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Wouldn't that be a fun rig? He has added some great accessories in the wheels and bumper. Also it looks like the motometer is the "lighted" style.
Thanks for bringing this to the gallery.
Rich

So many pieces to ponder in this one! Like, when was the picture taken? And therefore how old was the car at this point? It is fairly clean and shiny, I would expect a recent repaint. The after-market demountable wheels really make me wonder. The coupe does not appear to be early enough to have not been originally equipped with Ford standard (for coupes and sedans) demountable wheels. However, it could be a very early 1919 built just before the Ford demountable wheels were ready for production. That however, I would expect to not have the starter either which would then have had oil sidelamps. Most curious.
There is something odd at the bottom of the radiator. Somewhat hiding behind the nice front bumper. Whatever it is, it is blocking the view to the back inside of the right front wheel and front of the frame.
I do like that radiator cap!

You are welcome Rich! I just figured many of the old photos posted in General Discussion needed to be put here and not lost out of sight as the pages pile up in the regular forum. I had to play with it a bit to figure out how to copy to here, and goofed the first try, so it got doubled with a corrected version. I couldn't figure out how to correct or delete the original error. Oh well, time moves on, but mistakes last forever!
My other concern is that too many old photos may get posted multiple times in the gallery. I will try to remember which I have seen here, and which I have not. Of course others may repeat post? I guess I can live with that?

There is so much to look at in this picture. Not all of it is the car. The man appears to be a hard working sort, and his clothing suggests that the car was probably at least ten years old when this picture was taken.
The legend of Levi Strauss and the creation of blue jeans is well known. The issue at hand is that blue jeans have been around since the early days of Califunny's gold rush, somewhat more than a half century BEFORE that coupe was manufactured. As someone that has looked very closely at a couple thousand original era photographs, I can tell you that not a lot of blue jeans show up in era photos taken in the first three decades of the recent past century. The work shirt looks like a type patterned after Army shirts, or maybe could even be an Army shirt. The question becomes which war is that shirt related to?
Given the car, its modifications and curious incongruities, and the way the man is attired, I would speculate that the photo was taken in the mid depression '30s. Frankly, It wouldn't surprise me if I found out it was taken post-WWII.
It is a nice looking car for what it is. I also wouldn't be surprised if it were found out that the whole car/pickup was assembled from a couple of cars by someone that needed a good vehicle.