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- Sun May 11, 2025 11:46 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Some Humor to Brighten Your Day II
- Replies: 496
- Views: 763332
Re: Some Humor to Brighten Your Day II
I once commented that I could so something with my Model T that Henry Ford couldn't do with his. I put $45 worth of gas in it. 

- Wed Apr 16, 2025 8:34 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Old guys they need you
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3489
Re: Old guys they need you
When you remember daily life 70 years ago, and features of that life that are unknown to younger folks, it reminds you that we now live in a different world. As usual, Steve has hit the nail on the head. I can remember when young adults held doors open for old people, gestured for them to go first,...
- Sun Jan 26, 2025 8:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Stan Howe.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7630
- Wed Jan 01, 2025 9:13 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: If all goes well, Steve's roadster will go back to Kansas
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6555
Re: If all goes well, Steve's roadster will go back to Kansas
Tell Steve to click his heels together three times and say, "There's no place like home." That should do it.
Happy New Year.
Happy New Year.
- Fri Nov 29, 2024 1:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Planetary overdrive
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3917
Re: Planetary overdrive
I have never been in your part of the world, so cannot comment on the terrain, but if you have hills, the car will go up hills better the way Henry built it. Norm, I lived in the Netherlands for 9-1/2 years. The highest point in the entire country is 1,056 feet above sea level. Hills aren't really ...
- Thu Oct 31, 2024 8:48 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Model T vocabulary
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3566
Re: Model T vocabulary
Agreed, but even the incorrect "your welcome" is better than the frequently-heard "No praahblem."Jones in Aiken SC wrote: ↑Tue Oct 29, 2024 12:19 pmAnd thank you, Steve, for the proper use of "you're welcome" versus the oft seen "your welcome."
- Wed Oct 16, 2024 8:29 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 1946 as the Model T fades from the daily scene
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5545
Re: 1946 as the Model T fades from the daily scene
"My grandfather had a car exactly like that, except it was green and it was a Plymouth."
- Thu Oct 03, 2024 9:19 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Richard Kemp
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1415
Re: Richard Kemp
Joe you gave a scare when I saw that post. Wish you had said needed Rich’s number. I was worried we lost another one. I have said that here frequently. Posting a name with no explanation immediately suggests another death. I'll say it again (for all the good it will do!), make the subject line "Ric...
- Wed Sep 18, 2024 10:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Camping with our T another Model T Camp and Adventures video
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2093
Re: Camping with our T another Model T Camp and Adventures video
... We went to School House Falls in the Ozark National Forest on the old CCC Wilderness Trail west of where we live. Did a little hiking, some Dutch Oven campfire cooking, cooked on our 1926 Montgomery Wards gasoline stove, and had about as much fun as two old dinosaurs can. :) In the mid-1930s, m...
- Sat Aug 10, 2024 10:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Thank you again, Stan Howe
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4163
Re: Thank you again, Stan Howe
This whole discussion started me thinking about Stan. What an amazingly versatile guy he was! Here's another side of him:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT6vp-YgkIg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT6vp-YgkIg
- Wed Aug 07, 2024 5:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Thank you again, Stan Howe
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4163
Thank you again, Stan Howe
Many years ago, Stan Howe posted the following on this forum: STEWARDSHIP “On a serious note, we are all just stewards of these cars. Somebody owned them before we did, somebody will own them after we are gone. The money that we pay for them or the money that we take for them is just a way to determ...
- Sat Jul 27, 2024 10:02 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Fulton or bust
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2497
Re: Fulton or bust
"...an overbite tour to Fulton MO..."
Well, grit your teeth and get going!
Well, grit your teeth and get going!

