Meet our family's wedding car. This is a 1929 Model A Ford, which cost about $500 new. My father purchased the car in 1960, when he was a young man of 18 years old. His father was a small engine repair man and my father had followed his footsteps, but his love was for cars. But back to the wedding car...... My parents were married in the spring of 1966. My great Grandmother Antonia, baked and decorated the wedding cake, and then realized there was no way to get it to my parents wedding reception. My Dad thought of his Model A, which had a seat that lifted up leaving a nice area to fit the cake. Little did it know, but it was becoming the wedding car that day. My Dad restored the car in the 1970's and I can still remember nights spent in the garage wet sanding the fenders with my Dad. I still love the smell of body filler! I met my future husband in 1985, got engaged in 1992, and started my wedding plans. I decided to use it to arrive at my wedding on May 29th of 1993. And this was the first of many trips to church for this pretty car. Then my brothers used it in their weddings too. Photos are, clockwise, myself, 26 years ago, then my brother Ricky and wife Sharon, in 9/93, and my cousin Christine and her husband Troy,
I have always loved mechanical things, and still do.
I add this car to many of my paintings, and hope you enjoy seeing it as well!
If you scroll past the wedding photos, you will see some of the paintings that it has been in.
Scroll past the photos to see the Childrens book I wrote about our car!
I have always loved mechanical things, and still do.
I add this car to many of my paintings, and hope you enjoy seeing it as well!
If you scroll past the wedding photos, you will see some of the paintings that it has been in.
Scroll past the photos to see the Childrens book I wrote about our car!
Our wedding car inspired me to write a book about her! Read about assembly lines, combustion engines and what else we do with our antique car.
Please click here to see book on Amazon.
A few years ago, the Model A was a prop in a play! My daughter was in theatre at the local high school, and "Newsies" was the play that year. I learned to drive the car, so I could bring it back and forth to the school. She looked wonderful on display!