Story in today's Wall Street Journal.
but the car had been rotting for years. The wooden pickup bed my grandfather built was intact. But the rest of the car was in terrible shape. The front seat was stuffed with horsehair, and rodents had had a field day. Some of the metal was damaged through the years, and the whole thing stank to high heaven.
Man finds his grandfathers T after 40 years missing
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ModelT46
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- Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 8:35 pm
- First Name: Darel
- Last Name: Leipold
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1910 touring
- Location: Excelsior MN
- Board Member Since: 1999
Re: Man finds his grandfathers T after 40 years missing
His grandfather biught it new in 1918. It was shipped "knockdown? by rail and assemble at the ND farm. It had been sold 40 yeas ago end ended up being stroed outside, This man hunted it down and restore it. It has been a tourig when new and his grandfather built it into a pickup.