- Sun Jul 07, 2024 10:53 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Happy 4th from Saint Louis
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1308
Re: Happy 4th from Saint Louis
If I had any idea where she was these days, I'd let her know.......Steve Jelf wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2024 4:11 pm.... The bridge was dedicated on July 4, 1874 and opened to railway traffic the same day. By the time construction of the bridge started the gauge horse was already out of the barn.![]()

- Sat Jul 06, 2024 9:10 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Happy 4th from Saint Louis
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1308
Re: Happy 4th from Saint Louis
A girl I knew in a suburb of St. Louis once told me that she had done a history paper about the Eads Bridge in high school. She said that it was because of the bridge that the railroad gauge east and west of the Mississippi is the same. Don't know if it's true, but makes a nice bit of Eads Bridge tr...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:05 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Why stop at 12 languages?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 14126
Re: Why stop at 12 languages?
... What I learned in German has on occasion helped me to read Dutch! My wife and I spoke mostly Dutch with each other during the forty years of our marriage, and our daughter ended up speaking it very well for someone who learned it in a suburb of St. Louis. She took German in high school and some...
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 8:57 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Why stop at 12 languages?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 14126
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:24 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Should I buy a Dodge Brothers?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 11817
Re: Should I buy a Dodge Brothers?
My grandparents (married in 1908, died in 1960) owned six cars in their lives, a 1915 Dodge, a 1928 Dodge, a 1936 Dodge, a 1941 Dodge, a 1950 Dodge and a 1956 Chrysler. I think it's safe to say they would approve your buying the Dodge. 

- Wed Feb 07, 2024 11:26 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Ford building lost
- Replies: 25
- Views: 8116
Re: Ford building lost
In St. Louis, the old Ford assembly plant was converted to lofts.
https://www.paric.com/project/west-end-lofts/
https://www.paric.com/project/west-end-lofts/
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 11:13 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Stan Howe on Stewardship
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4065
Re: Stan Howe on Stewardship
For years, I had known Stan from the forum but had never met him in person. In 2018 Jane and I were on a road trip out west and it took us close enough to Helena that I contacted Stan and arranged to see him. He gave us a tour of the area and then we went to have a meal at The Dam Bar. (Cute name. I...
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 4:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Stan Howe on Stewardship
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4065
Stan Howe on Stewardship
Many years ago, Stan Howe posted an item on this forum on stewardship. At that time, I only knew Stan from having seen his forum posts. I was the editor of the St. Louis club's newsletter (I said it was many years ago) and I emailed him to ask if I could use it. He graciously replied that I could us...
- Sun Jan 14, 2024 3:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: What happened to Model T Club of Facebook
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2192
- Fri Jan 12, 2024 12:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: OT but not really. Scammers are getting very bold...
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5308
Re: OT but not really. Scammers are getting very bold...
Because I made my living for about 25 years translating Dutch documents into English, I am fairly good (not perfect, but fairly good) at recognizing English written by a non-native speaker. It may look okay, but it doesn't quite feel okay. I have forwarded a lot of them (with all headers) to the fra...
- Sun Dec 10, 2023 9:36 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Vintage Ford
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3966
Re: Vintage Ford
People complain about the USPS, but who else lets you send a letter from New York to California for just a penny day? 

- Thu Dec 07, 2023 10:37 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Purple Cow new owner needs help in MA
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3414
Re: Purple Cow help
Absolutely. I looked at the post out of idle curiosity, but if even I were the world's expert on Model T trucks, I'd probably have skipped it.John kuehn wrote: ↑Thu Dec 07, 2023 9:12 amThe Title of the post needs to be clearer to get more responses.
- Tue Nov 21, 2023 10:41 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Notice for Mr. Ben Martin concerning new switch work - Latest update PLEASE READ!
- Replies: 41
- Views: 8649
Re: Notice for Mr. Ben Martin concerning new switch work - Latest update PLEASE READ!
Peculiar thread, not a peep from Mr. Martin, hope he's doing well. Much earlier in the thread, this appeared: "(just FYI to those that don't already know, he can ONLY be contacted by phone - does not have email)" If "not a peep" refers to not getting an email from Mr. Martin, that might explain it....
- Mon Nov 20, 2023 10:36 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Steve Jelf Sunday, 11/19
- Replies: 32
- Views: 7925
Re: Steve Jelf Sunday, 11/19
Yes. Reading posts like that one make my day.
- Sat Nov 11, 2023 7:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Saint Louis Veterans Day Parade
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1423
Re: Saint Louis Veterans Day Parade
Hated to miss it. Looks like the weather was perfect.
- Sat Nov 11, 2023 5:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Saint Louis Veterans Day Parade
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1423
Re: Saint Louis Veterans Day Parade
It's the one parade I hate to miss. Did anyone take any pictures?
- Fri Nov 03, 2023 10:30 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Starting local club chapter?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1670
Re: Starting local club chapter?
The MTFCA Chapter Coordinator is Kathy Tagert, kltagert@cox.net. She can probably tell you what the next steps are in forming a new chapter.
- Sun Oct 22, 2023 11:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Fall tour to Washington Missouri
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4425
Re: Fall tour to Washington Missouri
But, as I recall, none of us went over to see their cars. Just sayin'.South park zephyr wrote: ↑Sun Oct 22, 2023 6:46 pmIt was pointed out that they all came over to see our cars as we were gathering....

