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02/09/2026 11:14 pm
Model As to the forefront love it! Ladies are standing in front of the missing, in 1/24, 4 door sedan. Great pic, thanks Galen
03/09/2026 5:32 am
Nice pic Galen55, and yes, Geoff, shame on the mints for not producing a Ford Fordor Sedan.Model As to the forefront love it! Ladies are standing in front of the missing, in 1/24, 4 door sedan. Great pic, thanks Galen
John Bono
North Jersey
03/09/2026 6:16 am
How long did it take in 1931? I'd say about the same unless the speed limit was drastically increased in modern times and the old cars couldn't maintain an average, lawful speed, Also I would say it depends on the roads, and if they were paved as they are today. If they looked like the parking lot here then about an hour and a half or more. (Actual parking then was pretty haphazard). The cars all seem dirty but that probably is not from dirt roads the whole way from Lynden. More like just within the Mt. Baker, Washington area.
This post was modified 1 month ago 2 times by Tony Perrone
03/09/2026 8:20 am
Wonderful picture Galen. Thanks.
03/09/2026 8:39 am
Very cool shot. I love seeing these old photos. Thank you Galen. 💯😊
03/09/2026 8:51 am
Nice pic, @galen55 and I wouldn't wish to whizz on your shoes, so forgive me if I suggest this offering is as much about AI as it is model As. I spent too many years viewing paintings of mountains and foothills not to notice the incongruity of the background, not to mention the perspective in the foreground. But, I do enjoy these posts. Thank you.
03/09/2026 9:37 am
...hard to believe that was almost 100 years ago. 😯 😦 😲
03/09/2026 9:48 am
Picture reminds me when I stopped and talked with a gentlemen from a local Model A club that had their cars on display at a local mall. Once a year they drove from Kansas to Colorado and up Pikes Peak. The three times I've driven up the Peak, it was only paved half way up. I know it now paved to the top. Don't know if it was when the Model A club went.
03/09/2026 9:55 am
Picture reminds me when I stopped and talked with a gentlemen from a local Model A club that had their cars on display at a local mall. Once a year they drove from Kansas to Colorado and up Pikes Peak. The three times I've driven up the Peak, it was only paved half way up. I know it now paved to the top. Don't know if it was when the Model A club went.
How cool is that!
For reference, when I lived in Texas, my daughter and I drove to see and stay with former neighbors who lived in Estes Park CO. We did that every year for a decade. I drove to the top of Pikes peak on over half a dozen occasions. It was not paved at the top. The last drive I made was just before leaving Texas for TN. That was 1988. A check on the net says that the final full paving of the Pikes Peak Highway was done in October 2011.
This post was modified 1 month ago by Tony Perrone