#Model A Ford

[lackadaisycats]

Could 1920s cars go as fast as showed in the pilot?

Also you deserve every amount of positive feedback and publicity you got for all the hard and vigorous amount of work you did, and your effort shows immensely

Thank you! For the vehicles, well, it'd be hard to put a pin on exactly how fast they were going, but those particular models could get a move on, relatively speaking. We definitely treated them as more nimble than they actually were, though.

The Lackadaisy trio's Fordor is based on the 1928 Ford Model A. It's a bit of an anachronism, but only by a few months, as the car debuted in December of '27. The model had a 4 cylinder engine like the Model T, but saw a significant upgrade in horsepower from its predecessor. They were known to top out at about 65 mph.

The Marigold vehicle is based on the 1927 Cadillac Series 314A, with an 8 cylinder engine and more than twice the hp of the Ford. I've seen classic car aficionados saying they've been able to get them up to about 80 mph.

Possibly also of note is that gangs trafficking alcohol in that era were pretty well known for souping up their vehicles for speed. They would armor them too, to try to minimize bullet penetration.

[retropopcult]

"Student's car in front of University Club on K Street N.W." Photographed 1942 in Washington D.C. by John Ferrell for the Office of War Information.

[mcwsmith73]

[automotiveamerican]

 1930 Ford Model A Coupe "Used By John Dillinger Auctioned

This car was used by John Dillinger, Hommer Van Meter and John Hamilton to get away from Melvin Purvis and 17 other FBI agents that were sent to Little Bohemia, WI on April 22, 1934 to take John Dillinger, dead or alive, by President Roosevelt and J. Edgar Hoover. This was the largest crack down in all of FBI history and most famous incident, it was reported in newspapers all over the U.S. and in…

[oobbbear]

Mandatory fiddleford posting of the day

[myfavoritetoycars]

[cliohhhh]

1930 Ford Model AA

[fiddlingford]

Gravity falls as onion headlines part III part II part I

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[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

Ford X-2000, 1957. A concept designed by Alex Tremulis and Bill Balla that was meant to project what Fords of the far-flung future might look like, specifically in the year 2000 (hence the name). Originally built as a scale model (black & white pic), an English enthusiast made a full size replica in the 1990s using a 1962 Mercury Monterey

[doctorsiren]

since you did Stan and Hermes, why not Ford and Athena?

Perhaps he wrote about this in Journal 1 😁

[nostalgink]

I was going to post all of the designs together, but I think Ford deserves his own post.

[cherocarofficial]

1978 Ford F150 4X4 Short Bed

[automotiveamerican]

Shay v "Real" Model A (Repost From 2015)

A recent post on the Ford Barn reminded me of the Ford v Shay Model A debate. I almost bought a Shay before purchasing my 29 Sport Coupe. Last year whilst on my latest US trip I managed to see the two next to each other. I’ll let you decide, particularly on the dash!

[cokedupblonde]

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