- Sun Oct 22, 2023 9:57 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Fall tour to Washington Missouri
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4425
Re: Fall tour to Washington Missouri
I concur with Scott's description. My T wasn't running so Jane and I joined the tour by tagging along behind in a modern car. For several the tour provided validation of the Model T phrase "seven-gallon hill." In my case, I learned that a 2011 FWD Taurus is not a good tow vehicle going uphill on a g...
- Mon Oct 02, 2023 10:33 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: MTFCA Board of Directors Election Candidates
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2752
Re: MTFCA Board of Directors Election Candidates
I too (1) have wondered what the reasoning is for making me vote for someone I perhaps know and also at random for someone I don't know, and (2) have never seen an explanation of the reasoning behind it. I have occasionally seen people ask why, but have never seen an answer. Kind of like the old sto...
- Sun Sep 10, 2023 3:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Steve Jelf in bad accident
- Replies: 286
- Views: 97506
Re: Steve Jelf in bad accident
Well the last Saturn was produced in 2010 so unless it’s a collector car the insurance policy may not be adequate to cover the circumstances.... As far as I know, the value of the Saturn doesn't affect the amount of liability insurance the Saturn owner carries. It's the amount of insurance coverage...
- Fri Aug 25, 2023 6:51 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Notice for Mr. Ben Martin concerning new switch work - Latest update PLEASE READ!
- Replies: 41
- Views: 8649
Re: Notice for Mr. Ben Martin concerning new switch work - Latest update PLEASE READ!
I remember one kinda weird thing when I had mine done. They were done two weeks apart, which meant I had some time where one eye had been done and the other not yet. I discovered I could look at a wall, for example, and alternate closing my eyes. The wall became brighter and a different shade with t...
- Mon Aug 21, 2023 8:04 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Who's that in the photo?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 15042
Re: Who's that in the photo?
Might as well get on the bandwagon. This is a picture of me and my late wife Anja at the Model T Centennial in Richmond in 2008.
- Mon Aug 21, 2023 6:53 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Some Humor to Brighten Your Day II
- Replies: 496
- Views: 763332
- Mon Aug 21, 2023 2:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: I’d like to see Ken Burns, make a film on Henry Ford and his Model T.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2879
Re: Ken Burns, documentary film maker.
Yes I do know that there are posts about losing a member and it doesn’t bother me about knowing about it. I may have misstated my point. It also doesn't bother me to know about losing a member, but I don't like seeing the name of someone I know, thinking it's bad news, and finding out that he has, ...
- Sun Aug 20, 2023 4:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: I’d like to see Ken Burns, make a film on Henry Ford and his Model T.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2879
Re: Ken Burns, documentary film maker.
What’s the deal about posting somebody’s name with out explanation? Name Ken Burns Explanation Documentary film maker It has frequently been a way of announcing the death of a forum member. If I see a subject line which reads "John Kuehn," with no further reason for the post, then I am always afrai...
- Sun Aug 20, 2023 9:03 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: I’d like to see Ken Burns, make a film on Henry Ford and his Model T.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2879
Re: Ken Burns, documentary film maker.
Another "Oh damn, he must have died" subject line. Please, people, don't just post names as subjects without some further explanation. Please?
- Wed Aug 16, 2023 9:28 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Some Humor to Brighten Your Day II
- Replies: 496
- Views: 763332
Re: Some Humor to Brighten Your Day II
A man goes to the doctor and says, "Doc, whenever I try to sing a song, it comes out different. Today it was 'The Green, Green Grass Of Home.' Yesterday it was, 'Delilah.' Last week it was 'What's New Pussycat?' What's wrong with me?" The Doctor says, "Sounds like Tom Jones Syndrome to me." The man ...
- Mon Aug 14, 2023 1:20 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Some Humor to Brighten Your Day II
- Replies: 496
- Views: 763332
Re: Some Humor to Brighten Your Day II
Your Edison story remind me of something. Some years ago, I had the occasion to meet and spend time with a member of the Osage Nation Congress who was visiting St. Louis. He said that he and his wife had Osage friends and the whole group would sometimes go out to dinner. He said that when the hostes...
- Thu Aug 10, 2023 2:04 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: What happened to the "Humor to Brighten Your Day" thread?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5281
Re: What happened to the "Humor to Brighten Your Day" thread?
It was one of the longest-lived threads on the forum, and I can't understand why the whole thread would disappear because of one or even a few posts. Oh, well.....
- Thu Aug 10, 2023 8:10 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: What happened to the "Humor to Brighten Your Day" thread?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5281
What happened to the "Humor to Brighten Your Day" thread?
I always used to check (and sometimes contribute to) "the "Humor to Brighten Your Day" thread. Suddenly it was gone and I can't even find old ones.
- Sun Aug 06, 2023 10:51 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Ron Patterson
- Replies: 27
- Views: 5037
Re: Ron Patterson
As I have commented from time to time before, please make the subject line more than just a name by itself, e.g "Ron Patterson Great Guy" or "Another Good Experience with Ron Patterson." In view of the average age of Model T people, seeing a name by itself can initially be worrisome. 

