1930 Ford Model A

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This auction is for a very nice Model A Ford Roadster. This car has been in the same family since 1945, purchased shortly after the current owner's father got out of the Air-force. The car was restored in 2007/2008 by the father and then upon his death was passed down to his son. Due to health issues of his own the car is currently up for sale and he ask me to try and sale it for him. His father, during the war was a belly turret gunner on a B-17 bomber. One of those guys that would hang under the bomber in a plastic canopy with a machine gun between his legs and would shoot down enemy planes. Upon the end of the war he got out of the service and returned home to Eastern Pennsylvania, and joined his father in a lumbering business. One day, shortly after his return he and his girlfriend were out for a drive in his father's car and spotted the Roadster sitting out along the road with a for sale sign on it. They immediately fell in love with the car and being afraid that the car would be sold out from under them he stayed with the car and sent his girlfriend to his father to get the 100.00 asking price. He and hi girlfriend were married shortly after and the Roadster was their only car until their finances allowed them to buy a newer car with heat. They were still, so attached to the Roadster that they didn't sell it, and kept it right up until their death. The car was kept all original for most of this time until 2007/2008 when the father had it restored. Sadly his wife became ill before it was done and never got the chance to ride in it, upon it's completion, and the car has had very few miles put on it since. During it's restoration the car was completely disassembled and sandblasted, rebuilt and painted. What makes this roadster so rare these days is that it was a nice original car to begin with and wasn't put together from pieces like so many being sold as originals. It is also easy to tell that it was a good solid car to begin with. It still retains all it's original fenders and doors with none of them ever showing any signs of rust. It has it's original rumble seat which was an option back in 1930. The drive train has been totally rebuilt with the engine being rebuilt by Schwalm's engine rebuild shop. This shop is known as one of the premier shops for rebuilding Model A engines in eastern Pa. I do have to say though that upon cooking the original engine out, in preparation of the rebuild, it was found to have cracks in the block so a replacement engine was bought though Schwalms and the completely rebuilt balanced etc. I have attached a copy of the invoice for all the work that was completed. I have driven the car and it is an outstanding runner as it should be for the amount of money that was spent. The car looks and drives very well. It is a smooth runner and the brakes appear to work very well. The paint job is good on the car with the only flaws that can be seen are maybe a spot on the hood right above the right side vents where the paint is bubbling up some but still intact and another spot very similar on the left side of the body. There is also a small hairline type crack that is near the rear of the drivers door. Really none of the flaws are noticeable until you are right up on them looking for them. I checked the bottom of the both doors and they are very solid with no sign of ever having and rust out, a common problem with these Roadster doors. Matter of fact I couldn't see any signs that the car ever did have any rust out any where on it. Also upon it's restoration the father had installed turn signals and brake lights. These were installed in such a manner that they could be removed in a very short period of time and no trace would remain that they were ever there. I was going to remove them before listing it for sale but the installation is so good that I thought I would leave it up to the new owner as to what they would prefer. You can also see that a water temperature gauge and oil pressure gauge was installed when it was restored. These also work well but could be removed if the new owner would not like the upgrades. This car looks and runs very well and gets attention wherever it goes. It is a "Great car to take on a Sunday drive or even a long tour." It would be equally at home at any local shows.