Topsy turvey-Old Phptp
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2020 10:23 pm
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Is it a Ford?
Re: Topsy turvey-Old Phptp
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2020 5:53 am
Kinda looks like a couplet body... but hard to tell upside down. 
Re: Topsy turvey-Old Phptp
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2020 9:02 am
I would guess it's a Coupe.
Perhaps a similar winch and truck?
Perhaps a similar winch and truck?
Re: Topsy turvey-Old Phptp
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2020 10:09 am
Looks like a T door handle and there is a hinge just below the roof line, I would guess after 1920 or 1921.
Re: Topsy turvey-Old Phptp
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2020 2:11 pm
Wonder why the upside down "body tow"? Was it a rollover they recovered from its side (seeing the top damage and missing bitsa, its a guess), but that poor car has seen better days. Then again - it's a lot easier resto project than others I've seen... 
Re: Topsy turvey-Old Phptp
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2020 3:01 pm
I'm sure many of you have heard of the "Doctor's Coupe".
This is just another example of a specialty coupe, but this one was the "Aerialist Coupe". Also known as a "Trapeze Artist Coupe"
They were very limited production, available only on April 1, 1920, and only by special purchase by "Aerialists" and "Trapeze Artists". The local dealer had to authorize the order, after actually viewing a performance by the potential owner, and once their identity and profession had been proven, they could put in the order for this special coupe. I understand this coupe came about after Henry Ford and Edsel visited the "Barnum and Baily Circus" that was playing in Detroit in March of 1920. Hence the release of this coupe on April 1st.
I understand they also released the "Clown Coupe" the following month, which was a coupe, but with 4 doors, so they could fit more clowns in it.
Less successful than either of these examples was the "Mime Coupe", which had 2 doors, but neither one was operable, with the result that the unfortunate mimes were left to press desperately on the glass with their hands, trying to attract attention, until they finally expired. (Henry apparently hated Mimes)
I am still searching for an example of a "Cobbler's Coupe" which has a shoe-repair outfit on the back deck, the "Draftsman's Coupe" which had a drawing board/desk in place of the rear bustle, or a "CPA's Couple, which had a huge adding machine mounted on the rear deck.
Henry truly did build "Everyman's Car"!
I would have uploaded pictures of these, but I only have one of the old "flash-powder" cameras, which are not compatible with my computer.
This is just another example of a specialty coupe, but this one was the "Aerialist Coupe". Also known as a "Trapeze Artist Coupe"
They were very limited production, available only on April 1, 1920, and only by special purchase by "Aerialists" and "Trapeze Artists". The local dealer had to authorize the order, after actually viewing a performance by the potential owner, and once their identity and profession had been proven, they could put in the order for this special coupe. I understand this coupe came about after Henry Ford and Edsel visited the "Barnum and Baily Circus" that was playing in Detroit in March of 1920. Hence the release of this coupe on April 1st.
I understand they also released the "Clown Coupe" the following month, which was a coupe, but with 4 doors, so they could fit more clowns in it.
Less successful than either of these examples was the "Mime Coupe", which had 2 doors, but neither one was operable, with the result that the unfortunate mimes were left to press desperately on the glass with their hands, trying to attract attention, until they finally expired. (Henry apparently hated Mimes)
I am still searching for an example of a "Cobbler's Coupe" which has a shoe-repair outfit on the back deck, the "Draftsman's Coupe" which had a drawing board/desk in place of the rear bustle, or a "CPA's Couple, which had a huge adding machine mounted on the rear deck.
Henry truly did build "Everyman's Car"!
I would have uploaded pictures of these, but I only have one of the old "flash-powder" cameras, which are not compatible with my computer.