Member Stories

Most MAFCA members have a story about how they acquired their Model A, a memorable trip, and so forth.

On this page, our members present their stories for your enjoyment.

My Very First Model A By David Mc Arthur, Danville California

This story is from around 1959. I was a young firefighter in Oakland. At that time we were called Firemen and we were just that, men that fought fires. Anyway, over the fence from the firehouse I worked in I could see what appeared to be some old car with four doors and no top of any sort. One day I saw movement in that yard and ran out and got the attention of some guy that was taking his trash to his burn barrel. That was before we cared about the ecology and instead of throwing our old papers and trash into landfill or the creek, we burned them. I

Posted 02/07/17

Article Title	Author	Submitted
The Pope Trio	George Pope	03/01/14
My Little Red Rocket	Lindsay Harris	10/18/13
Rally in New England	Les Adams	09/25/13
Endy's Adventure	Tom Endy, Southern California	08/29/13
Our Trip from Fort Worth to Canada and the Gilmore	Jason Douglass, Fort Worth, Texas	08/20/13
A Yarn to Tell - our 1930 Seda n's First Tour	Irline and Martin Van Ardenne , Moraga, California	01/23/13

The Jensen's Pickup	Rick Jensen, Verdi, Nevada	12/21/12
How I Got Into Model A's	Doug Linden, Southboro, MA	10/02/12
Floyd Clark's Model A Coupe	Jeff Adams	07/17/12

Fifty Year Member John Meyer	Doug Linden	10/08/11
1929 Tudor Sedan	Clinton Osborn, Springville, CA	12/11/11
Me and the Phaeton	John Lavoy, Rocklin, CA	08/17/11
How We Made the 400 Mile Natchez Trace Tour Last 5967 Miles	Sharon and Orville Booth, Columbia, SC	07/28/11
How I Happened to Get a Model A	Dan Foulk, Bakersfield, CA	02/16/11
My Fire truck And I	Marty French	02/14/11
My Working AA	Dan Charlebois, Canton NY	09/26/10
Face and Soul of a Model A	Bill Williamson, Fresno CA	09/26/10
Times Remembered	George Pope, Visalia CA	08/22/09

Member Stories

Last Updated: 11/26/2018