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One of the perks of researching foreign sites for Ford info. How about this 1913 T?

Post by Rob » Wed Feb 27, 2019 4:58 pm

Barcelona car show. Caption says 1913 models:
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Re: One of the perks of researching foreign sites for Ford info. How about this 1913 T?

Post by Ruxstel24 » Wed Feb 27, 2019 5:05 pm

Where's the doors ??
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Post by Rob » Wed Feb 27, 2019 5:28 pm

I don't think there are doors on the right side (right hand drive). There is a step plate high up on the right rear fender to access the back seat over the body. My guess is one wide door on the left side?
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Re: One of the perks of researching foreign sites for Ford info. How about this 1913 T?

Post by Wayne Sheldon » Wed Feb 27, 2019 5:57 pm

Wonderful photos of an incredibly neat car!

A longtime friend of mine has a 1915 Biddle sport touring car. Basically, all Biddles were custom builds. His was originally built for a member of the Biddle family. It has no doors on either side. A couple of step plates make climbing over the sides a bit easier.
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Post by DHort » Wed Feb 27, 2019 7:03 pm

Can anyone translate the sign on the front of the car?
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Post by John E. Guitar » Wed Feb 27, 2019 7:17 pm

It looks like that show was in Turó Park.

Is there a clearer copy of the first photo? The sign on the car is too small to read.

https://orgullosademiciudad.blogspot.co ... -1915.html

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Post by Allan » Wed Feb 27, 2019 9:22 pm

What a gorgeous looking car. The long hood and deep V radiator are reminiscent of the English Gordon-Bennett cars but these lines are so much more exciting. Looking at the deeply buttoned trim on the left side may indicate that there were no doors at all. It would be a shame to interrupt those lines by fitting some kind of top, but a raked windscreen would be OK.

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Re: One of the perks of researching foreign sites for Ford info. How about this 1913 T?

Post by John E. Guitar » Wed Feb 27, 2019 9:28 pm

Two of my favourite cars - Ford and Regal.

From Mundo Grafico 19th February 1913.

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Post by John E. Guitar » Wed Feb 27, 2019 9:54 pm

Here is a clearer copy.

The handwriting reads:

Chassis Ford. Body constructed in Barcelona. Equipped with wire wheels, electric lights, V-radiator, bumper bar.

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Re: One of the perks of researching foreign sites for Ford info. How about this 1913 T?

Post by Rob » Wed Feb 27, 2019 10:37 pm

How about the electric headlights. Wonder if the package included a dynamo or generator. That would be a body to recreate!
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Post by Rob » Wed Feb 27, 2019 10:41 pm

Look at the blackened or painted radiator. It was evident on the French Ford Special racer too:
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Re: One of the perks of researching foreign sites for Ford info. How about this 1913 T?

Post by Kaiser » Thu Feb 28, 2019 4:51 am

Would that racer have reincarnated in a towncar ? that must have been the fastest taxi of its day :lol:
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