Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.comp.os.windows-11 Subject: Re: Cars, engines... Date: 13 Dec 2025 06:03:23 GMT Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <10guib0$1ai5r$1@dont-email.me> <10h15ek$2cgcb$1@dont-email.me> <10h6jb8$5cd2$1@dont-email.me> <51ahjklsu5lfhmac7rm518jqgb7g2h2n5c@4ax.com> <10hbi4e$1di3b$12@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 5Pr0fJRLCUZySJkhw8YGzQ15cTjD5yswBpcyy+Ov5p3MWO7GUk Cancel-Lock: sha1:pF4G7oQLukAfbYoY5L7iJqfYGtU= sha256:jcyUbXq0yEN266IByBuDg2y9RBstjR40GyZ6Z5r7CNE= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:78963 alt.comp.os.windows-11:28355 On Fri, 12 Dec 2025 22:35:11 -0500, c186282 wrote: > Was probably a Model-A ... there's a very old fuzzy photo somewhere > in the family archive. > > Apparently it was the most popular family car, kinda cool and sporty. > The siblings had to call dibs on who'd get it for the weekend A college friend had an A with a rumble seat and poor enough judgment to let us use it. He was older and had been a pilot before deciding to go back for a degree so he had a lot of toys including a wife. https://historicvehicles.com.au/historic-car-feature/ford-model-t- speedsters/ For the real sporty car. My father built one although built probably wasn't the right word. Like the old Harley choppers you mostly threw away stuff that wasn't essential. Clara Bow tools around in one at the start of 'Wings'. https://davidnilsenwriter.com/2016/01/22/wings-1927/