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Closed cars

Post by Dollisdad » Thu Feb 11, 2021 6:34 pm

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Re: Closed cars

Post by Dollisdad » Thu Feb 11, 2021 6:35 pm

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Re: Closed cars

Post by Dollisdad » Thu Feb 11, 2021 6:36 pm

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Re: Closed cars

Post by Dollisdad » Thu Feb 11, 2021 6:37 pm

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Re: Closed cars

Post by Marshall V. Daut » Thu Feb 11, 2021 8:56 pm

Coupe photos are always welcome here. A while back, I posted photos of a tin toy my father owned as a child. It was a centerdoor with "witty" sayings written all over it. One was: "Chickens, here's your Coupe.". Maybe that was why my first Model T was a "coupe"???
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Re: Closed cars

Post by TWrenn » Fri Feb 12, 2021 10:11 am

And pic #6 begets the question as to how did they get the car up on the sawhorses. Then, the question WHY would they trust them? :lol:

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Re: Closed cars

Post by TWrenn » Fri Feb 12, 2021 10:13 am

Okay...I looked again, closer...there's some kind of "gizmo" with what looks like wheels barely into the right side of the pic, maybe
it tilted and a bunch of guys were able to lift the front end of the car up, then go around and do the opposite end. Who knows! Woulda been fun to watch tho.


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Re: Closed cars

Post by Joe Bell » Fri Feb 12, 2021 10:44 am

The one in the dealership has a new hood, maybe a reman from Rootlieb?

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Re: Closed cars

Post by Susanne » Fri Feb 12, 2021 12:21 pm

Below the coupe there's a "family portrait"... I don't know what worries me more, the "bulges" in the 2 guys respective pockets ("Mr. Sneer" has a revolver in his right coat pocket, the guy behind him has a smaller one in his left jacket pocket), or the eyes on the woman holding the guy with the sneer... :shock:

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Re: Closed cars

Post by TFan » Fri Feb 12, 2021 5:28 pm

Number 2 that coupe looks to have broken at least the lower portion of the glass window if you look close it is across the street from the Lincoln Theater. I reversed the photo so I could read the reflection better.
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Re: Closed cars

Post by RajoRacer » Fri Feb 12, 2021 7:05 pm

You have quite an imagination, Susanne !


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Re: Closed cars

Post by jiminbartow » Fri Feb 12, 2021 10:42 pm

Defiant guy in the thirteenth picture seems to be saying, “One more crack about my curtains and I’ll deck ya”...

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Re: Closed cars

Post by jiminbartow » Sun Feb 14, 2021 5:43 pm

I have seen some opinions here of those that claim that original factory applied Model T paint back in the day, was not a real gloss, so that applying a beautiful modern mirror paint job is over-restoration, as if the Model T is not worth the expense or effort. Although the paint back then was inferior and the shine did not last very long, when it was first applied it was a mirror shine to rival the look of modern paint as can be seen in the third photo. Jim Patrick.

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Re: Closed cars

Post by BuddyTheRoadster » Mon Feb 15, 2021 1:12 am

Jim,
Original paint is a fascinating topic and a rabbit hole too. I think closed cars got a little more attention than open as they were the expensive models, but that's just my intuition talking. I did see the Rip Van Winkle 1917 touring car at Bakersfield a few years back, and it still has original paint. Although the surviving paint was shiny, it wasn't a deep shine. It didn't look like a modern two-stage paint job or a fresh nitrocellulose lacquer paint job. It's hard to put into words, but it was kind of a shiny Bakelite front panel from a 1920s radio: shiny but flat. I bet the dealers and some owners waxed the cars too, and that would definitely have made them look great, for a while.

Then 1926-1927 Ts were painted with nitrocellulose (Pyroxylin) lacquer. One T guy has argued that late Ts and As until 1930-1931 were delivered without the paint being buffed out, and they would have looked somewhat matte by our standards. Polishing the car would have made them shinier with time. I think there was a Duco ad that said "the finish improves with age" or something to that effect. It'd be fascinating to replicate some of the old paint formulas and see how they look.

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