[AT] O/T 1941 Ford Business Coupe

[Cecil Monson]

> Cecil
> Yes, I'm an old Ford guy too. My first licensed vehicle was my Dad's 39 Deluxe 

sedan. The old flathead 8 was not real powerful but sounded good and got 
me hooked

on that sound of V8s for life.
> I've still got the old sedan out in a shed. Needs a total restore though. 


	My father bought a 39 Ford sedan too. He was still driving it
when I went into the service in 1952. It was a good tough car and a
real runner. Only weak spot, IMHO, were the brakes. You really had to
stand on them to get real braking. I believe they were hydraulics but
didn't have power assist at the time. I remember one late night coming
home from a heavy date in Austin. The moon was out and it was as clear
as a bell. I was running the back roads and making about 75 mph. I
came over a knoll and saw what appeared to be cattle crossing the
road ahead of me.  I got on the brakes and had just started to slow
down when I realized it wasn't cows crossing the road, it was a freight
train and what I was seeing were the freight cars. I stood on those
brakes and braced my back against the seat and just managed to stop
that Ford before I got to the tracks. Call it less than 10 feet between
the front of that old Ford and the freight cars going thru. It is one
of the few things in my life that shook me enough to still give me that
queasy feeling when I think of it.

Cecil