- Wed Jul 05, 2023 10:57 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: I Hate To Give Out…..
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3984
- Wed Jul 05, 2023 8:14 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Silly Question
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1615
- Sat May 27, 2023 8:16 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Upcoming movie set in T era
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2579
Re: Upcoming movie set in T era
Some 20 plus years ago, my 1927 was used in (I'm sorry I can't recall the name) movie that was filmed in St Louis and I was paid as a driver. I don't recall the dollar amount, but I do remember the car made more money than I did. Are you talking about the NBC mini-series "A Will of Their Own"? It w...
- Mon May 15, 2023 8:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: St. Louis to Dearborn - 20 years ago
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1231
Re: St. Louis to Dearborn - 20 years ago
Of course. Gee, I must be older than George Sr. was 20 years ago!

- Sun May 14, 2023 9:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: St. Louis to Dearborn - 20 years ago
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1231
St. Louis to Dearborn - 20 years ago
2003 was the 100th anniversary of Ford Motor Company and to celebrate the centennial, Ford organized a huge celebration in Dearborn. A group of seven Model T owners from the St. Louis Chapter of the MTFCA decided to drive to Dearborn to join the celebration. We met at a major shopping center and set...
- Wed May 03, 2023 8:40 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Off to prom in the Imperial
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2647
- Thu Apr 27, 2023 7:59 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Posting titles for deceased members
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1084
Re: Posting titles for deceased members
When we lose a member, please post the member’s name in the title. And the other side of that coin is this. If you're just wondering how to contact someone or how someone is doing, say so in the title. I hate seeing names of people as stand-alone thread subjects, assuming it's bad news, and then fi...
- Thu Apr 13, 2023 9:43 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: What to Use Instead of Kwik Poly???
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1542
Re: What to Use Instead of Kwik Poly???
Wow, this thread takes me back. This was part of the obituary in our club newsletter in May 2002: "It is with deep regret that we report the passing of Harold Bowden, a fixture in the Model T Ford Club of Greater Saint Louis and also in the Model T world for at least three decades. It has been said ...
- Sun Apr 02, 2023 9:31 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Tornado's
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3667
Re: Tornado's
Mike is in Arkansas, but not in Little Rock. Not sure. Fayetteville perhaps?George House wrote: ↑Sun Apr 02, 2023 9:03 amHow about Mike Walker, our Forum Friend in Little Rock ?
- Fri Mar 31, 2023 8:21 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Tony Bowker
- Replies: 31
- Views: 7910
Re: Tony Bowker
I never met Tony in person, but it's pretty much impossible to be a member of the Model T community and not know who he was.
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RIP, Tony.
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RIP, Tony.
- Thu Mar 23, 2023 7:33 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Why I love Florida
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7424
Re: Why I love Florida
I went to a conference in Florida one summer. A native Floridian explained to me, "In Florida, we don't measure humidity in percentage, we measure it in gallons per acre."
- Fri Feb 03, 2023 10:30 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: very off topic: 2 dollar bills bad luck?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 7480
