The President and Board of Directors of the New England Regional Group of the Early Ford V8 Club of America cordially invites you to attend our monthly meeting on May 29, 2008 at 7:00pm.

Matt Johnson, a member of the Minuteman Model A Club has accepted their invitation to tell the group his story about how he became interested in antique cars, as well as the story of the restoration of a Model A Coupe. Please come and support Matt as he gives a slide presentation of his story to the Ford V8 Club.

The Ford V8 Club holds it's meetings at the United Church of Christ, 723 Massachusetts Avenue, Boxborough, MA.

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Matt Johnson for completing his 1930 Ford Model A Coupe Restoration Project. Along with his friend, Dick Stitt, another piece of history has been preserved. Matt and Dick were recently feeatured in the MetroWest Daily News.

For the report on the "Dynamic Duo click here

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Always Something To Fix

We will try to provide some helpful information on the restorations and repairs . Our members contributions are welcomed, so be sure to email us. Learn more

Love Those Collectibles

There were so many original and aftermarket accessories, advertising, "do-dads" and more, that we would like to share some of our favorites with everyone. Learn more

Video Library

Thinking about doing your first Model A restoration or repair? We have an extensive library of "how-to" videos that are available to members at no charge.
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Website Updates

Don't have the time to look through the website to figure out what's new or changed? This section is for those of you who wish to keep up with the dynamics in "record time".
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As most of you already know a very lucky member of our club won the engine that was raffled at Hershey last September to benefit the Model A Youth Scholarship Fund. The engine swap took place over the last 2 weekends in March at the Minuteman Auto Service Center (AKA – Jacks’ Garage).  Assisting with the transplant were Jack, Doug Linden, Wayne Champagne, Dick Stitt, Dick O’Brien and my son Andrew, and supervising the activity was Tucker. Click Here for the whole story

Repairs, Repairs were the order of the day. From Bearings, bushings, horns, alignments, lights, you name it, chances are there was a project going on during the 8 hour clinic. Oh yeah, the food was great too! Thanks Jo & Jack!

ON THIS DAY: November 26, 1927
FORD MODEL A AUTOMOBILE ANNOUNCED
The Ford Motor Company of Detroit, Michigan announced the introduction of the Model A, the first new Ford automobile to enter the market since the Ford Model T was first introduced in 1908. The hugely successful Ford Model T

revolutionized the automobile industry, and over 15,000,000 million units of the "Tin Lizzie" were sold in its 19 years of automotive production and assembly. By 1927, the popularity of the outdated Model T was rapidly waning. Improved, but basically unchanged for its two-decade reign, it was losing ground to the more stylish and powerful motor cars offered by Ford Motor Company's competitors.

In May of 1927, Ford automobile production plants across the country closed, as the company began an intensive development of the more refined and modern Model A automobile. The vastly improved Ford Model A had elegant Lincoln automobile-like styling on a smaller scale, and used a capable 200.5-cubic-inch four-cylinder engine that produced 40 horsepower (hp). With prices starting at $460, nearly 5,000,000 Ford Model A automobiles, in several body styles and a variety of colors, rolled onto America's highways over a four-year period until production ended in early 1932.

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