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TXGOAT2
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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: Dealers
Ah, the delightful bouquet of fresh paint, fresh rubber, and new leather...
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Art Ebeling
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- First Name: Art
- Last Name: Ebeling
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- Location: Hillsboro IL
Re: Dealers
It would be interesting to see more dealership interior pictures such as the couple in your 1909 post. Thanks for posting them. Art
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Jim Eubanks
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- Location: Powell, TN
Re: Dealers
Wonder how the radiator made out on that pic with the wrecker pulling a roadster?
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OilyBill
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Re: Dealers
Any idea where #3 pic was taken?
That is a VERY ornate building for what looks like a barren prairie town. All that brickwork must have been pretty expensive when you could have just ordered a plain brick front.
Wonder if it's still standing somewhere?.
That is a VERY ornate building for what looks like a barren prairie town. All that brickwork must have been pretty expensive when you could have just ordered a plain brick front.
Wonder if it's still standing somewhere?.
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DHort
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Re: Dealers
Bill
Correct me if I am wrong, but I understand that 120 years ago labor was cheap. The cost of those bricks on #3 was probably more than the labor to make it look like that. If you had a contractor, who was also the bricklayer, he might have been talented enough to do that brickwork. In a lot of small towns you can look around and find one or two buildings more ornate than others. I think it is picture #10 where you can see a lot of ornate brickwork that was done on the 2 story facade of that building even though the building was only 1 story tall. You just have to have the talent. My father and grandfather were bricklayers. My mother tells us my grandfather had that type of talent. He could make a wall look like nature had put it there.
Correct me if I am wrong, but I understand that 120 years ago labor was cheap. The cost of those bricks on #3 was probably more than the labor to make it look like that. If you had a contractor, who was also the bricklayer, he might have been talented enough to do that brickwork. In a lot of small towns you can look around and find one or two buildings more ornate than others. I think it is picture #10 where you can see a lot of ornate brickwork that was done on the 2 story facade of that building even though the building was only 1 story tall. You just have to have the talent. My father and grandfather were bricklayers. My mother tells us my grandfather had that type of talent. He could make a wall look like nature had put it there.
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Burger in Spokane
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Re: Dealers
You hit upon a real gripe of mine with the brick detail comments. There
was a time in America where it was stylish to care. Over the past 100 years,
we have slowly moved to a point where all anyone cares about is convenience
and cheap. Give me vinyl siding, or give me death !
was a time in America where it was stylish to care. Over the past 100 years,
we have slowly moved to a point where all anyone cares about is convenience
and cheap. Give me vinyl siding, or give me death !
More people are doing it today than ever before !