#CHEVY VOLT FOR SALE SOUTH CAROLINA DRIVER#
With no doors, windshield, top or seat belts, the driver has to hang on to the steering wheel for security. It still has the 4-cylinder, 200.5 cubic inch L-head engine that produced a dazzling 40 horsepower with a centrifugal impeller water pump attached to the front of the cylinder head. It has the original three-speed, sliding gear transmission with a standard H-pattern. It had a single-point distributor, coil, ammeter, and wiring.
#CHEVY VOLT FOR SALE SOUTH CAROLINA GENERATOR#
The original electrical system was a 6-volt system with a generator and starter.
The restored Model A’s look cool when they are done, but this car has character. When they had doors and everything, they looked so small. “The rough shape absolutely adds to the appeal. It starts better than my modern car,” bragged Zeller. Mechanically, you don’t even have to pump the gas. Although he plans to make his Ford safe to drive, Zeller has “absolutely” no intention in restoring the vehicle cosmetically. It was mechanically sound but visually in rustic shape. Zeller’s acquisition proved to be a mixed bag. It now features a 12-volt electrical system with an alternator, an updated electrical conversion. Over the last ten decades, the original drive train in Zeller’s Model A has remained intact, but the body itself has been “customized” into an open cab style pickup for use on the farm. It’s not meant to be an everyday road-driven vehicle.” “When you go about 40 mph, it’s really sketchy. It’s kind of balky, but it makes me so happy,” said Zeller. Hundreds more vintage Model A’s may be stashed away and forgotten in farmers’ barns. More than 500,000 antique Model A’s are known to still exist in the hands of collectors and automobile restorers. Zack Zeller’s Ford Model A was among the 5,000,000 that rolled off the Ford Motor Company’s assembly line. Zeller paid considerably more for his antique treasure. A Ford Model A Closed Cab Pickup cost $475 – new. In 1929, a Model A Ford Roadster sold for $450. By the time production ended in late 1931, more than 5,000,000 Model A’s had been built. Bob Ruegsegger/freelanceīy the spring of 1928, the automobile purchasing public had placed more than 800,000 orders for the new Ford offering. The Ford Model A engine was a four cylinder motor that produced 40 horsepower. Zeller’s wife was busy and he was “unsupervised” so he drove down to Edenton, North Carolina, to check it out. Zeller spotted the Model A in a Facebook Marketplace listing. People have told Zeller that his old Ford looks like something straight out of the Beverly Hillbillies. I saw it online and thought – that’s cool.” Zachary Zeller bought a 1929 Ford Model A just to drive it. “I had zero intention of ever buying a Model A in my life. “I’m a car guy so I’ll buy anything that tickles my interest,” said Zeller. When he came across an old Model A sedan that had been reconfigured into a makeshift pickup truck by an Edenton farmer, Zeller had to add the rusty, patina-covered vehicle to his wide-ranging stockpile of eccentric automotive treasures. It wasn’t on his list of preferred automobiles. He had never considered acquiring a Ford Model A. Recently, Zeller added a 1929 Ford Model A to his collection. When he’s not running National Car Care, the business he owns, on Diamond Springs Road, he’s repairing his cars, racing them on weekends, and adding to his ever-growing personal collection of distinctive vehicles. E-Pilot Evening Edition Home Page Close Menu
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