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Our
Next Scheduled Regular Meeting Is February 7, 2012 at 7:30 pm / "Tire
Kicking" begins at 6:30 pm
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Minuteman
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"On
The Road Ahead"
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"What's
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Event
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Get
Ready To Celebrate The Season
It's
Almost That Time
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Friday evening, December 2, 2011,
The Minuteman Model A Ford Club will hold their Annual Holiday Party,
for club members, at the Marlboro Country Club from 6:30-11:00pm. |
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December 2 holiday
party by November 20 so that we can get a final count to the Marlborough
Country Club. This year's event promises to be a fun time and a
great way to end the year by celebrating the holiday season together.
Send your checks($25 each for member and significant other, $35each
for guests) made out to Minuteman Model A Ford Club to Harold Samuels,
85 Concord Road, Bedford, MA 01730. If you have any questions call
at 781-275-2814, or e-mail to robynsamuels@yahoo.com.Harold Samuels
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Past
Events
| Summer 2010
Boston
To Alaska
Revisit
The Adventure |
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July 16, 2010,
the Lindens and the O’Briens began winding their way across the USA
in their Model A’s to the MAFCA meet in Vancouver, BC and subsequent
cruise to Alaska. |
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in the virtual "back seat" and take a ride with them as
they travelled across the continent. Be sure to visit this website:
http://boston-to-alaska.blogspot.com/ |
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Let
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you are only using your Model A to hold up a car cover, you are missing
the best part of owning one. |
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2011
TOUR & MEETINGS SCHEDULE
Begin To Mark Your Calendars Now!
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TOURS
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Tuesday
Nov 8 | TOUR "Water Lily" Tour
Time: 6:30pm
/ Meet In Sudbury
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Saturday
Nov 12 | TOUR Frostbite Brunch
Time: 10:00am / Meet
In Sudbury
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SCHEDULED
EVENTS
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Friday December 2 |
Club Holiday Party
Time: 6:00pm / At
The Marlboro Country Club
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MEETINGS
- SEPTEMBER
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Tuesday
November 1 | 7:30pm
October Club Meeting
Sudbury
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Stay
Up To Date
With The Latest Minuteman Stories & Pictures
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Class
"A" fieds
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So,
you're looking to sell that car that you just don't seem to drive
anymore, or do you have a project that you need parts for? Well then,
you've come to the right place!
See What's For Sale |
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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
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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.
View What's Available
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Website
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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".
click here for the latest
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Take
A Stroll Down
Memory Lane |
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Send
Us Your Pictures From Tours and Events Past and we'll publish them
in a slidehsow
Remember When |
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Burma-Shave
was introduced in 1925 by the Burma-Vita company, owned by Clinton
Odell.
The
company's original product was a liniment made of ingredients described
as coming "from the Malay Peninsula and Burma." Demand was sparse,
and the company sought to expand sales by introducing a product
with wider appeal. The result was the famous Burma-Shave advertising
sign program, and sales took off.
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At
its peak, Burma-Shave was the second-highest selling brushless shaving
cream in the United States. Sales declined in the 1950s, and in
1963 the company was sold to Phillip Morris. The signs were removed
at that time. The brand decreased in visibility and eventually became
the property of the American Safety Razor Company.
In 1997, the American Safety Razor Company reintroduced the Burma-Shave
brand, including a nostalgic shaving soap and brush kit. In fact,
the original Burma-Shave was a brushless shaving cream, and Burma-Shave's
own roadside signs frequently ridiculed "Grandpa's old-fashioned
shaving brush."
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SPEED
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WEATHER
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TIRES
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Minuteman
News
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Boston
To The West Coast
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They're
Back!
Read about
The Adventures Of
Tom Zappala and His Daughter, Madeline
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Starting
May 27th
you will be able to follow the adventures of Tom Zappala and his daughter,
Madeline as they wind their way across the USA in their Model A Woodie. |
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friends/family will be able to ride in a virtual back seat as they
travel by visiting these blogs. |
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Tom
Zappala |
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http://hotspur3.tumblr.com/archive |
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Madeline
Zappala |
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http://madelinezappala.tumblr.com/archive |
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Weekly
Breakfast Group
Great
Way To Start The Day! |
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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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Get
Your
Latest Newsletter Here! |
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Members,
you can now read the Oil Leak, our monthy newsletter right here on
line! Just go the the Members
Only Section |
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DON'T
FORGET TO RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP TODAY!
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ON
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
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ON
THIS DAY: July
30, 1863
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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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
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enjoyed a childhood typical of the rural nineteenth century, spending
days in a one-room school and doing farm chores. At an early age,
he showed an interest in mechanical things and a dislike for farm
work and of course went on to fame as the greatest auto maker in the
world. His son, Edsel, who was responsible for the creation of the
Model A, died in 1943 at age 49. In 1947, Henry Ford died at the age
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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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you have a business or offer a service and are looking to let everyone
know, space on this website is available!
Please be sure to email
us for all the details! Thanks.
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We
are dedicated to the preservation and restoration of the Model A
Ford automobile
and encourage our members to join the national organizations below
dedicated to the same purpose.
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