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Non-FE Discussion Forum / Local Ford dealer goes out of business, after 110 years
« on: December 12, 2019, 09:33:37 PM »
In my small town in Ohio, population about 5600, we've had a Ford dealer that has been in business since 1909. They started out by assembling Model T's from parts that were shipped to them, which I never knew Ford did. It was a cool historical business, with a cool story. Unfortunately, they just couldn't hang with the mega dealers that have taken over, so they closed up the business this September. It was sad to see the place shut down, especially since I knew the people there and dealt with them regularly.
A friend of mine asked the owner if we could get a group of cars together and take some pictures of them in the front lot. She is a very nice lady and was gracious enough to say yes, so the 4 of us set up a day to do it. Word got around and next thing you know, we had a big group of cars that wanted to get in on it. It turned out to be a pretty nice day, and we got a few decent shots.
You can see the original building, built in 1915, behind the addition that was added later on. They have some really cool pictures and signs of the business with cars sitting around it from the teens and twentys, inside the garage area. I wish I could have gotten one of the old porcelain signs, but I think they're going to auction off the stuff, and I'm pretty sure it'll be outside my price range.
A friend of mine asked the owner if we could get a group of cars together and take some pictures of them in the front lot. She is a very nice lady and was gracious enough to say yes, so the 4 of us set up a day to do it. Word got around and next thing you know, we had a big group of cars that wanted to get in on it. It turned out to be a pretty nice day, and we got a few decent shots.
You can see the original building, built in 1915, behind the addition that was added later on. They have some really cool pictures and signs of the business with cars sitting around it from the teens and twentys, inside the garage area. I wish I could have gotten one of the old porcelain signs, but I think they're going to auction off the stuff, and I'm pretty sure it'll be outside my price range.
), and sooooo true!..lol
Great. The car ran fine at Beaver and it's been in the trailer since I got home. At Beaver Springs though, I noticed the tach make a couple of 'blips' on one of my trips on the return road, where the needle suddenly dropped for a split second. That has always been a tell-tale sign that my MSD pick-up was developing an issue, and since I've been through this routine countless times now (seems like anyways 
), I knew what the problem was. Soooo, out came the distributor for a quick thrash and replacing it with a spare I always carry with me, reset the timing, hit the key and sure enough, it fired right up. I barely had enough time left to make the first time trial round. Glad I got there an hour early!
