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Post by FreighTer Jim » Thu May 06, 2021 9:47 pm

Over (400) Model T’s transported since 2006
So I thought I had seen just about everything 🤔

But then the opportunity arose on my schedule
to haul two at once that were being passed
down to family members 😏

The first was from Uncle Chuck in Bolton, Massachusetts
to Nephew Jesse in Wildomar, California 👋

Uncle Chuck met me with the rollback on a Sunday

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The 1915 Model T Roadster was alone for the trip
to Rome, New York where I loaded up a nice
Ford 8N with a five foot finish mower that had
been donated to The Early Ford V-8 Foundation Museum.

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Post by FreighTer Jim » Fri May 07, 2021 11:32 am

After dropping the tractor off in Indiana
I headed up to Henderson, Michigan to pick up
a 1926 Model T from Gramma Pat 😏

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Gramma Pat lived on a busy road outside of town
with nowhere near to load - the Model T didn’t
run so she met me in town with the rollback
tow truck 👍


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Post by FreighTer Jim » Sat May 08, 2021 10:49 am

So the two Model T’s shared the trailer west
across I-80 to Iowa City, Iowa where I stopped
to visit my welder Reg 👋

Then it was south from Des Moines , Iowa
thru Kansas into Tucumcari, New Mexico.

Then I-49 west 😎

Grandson Jared Is moving to Tucson, Arizona
in June - his 1926 Model T isn’t running.

So I dropped it off to my mechanic Rudy
in Winslow, Arizona for him to take a look
and get running 😏

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Post by FreighTer Jim » Sun May 09, 2021 9:51 am

Nephew Jesse wanted 1915 California plates
so I found a pair at Tulare Swap Meet 😎

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After The Tulare Swap Meet - I dropped off
the 1915 Model T Roadster to Jesse & his wife
in Wildomar, California 👍

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