By Maribeth Keane — The Model T Ford Club of America is headquartered in Centerville, Indiana. We have about 115 chapters in the United States and other countries like Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Austria, Great Britain, Holland, and New Zealand. The club started in Indiana, but it’s one of the smaller states as far as members. I think they’ve got six or eight families. It just happened to be where the couple that runs the club lives. The club was founded in December of 1965, and I’ve been...

Sam Baker, Collector of Petroliana and Vintage Ford Cars and Signs

By Maribeth Keane — I’ve always had an old Ford Model A or something to tinker around with or play with. It may not have been on the road but I was always building or working on something. Around 1975 I bought a Model A that me and my wife were going to restore. I started working on it and went to Carlisle, Pennsylvania to a car show to look for parts. That’s when I saw my first Ford sign. It said Genuine Ford Parts, it was a painted sign, and I bought it. From there I started buying Model A related items and...