Re: very off topic: 2 dollar bills bad luck?
I had a boss once who said, "I suppose you're one of those people who think it's bad luck to be superstitious."5 WoodenWheels wrote: ↑Fri Feb 03, 2023 2:46 am... Of course I’ll do anything to avoid breaking a mirror or walking under a ladder or letting a black cat cross my path....
- Thu Feb 02, 2023 11:17 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Longest trip you took in your T
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6217
Re: Longest trip you took in your T
Sometime in 2002 at a Model T event here in St. Louis, Sam Atkinson commented, "Next year is the Ford Centennial. Wouldn't it be neat to drive to Dearborn for that?" That was enough. In June 2003, seven Ts left St. Louis on their way to the Centennial. All seven made it and six made the trip back. (...
- Wed Jan 25, 2023 9:12 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Dealer question
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1973
Re: Dealer question
My guess is that this is the man you're looking for. Name is right and Watersmeet is right.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153 ... ter-behlow
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153 ... ter-behlow
- Sat Jan 21, 2023 8:41 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: very off topic: 2 dollar bills bad luck?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 7480
Re: very off topic: 2 dollar bills bad luck?
I recall reading a story quite a while ago about an Army post where there was a lot of friction between the GIs and the local population. Those were the days when the soldiers were paid in cash, and the commandant of the fort told the paymaster to pay everyone in two-dollar bills for a couple of mon...
- Thu Dec 08, 2022 7:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Route 66 1926
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3878
Re: Route 66 1926
The challenge I remember when I was a kid was to look out the rear window, read the Burma Shave signs in reverse, and then reconstruct the rhyme. Of all the rhymes I read through the years, the only one I remember is: She put a bullet Through his hat, But he's had closer Shaves than that. Burma Shave
- Sat Nov 26, 2022 6:29 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: My daughter Soldering her first pipe.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2900
- Wed Nov 23, 2022 5:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Model T Capabilities on Hills? - Edited 2 Years Later With an Update
- Replies: 46
- Views: 10005
Re: Model T Capabilities on Hills?
Funny, I started reading the thread and was startled to find that I was reading a post from myself that I didn't remember posting. Went back and looked at the dates and realized that I was reading a discussion from two years ago. Read through all the old ones and finally came to the very recent ones...
- Sun Nov 20, 2022 9:33 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: UHMW failure
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3375
- Thu Nov 17, 2022 8:20 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Veterans' Day Parades
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2615
Re: Veterans' Day Parades
Ours here in San Jose CA. is also on Friday, Veterans Day, as it should be. I understand the sentiment, but the parade in St. Louis is always the Saturday before the 11th. The reasoning, I am sure, is that more people can (and therefore will) go downtown to watch a parade on a Saturday than can (or...
- Mon Nov 14, 2022 7:46 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Model T story my Dad told me.
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4085
Re: Model T story my Dad told me.
That brought an unexpected memory. Having heard something similar, I once asked my grandfather, "How long is a piece of string?" His answer was, "How Long is a Chinaman." (Probably politically incorrect these days, but on the other hand, isn't everything?

