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Started once a month, for Dad

A 1928 Ford Model A parked outside the public library on Bowen Island, British Columbia. Not the one in the story.
A 1928 Ford Model A parked outside the public library on Bowen Island, British Columbia. Not the one in the story. Photo: Richard Smith, CC BY 2.0. The real one is in the original post.

Spark lever all the way up, hand throttle halfway, gas valve open, choke if it's cold, key on, neutral, and then a starter button on the floor that you push with your foot. That's how you start a 1928 Model A. This one was Dad's. Since he died, his kid, who admits to not being very mechanical, has kept it running, and plans to hand it down to a son someday. At least once a month it gets started and warmed up, then taken out for half an hour or more. Only once has it refused, on a day below zero, and they quit before they ran the battery down. It's a 6-volt car, so the battery maintainer had to be one that does 6 volts. They found one that does 6 and 12.

Dad drove it to work and back every day. Top speed is maybe 60, but it gets driven at 35 or 40, because the steering and brakes say so.

Retold from a post on r/BuyItForLife. Read the original

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