00 = $310.22

http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl is a CPI calculator.

 

huh.. ?
ol Chester kept the card but not the car ... guess the stamp must have held value after all these years ..damn philatilists hoarders

think of the expense to the dealership to mass mail this to all 15-20 current good FORD customers (in this town/ county)and the total MAIL delivery mileage driven to get them there.. rural routes were big then..very thought provoking ....
now cut that out!