- Thu Nov 10, 2022 4:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Ford in Lilliput
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2089
Re: Ford in Lilliput
I have rarely found any particular advantage to being shorter than many other men (I'm 5'7"), but I fit very comfortably in my Model T.
- Sat Nov 05, 2022 4:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Veterans' Day Parades
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2615
Re: Veterans' Day Parades
Parade in downtown St. Louis.
Me with my daughter Liz before the parade.
Along the parade route.
Spectators.
Me with my daughter Liz before the parade.
Along the parade route.
Spectators.
- Sat Nov 05, 2022 4:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Veterans' Day Parades
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2615
Veterans' Day Parades
Instead of just photos from our parade in St. Louis, I figured I'd start a thread an d anyone can add to it. We had our parade in St. Louis this morning. Chilly and very windy, but dry.
- Sat Oct 22, 2022 9:01 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: MTFCA Hershey Gathering
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7171
Re: MTFCA Hershey Gathering
Slight misspelling. It's Cindy Atkinson.
- Fri Sep 30, 2022 8:33 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Civil War Rememberance Cancelled at THF
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5296
- Sun Sep 25, 2022 9:00 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Model T camping equipment
- Replies: 28
- Views: 11049
Re: Model T camping equipment
I think I out-frugalled you on this one. Since I have a touring and only take the chair to local car shows, I bought the cheap one.Steve Jelf wrote: ↑Fri Sep 20, 2019 11:52 pm
.... They make a chair that sells for less than half the price, but it makes a much less compact package, three feet long.

- Wed Sep 21, 2022 7:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: My 1st T
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2887
- Sat Sep 17, 2022 8:17 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Just heard from Our Mr.Jelf.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1766
Re: Just heard from Our Mr.Jelf.
Bit of trivia to start your day. According to Google, "Cronkite" is originally a Dutch name. It comes from the old Dutch "krankheyt" (or modern German "krankheit") meaning "sickness" or "disease.")
- Wed Sep 14, 2022 10:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Identify / Verify / Serial Numbers
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2335
Re: Identify / Verify / Serial Numbers
...AND just give them the basic info and not a long story about your car. It will only complicate things! What John said is absolutely correct. I went with a friend to the DMV once. My friend is friendly, chatty and likes to be helpful. He kept yammering on with all kinds of unnecessary (but in his...
- Thu Sep 08, 2022 8:24 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Massage from Steve
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1695
Re: Massage from Steve
Jim, my thought exactly..... but it does seem somewhat out of character for Steve. 

- Mon Sep 05, 2022 8:05 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Death of the Model T Hobby?
- Replies: 62
- Views: 12476
Re: Death of the Model T Hobby?
When I first got into the hobby, someone said to me, "Driving a Model T is the most fun you can have with clothes on." Seemed about right....jiminbartow wrote: ↑Wed Aug 31, 2022 11:56 amDriving a Model T creates a very unique experience that can only be derived from the act of driving it.

- Sun Sep 04, 2022 9:30 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: What Years Are These Model Ts From?
- Replies: 50
- Views: 8511
- Tue Aug 30, 2022 8:32 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Death of the Model T Hobby?
- Replies: 62
- Views: 12476
Re: Death of the Model T Hobby?
.... Says the 80-year-old from Kansas!Steve Jelf wrote: ↑Mon Aug 29, 2022 10:25 pm
The Model T pastime may indeed fade eventually, but I don't expect that in my lifetime.

- Thu Jul 28, 2022 5:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Floods
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2450
Re: Floods
Where in the area are you? I'm in Ballwin and we had heavy rain but no flooding near me. I did see that the area of Rock Hill where the Trainwreck is flooded again, but that's par for the course.
- Wed Jul 27, 2022 8:26 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Model T collectors who served during Korean War
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2212
Re: Model T collectors who served during Korean War
Gee, Darel, Korea? I thought you drove a Model T ambulance in WWI. 

- Mon Jul 18, 2022 9:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Model T Tour Guidance
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4439
Re: Model T Tour Guidance
More seriously, the St. Louis club has had an annual Overnight Tour since 1992. (They have all been planned and organized by our tour chairman, Sam Atkinson, and he has been on every one up to this year, when a last-minute positive Covid test sidelined him. Very frustrating.) I am no expert but have...
- Mon Jul 18, 2022 8:53 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Model T Tour Guidance
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4439
Re: Model T Tour Guidance
You mean like this?Darin Hull wrote: ↑Sun Jul 17, 2022 6:39 pm... Our goal is a small and simple tour to get our feet wet...
Kentucky Fall Foliage Tour in 2006.
- Fri Jul 15, 2022 9:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Do you like a Hearse?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 5299
Re: Do you like a Hearse?
It was a cough that carried him off.
It was a coffin they carried him off in.
It was a coffin they carried him off in.
- Mon Jul 11, 2022 8:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: So I'm trying Youtube
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3433
Re: So I'm trying Youtube
A guy with the name "Versteeg" from Michigan? Wow! Go figure! 

