'Think my '31 Model A Ford 5-window Coupe had some wood.

Wilton

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From: "Archer" <arche...@embarqmail.com>
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Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 4:25 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] PT-658


> On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Wilton Strickland
> <wilt...@nc.rr.com>wrote:
> > And steel was in short supply, and they could put that new-fangled
plywood
> > to good use.
> > Wilton
>
> Hmmm ..... a wood bodied W110 ...... the possibilities.
> EdB
> ----------------------------------------------
> Some of the early cars had wood frames with steel skins.  Our families
first
> car was a '28 Oakland.  It had wood spoke wheels and the doors were wood
> frames covered with steel.  Although I was only five years old when we got
> it, I remember my brother-in-law repairing the wood frame inside the right
> side door which had been damaged.  The body itself may have been
constructed
> the same way but the chassis was probably steel since it was a "modern"
car
> that could be driven 60 mph on the highway on long trips.
> http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=1928+oakland+automobile&gbv=2
> The sporty coupe with the cloth top and the rumble seat was the model we
> had.  The cloth top was "permanent" and couldn't be folded down, but we
kids
> loved the rumble seat.  On Sundays the whole family; six and sometimes
> eight; would crowd into the Oakland and go 'way out Grinstead Drive to the
> Frozen Custard walk-up drive in for hamburgers, coke, and frozen custard.
> We'd roll up the back curtain and often sing while driving along. If
teenage
> cousin Neil was visiting, he would tell jokes and keep us all in stitches.
> Those were the good old days in some respects; simpler times.
> Gerry
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