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the vehicle, is how it’s proportions work.
It has more character than a Disney talking car cartoon! It is bigger than life, and
visually jumps out of the photos. An auto
designer couldn’t top it for appeal, as you
have sure noticed as People’s Choice. Jay
Leno would be honored to be seen with
this real car character, and he would surely
enjoy contact on this, too. Of course you’d
want a stack of T-shirts with this on the
front anywhere you show it. State Fairs, Dollywood, and all.
I won’t be able to afford this, if I keep
bragging on what all you have there,
and you might not want to ever sell it.
Bob,you’d maybe want to at least have it in
a high-end national auction after promoting it and enjoying it around the country.
If handled right, you have an item that
would be a huge draw at the Smithsonian
or Chicago Institute of Science and Industry as a showpiece in their collections. This
is an honest masterpiece of all the vehicles
made in hard times, wars, and doing the
impossible. And being a cabriolet just
crowns it all as in an ornery grin.”
Well, this guy named Roger Hubert
sure liked this mail delivery car so I just
emailed him 5 years after the above letter
letting him know it is here on eBay with his
comments. I will be adding more information and photos soon and will drop the
first bid price at that time. Thanks a lot, Bob
Woodburn in Bozeman, Montana
My friend Stan Howe from Helena is
an auctioneer that knows a lot about a lot
of different things including collectible
vehicles like this. Back in March of 2008 he
sent me about a dozen photos of this car
and mentioned that it would be selling at
one of his upcoming living estate auctions
in Havre Montana. He also mentioned that
he thought it was my kind of car and his is
right. I tend to color outside the lines a bit
and be interested in things that most “normal” people are not interested in.
Stan had a local mechanic in Havre
clean the fuel system and do general service work on this gem so that it would run
on it’s own power long enough to impress
the crowd during the auction sale. The mechanic sand blasted (not bead blasted) at

least the outside of the original Zenith cast
iron carburetor for some reason that I will
never understand. This car did run without
smoke or unusual noise but it did not run
well due to carburetor mixture problems.
Stan knew I have been working on
Model A Fords since I was in the 8th grade
so he asked me to drive this beauty (or
ugly) through the auction ring for him even
though he knew I was very serious about
owning it. As it came time to sell it, I started
it up and drove it into position using the
choke to help regulate the fuel/air mixture.
I assume the main jet was messed up or
plugged but I have not torn that carburetor
apart yet. I later substitu ѕ