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FJ - Legendary Ed Archer Sits For A Visit

Post by FreighTer Jim » Wed Feb 10, 2021 7:47 pm

Ed Archer was kind enough to bring the latest donated
Model T to The MTFCA Museum from San Francisco
to meet me off Hwy 101 👍

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After lunch I got him to share his story
In a sit down interview 👍

Enjoy

@ https://youtu.be/0QK0kXEuAE8


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Re: FJ - Legendary Ed Archer Sits For A Visit

Post by A Whiteman » Thu Feb 11, 2021 3:53 am

Hi Jim, many thanks for taking the time to make this interview clip. Priceless moments not lost :-)

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Re: FJ - Legendary Ed Archer Sits For A Visit

Post by RodellJunior » Thu Feb 11, 2021 6:49 am

Great interview. I met Ed for the first time when he came to West Bend, Wisconsin to promote Edy's ice cream with his Model T ice cream truck in 1988 at the grand opening of the Sentry grocery store. Thanks for the memories, Ed!
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Re: FJ - Legendary Ed Archer Sits For A Visit

Post by Norman Kling » Thu Feb 11, 2021 10:59 am

How do you know it's really him? The mask hides his most noticeable feature!
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Post by RustyFords » Thu Feb 11, 2021 11:35 am

I suppose that's what heaven will look like.....wow.
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Post by KeithG » Thu Feb 11, 2021 2:23 pm

Ed and Jim, Thank you both for a wonderful interview. Just the right length and a very interesting coverage. BTW, the interview location was over the top too!

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Post by John Warren » Fri Feb 12, 2021 10:36 am

Very nice Jim, thanks for taking us along on your travels.jw
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Post by NorthSouth » Fri Feb 12, 2021 5:40 pm

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I thought that this classic Ed Archer legend only existed in folklore.
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Post by SurfCityGene » Sat Feb 13, 2021 1:24 pm

Jim, Thanks very much for the post. Ed and the #4 are "One of a Kind" Next should be some video of Ed and the famous speedster for those less informed?

Like Humble Howard Genrich and his Lucky 7 they won't always be around forever so these videos are very important.
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FJ - Legendary Ed Archer Sits For A Visit

Post by FreighTer Jim » Sun Feb 14, 2021 7:26 am

At the 2018 Homecoming & Tour in Richmond, Indiana
Ed & his wife were the last to leave a small town
in The Yellow Bullet 🏎

We saw Ed speed past and jumped into our
trouble truck rigs - I caught up with him at the
edge of town where a local 👮‍♀️ was parked.

Ed drove past the 👮‍♀️ at a speed higher than
the limit posted - the 👮‍♀️ just stared with his
mouth open 😳


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