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- Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 7:21 pm
- First Name: Allan
- Last Name: Bennett
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1912 van, 1917 shooting brake, 1929 roadster buckboard, 1924 tourer, 1925 barn find buckboard, 1925 D &F wide body roadster, 1927LHD Tudor sedan.
- Location: Gawler, Australia
Re: Quick wash
OK. What year is the cream coloured car in photo 7?
Allan from down under.
Allan from down under.
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- First Name: Wayne
- Last Name: Sheldon
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1915 Runabout 1913 Speedster
- Location: Grass Valley California, USA
- Board Member Since: 2005
Re: Quick wash
Hey there Allan!
I am fairly sure it is a late 1912 "slab-side" touring car. One of the final series of 1912 touring cars with no outside door handles on the rear doors.
Unusual to see cars in the USA painted white or very light colors in those days. I find myself wondering if the photo got flipped at some point and it is in your part of the world?
Or, maybe the fellow just had some paint left over after painting the house?
Photo number three, under all those guys, appears to be a 1915/'16 touring car, but with a non standard windshield. After-market? Later Canadian? The sidelamps and I think I can see a small bit of the cowling seem to confirm it as a 1915/'16, and not an earlier touring with the after-market cowl cap and windshield update. However, almost anything is possible?
Number six has another oddity. A 1913 touring car with a 1915/'16 rear fender. I wonder if both rear fenders were changed, or just the one?
I am fairly sure it is a late 1912 "slab-side" touring car. One of the final series of 1912 touring cars with no outside door handles on the rear doors.
Unusual to see cars in the USA painted white or very light colors in those days. I find myself wondering if the photo got flipped at some point and it is in your part of the world?
Or, maybe the fellow just had some paint left over after painting the house?
Photo number three, under all those guys, appears to be a 1915/'16 touring car, but with a non standard windshield. After-market? Later Canadian? The sidelamps and I think I can see a small bit of the cowling seem to confirm it as a 1915/'16, and not an earlier touring with the after-market cowl cap and windshield update. However, almost anything is possible?
Number six has another oddity. A 1913 touring car with a 1915/'16 rear fender. I wonder if both rear fenders were changed, or just the one?
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- First Name: Pat
- Last Name: McNallen
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1926-7 roadster
- Location: Graham, Texas
- Board Member Since: 2021
Re: Quick wash
The muddy street picture may have been taken in Breckenridge, Texas around 1920. I later years, both a Place Barber Shop and a Busy Bee Cafe were long-time downtown businesses.
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- First Name: George
- Last Name: House
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: ‘10 Maxwell AA, ‘11Hupp Model 20, Two 1914 Ford runabouts, 19 centerdoor, 25 C Cab,26 roadster
- Location: Northern Caldwell County TX
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- Board Member Since: 1999
Re: Quick wash
Then those doors (#7) must be 1 year only before the ‘13 squared bottom doors ? Wonder what that thingy is under the right front cowl lamp ? Siren ? And in photo #3, the ‘15 with unusual windshield - what small two adult men sitting on the hood !! I wouldn’t think it’d take that weight 

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- Joined: Thu Mar 10, 2022 11:46 am
- First Name: Stan
- Last Name: Gadson
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1915 touring
- Location: USA
Re: Quick wash
That light grey '12 touring sounds similar to this car, seen on Michigan Avenue in mid 1914. The "siren" on the passenger side is probably a magneto or battery powered horn.
The '15-'16 rear fender on the '13 above it is pretty standard, an easy way to update your car and done in period. Lots of photos of cars so equipped. Most of them have since been "restored" away . .
The '15-'16 rear fender on the '13 above it is pretty standard, an easy way to update your car and done in period. Lots of photos of cars so equipped. Most of them have since been "restored" away . .
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- First Name: Peter
- Last Name: Kable
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1911 Town Car 1913 Speedster 1915 kampcar
- Location: Australia
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Re: Quick wash
Just the other day I received these photo's of a similar T showing it unassembled after being painted Grey and the finished car. As noted by Allan and Wayne common in Australia for the Model T's to be painted Grey.