cars of 1931

Posted by: @joop

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1) "Have you ever driven a car from the era?"

2) "And if so, can you tell us more about it?"

3) "Would you ever consider buying one?"

1) No.  (A 1949 Buick is the oldest car I've ever driven - so far )

2) N/A

3) Maybe....but it would have to be a convertible/roadster. 

@chris My uncle Donald had two unrestored original 1930 Plymouths, a coupe and a four door sedan. Sometime around 1966 I drove the coupe about five miles from his home to a storage garage. I was about 14 at the time and thought the car was really cool, and I still appreciate them today, but there are plenty of other cars that I would consider owning other than a ‘30’s era.

I believe my Dad learned to drive on a big Packard from about that era. I think all the brands from back then are really cool automobiles ......and there are probably not too many around from those years.

I have owned a 1929 Pierce Arrow Country Club Roadster, a 1933 Pierce Arrow Silver Arrow, I have restored eight Model A Fords and my first car was a 1937 Studebaker Dictator sedan. All of these cars had mechanical brakes however the Silver Arrow had vacuum assist while the others did not. Mechanical brakes were also drum brakes which meant you had to look ahead and give yourself lots of time to stop which wasn't really a problem as every other car had the same setup and the speeds back then were considerably slower than today's traffic. The more expensive cars back then usually had syncronized gears while the Model As did not which meant that they required double clutching to go from one gear to the next. I still love cars from this era but generally speaking they are challenging to drive in today's traffic. Chrysler products back then had hydraulic brakes but they were the exception. 

Posted by: @bob-jackman

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"I still love cars from this era but generally speaking they are challenging to drive in today's traffic."

I kept all my 1950's cars bone stock - no brake upgrades, bias-ply tires, and s l o w wipers....     they too were "challenging to drive in today's traffic."    I can't imagine navigating in a Model T or a 1929 Pierce Arrow!  😬 😬 😬 

My first car was a 1930 Ford Cabriolet. I worked on it as a teen. I put a 52 Merc engine in it and did body and interior work to it but never got it to a point where it was drivable. I sold it and bought my first 'running' car that I used to drive to high school when I was 15, a 1957 Ford Fairlane 500 in B&W.

My first car was a 1930 Model A Ford 2DR sedan. I was 16 years old and my dream was to build a street rod to be completed for my 18th birthday in time for my drivers license. Long story short...after starting the project I quickly realized I lacked the skill, money, equipment, time and place to take on such a monumental task.  I sold the model A, saved my money and for my 18th birthday bought a '55 Chevy 210, 2dr post. 

Quite a few over the years, the earliest being a 1914 Model T. Not as easy as I thought. Main problems were weak mechanical brakes, often different foot controls and in two cases, a lever for braking. A three wheeled 1936 Morgan was the most fun.

@sizedoesmatter Hey John, I bet you watched  ‘Leave it to Beaver’.

Posted by: @kevins

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@sizedoesmatter Hey John, I bet you watched  ‘Leave it to Beaver’.

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@sizedoesmatter Same with me John, on steroids. I bought the box set with all six seasons and we would watch episode every night. After going through tat set twice we got the box set of ‘I Love Lucy’, going through the second run of that one now, just finished tonight’s episode 10 minutes ago. Sounds like you had some cool first cars. I would do a ‘Two Lane Blacktop’ with the ‘55!

No…maybe it would be better after it became Falfa’s Graffiti ride. Yeah, that’s the ticket!

Posted by: @kevins

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@sizedoesmatter Same with me John, on steroids. I bought the box set with all six seasons and we would watch episode every night. After going through tat set twice we got the box set of ‘I Love Lucy’, going through the second run of that one now, just finished tonight’s episode 10 minutes ago. Sounds like you had some cool first cars. I would do a ‘Two Lane Blacktop’ with the ‘55!

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No…maybe it would be better after it became Falfa’s Graffiti ride. Yeah, that’s the ticket!

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