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A Ford flivver on Federal Street
By adamg on Sat, 03/09/2024 - 2:09pm
The Fort Pointer spotted this pristine 1931 Ford on Federal Street today.
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You there, fill it up with
You there, fill it up with petroleum distillate, and re-vulcanize my tires, post-haste!
The Ford Flivver is a single
The Ford Flivver is a single-seat aircraft introduced by Henry Ford as the "Model T of the Air".
And the origin of its name
And the origin of its name was the old slang nickname for the Model T car.
But the car in the picture
...is a Model A, if I'm not mistaken.
Agreed
Looks like a Model A to me also, although I'm not expert.
Looks nice and all
But they'll never replace the cheap and ubiquitous street car.
/S
Magoo sez
Magoo owns this veeehicle. Magoo.
Hello, gorgeous….
Hello, gorgeous….
No such thing, if there were.
No such thing, if there were. it would be the Model T.
Believe it or not…
…I learned to drive in one of these! (A much more beat up version, tho). My father figured that if I could manage a car with a very picky clutch, no brakes to speak of, and windshield wipers that slowed down as you accelerated or went uphill, I could probably drive anything—and it didn’t hurt that its max speed was 43mph and everyone saw me coming ;) But no one expected to see a 17 year old girl at the wheel!