{"id":2806,"date":"2008-08-21T20:33:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-22T00:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kitfoster.com\/carport\/2008\/08\/mommycar\/"},"modified":"2010-12-30T12:00:57","modified_gmt":"2010-12-30T17:00:57","slug":"mommycar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kitfoster.com\/carport\/2008\/08\/mommycar\/","title":{"rendered":"Mommycar"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Kit,<\/a><\/p>\n

When I was an infant, my parents had a 1935 Ford sedan. Since my mother<\/a> usually drove it, as soon as I began to talk I called it “Mommycar.” My father, on the other hand, drove his Model A Ford roadster<\/a>, which, because it had been converted with a pickup box<\/a> in place of the rumble seat, was known as “The Little Truck.” As I remember, the ’35 was a Standard<\/a> model, with painted radiator shell and a single horn. We don’t have any photos that show the whole car, but it was certainly the “flatback” sedan with external spare<\/a>, as opposed to a Touring Sedan<\/a> with built-in trunk. Ford literature showed space for three suitcases behind the rear seat<\/a>, but even if the cases could truly fit the space was inconvenient and hard to reach. However, we were able to carry two nanny goats and a kid by taking out the rear seat.<\/p>\n

Ford’s 1935 cars were designated Model 48<\/a>, and all were V8-powered<\/a>. In addition to the two “Fordor” sedans there was a “Tudor<\/a>” as well as a coupe<\/a>, a roadster<\/a>, cabriolet<\/a>, convertible sedan<\/a> and phaeton<\/a>. Designed by Phil Wright at Briggs Manufacturing Company, the Model 48 outsold archrival Chevrolet<\/a> in the United States, and also became the first Ford V8 assembled in Britain<\/a>. The British model<\/a> debuted<\/a> in February 1935 at Greyfriars Hall in Cardiff, Wales. In France, Fords were manufactured by Matford SA<\/a>, a joint venture with Emile Mathis<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Our ’35 Ford replaced a Model B Tudor sedan<\/a>, and served us well for nearly ten years. By the summer of 1948, we were living on a small farm in Connecticut. My father needed a more practical farm vehicle and the Ford was starting to get feeble. That autumn we sold it for $275 and purchased a new Willys CJ-2A Jeep<\/a>. The Jeep was a compromise vehicle, not quite truck or tractor, and less than a family car. Within a year we had augmented it with a new Mercury<\/a>, but that’s another story. Every time I see a gray 1935 Ford sedan<\/a>, I get nostalgic for Mommycar. Perhaps I should buy one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I was an infant, my parents had a 1935 Ford sedan. Since my mother usually drove it, as soon as I began to talk I called it “Mommycar.” My father, on the other hand, drove his Model A Ford roadster, which, because it had been converted with a pickup box in place of the….<\/span>
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