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Model A

Until I was ten years old, my grandpa always took the grandkids out for rides in the Model A.  Our destination was always Killer Mountain, which has now sagged in its old age becoming a harmless hill.  The Model A fascinated, it was unlike any of the cars my parents had.  Windows were rolled down by hand, and there were no seatbelts to trap me to the seat.  The Model A was the most fascinating car ever.
Recent interviews with my Grandpa Allen have made my fascination with the Model A deeper than nuts and bolts.  It was once owned by my Great-great Grandma Daisy, her first and only car she had ever owned.  My Grandpa Allen received it when she passed away, claiming it was given to him because he was her favorite grandchild.  But being the teenager he was, my grandpa sold the Model A for a more contemporaty ride.  Luckily, he realized his mistake and bought back the family car.
I am extremely happy my grandpa bought back the Model A.  Many teenagers today, would have a hard time not getting rid of what seems like an uncool car.  I respect my grandpa so much more than I already do.  If he hadn’t decided to buy bacvk the Model A, all of my memories of it would be gone.  And it is the memories that make the Model A so special to me and my entire family.

1. Does your Grandpa Allen have a ‘favorite grandchild’ that the Model A will someday go to?

   Posted by  on  10/25  at  11:29 AM

2. You really can’t blame the guy.  I mean, who really wants a granny car when they are in high school?  Not me.

   Posted by  on  10/26  at  11:40 AM

3. I love old cars and it’s neat to know he realized how special it was and bought it back.

   Posted by  on  10/26  at  08:06 PM

4. Will you recieve the Model A when he passes?  If you did I’d probably cruise with you! :) Our family also has an old jeep.  Although, now, there is just the body, no wheels, no paint, nothing.  But, it would be fun for our family to fix it up.

   Posted by  on  10/30  at  09:59 AM

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