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| The 18th Annual WINTER BLAH'S Swap N' Sell,sponsored by the Minuteman Model "A" Ford Club, Sudbury, MA, will be coming this Spring at the Maynard Elks Lodge 34 Powdermill Road (Rt. 62) Maynard, MA. | |
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Doing anything on Wednesday morning? No. Well then, you are invited to join the group for breakfast at the Big Apple Deli, 331 Boston Post Road (RT 20) in Marlborough, MA. The food is good and there is plenty of Model A talk. We arrive about 8:00 AM and stay until when-ever. |
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Friday December 2 |
Club Holiday Party
Time: 6:00pm / At The Marlboro Country Club |
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Always Something To Fix |
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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 |
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Love Those Collectibles |
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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 |
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Video Library |
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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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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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A Stroll Down Memory Lane |
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Us Your Pictures From Tours and Events Past and we'll publish them
in a slidehsow Remember When |
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We are beginning to plan for the 2012 Touring Season, and would welcome any comments or suggestions on our tour program for 2011. Please mark your calendar for Tuesday, February 21st, for our annual Tour Planning Meeting, which will be at the MCC Church Hall in Sudbury at 7:00pm. Please let Tom Zappala know if you have any thoughts on any questions about our tour schedule - and if you rate considering attending the New England or MAFCA meets this year. |
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THIS DAY: June
16, 1903
FORD MOTOR COMPANY INCORPORATED According to Wikipedia, The Ford Motor Company was incorporated, with 12 investors owning a total of 1000 shares. Ford and Malcomson together retained 51% of the new company in exchange for their earlier investments. When the total stock ownership was tabulated, shares in the company were: Henry Ford (255 shares), Alexander Y. Malcomson (255 shares), John S. Gray (105 shares), John W. Anderson (50 shares), Horace Rackham (50 shares), Horace E. Dodge (50 shares), John F. Dodge (50 shares), Charles T. Bennett (50 shares), Vernon C. Fry (50 shares), Albert Strelow (50 shares), James Couzens (25 shares), and Charles J. Woodall (10 shares)." |
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY HENRY FORD Henry Ford, born July 30, 1863, was the first of William and Mary Ford's six children. He grew up on a prosperous family farm in what is today Dearborn, Michigan. |
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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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