- Wed Jul 06, 2022 10:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Why a Model T?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 6413
Re: Why a Model T?
When I first got into the Model T hobby, I read or heard somewhere, "Driving a Model T is most fun you can have with clothes on." That seems to have summed it up.
- Wed Jun 22, 2022 7:29 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Coast to Coast, Part 2 - the halfway point
- Replies: 88
- Views: 27828
Re: Coast to Coast, Part 2 - the halfway point
Oh I dunno. This was five years ago at the St. Louis Scottish Games. (Me, my son-in-law and my grandtwins.)Wayne Sheldon wrote: ↑Wed Jun 22, 2022 4:30 amI think you could get me into lederhosen before you could a kilt! I do love the bagpipes, but the kilt doesn't interest me.
Now back to our Model T programming....
- Thu Jun 16, 2022 12:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Archive of fond memories.
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4858
- Sun Jun 12, 2022 8:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Archive of fond memories.
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4858
Re: Archive of fond memories.
... at the time gave an argument that it was improper to call them 'Depot Hacks', but rather 'Hacks for Depots'. Does anyone remember this article or what his reasoning was? Sounds like nitpicking. I'd be interested in seeing it. (Steve, there are several Dutch terms equivalent to "nitpicking." On...
- Sat Jun 11, 2022 10:30 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: T model in Balance of Nature commercial
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2635
Re: T model in Balance of Nature commercial
The link that didn't work for me is double-underlined on my screen and the more recent one (which does work) is single-underlined. Don't know why they're like that, but that is clearly the reason.
- Sat Jun 11, 2022 6:50 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: T model in Balance of Nature commercial
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2635
Re: T model in Balance of Nature commercial
"The requested page could not be found."
Is part of the link missing?
Is part of the link missing?
- Fri Jun 10, 2022 7:47 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Please post 2022 Homecoming Pictures
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6365
- Mon Jun 06, 2022 8:57 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: From Coast to Coast
- Replies: 170
- Views: 32733
Re: From Coast to Coast
But it’s amazing to read that so many Americans offer support or hospitality or give helpful advises. Bernd, my theory is that we are closer in time to when the people settling the country began to move west, and depended on their neighbors or even strangers for help, and sometimes even their lives...
- Wed Jun 01, 2022 4:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Vintage Ford..May/June 2022
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2622
Re: Vintage Ford..May/June 2022
Mine arrived in a suburb of St. Louis yesterday, May 31st.Have read most of the articles, so now will start waiting for the next one. Perhaps I'll re-read a few of the articles to pass the time. 

- Sun May 29, 2022 5:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: From Coast to Coast
- Replies: 170
- Views: 32733
Re: From Coast to Coast
By all means post your route and your progress. If they know where you are going to be, I'm sure that people along your route will be happy to see you.
It looks like you are going too far north for me.
It looks like you are going too far north for me.
- Sat May 21, 2022 9:51 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Mrs Becker’s passing
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2359
- Tue May 17, 2022 12:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Can of worms officially opened
- Replies: 48
- Views: 9198
Re: Can of worms officially opened
I have always thought the name alone was reason enough to use it."Marvel Mystery Oil." What's not to like about that? 

- Sun Apr 10, 2022 9:11 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Mobile phone for the T......
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5532
Re: Mobile phone for the T......
I like it! I had a similar thought about 25 years ago....

- Fri Apr 08, 2022 10:12 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 1925 Model T Pickup, should I buy it for 1K?
- Replies: 73
- Views: 18225
- Tue Apr 05, 2022 8:06 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 1925 Model T Pickup, should I buy it for 1K?
- Replies: 73
- Views: 18225
Re: 1925 Model T Pickup, should I buy it for 1K?
Quick side note. Someone suggested sending for a Lang's catalogue to see the availability of parts. Instead of waiting for a paper catalogue to makes its way to you from Massachusetts, you can also look here:
https://www.modeltford.com/
https://www.modeltford.com/
- Thu Mar 31, 2022 8:06 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: New Lousiana MTFCA Chapter
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2334