>>>My choices for my first vehicle was between a Model A and a 1947 Jeep<<<
And here I thought you were an old rooster!! If I had the choice of a 1947 Jeep as a first vehicle, I would be opting for a brand, new vehicle. You’re just a spring chicken!!
I don’t feel quite so bad now when I read about all you accomplish in a day, when I get exhausted just thinking about it.
LOL A vehicle of my own came after years of driving an old Ford pickup (while I saved enough to buy my own car)(30 something model) that you had to keep the transmission shifter plate bolts only hand tight - It had a bad habit of locking up between 1st and 2nd.. This put you square in the middle of an intersection with everything locked up... I got pretty fast at pulling the shifter off and with a big screwdriver, pry the slider back into position, put on the shifter and get out of the intersection (with a slight bit of a red face)
But then traffic wasn’t like it is now... We had 9’ roads (where one side was paved and the other was dirt... Everyone drove on the concrete till you met another car) which were so much better than the washboard dirt roads or even the corduroy (slab wood) roads through soft ground.
Although, I do admit that you have a few years on me.