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White Model T

Post by AlexGillman » Tue Feb 01, 2022 5:26 pm

Anyone have pictures of a White Model T? Or uncommon paint schemes?
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Re: White Model T

Post by Rich Bingham » Tue Feb 01, 2022 7:53 pm

That's just WRONG on so many levels. :lol: :lol:
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Re: White Model T

Post by Bill Everett » Tue Feb 01, 2022 7:58 pm

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Re: White Model T

Post by perry kete » Tue Feb 01, 2022 8:07 pm

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This ones in Texas and belongs to Ignacio Valdes who built it from an old hay wagon frame.
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Re: White Model T

Post by John Heaman » Tue Feb 01, 2022 8:13 pm

I believe this is an Australian T. It is a 1912 and custom bodied. Personally it's one of the nicest Model T's I have ever seen (in pictures only). The T looks years ahead of it's time compared to my 1912 Model T.

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Re: White Model T

Post by TRDxB2 » Tue Feb 01, 2022 10:24 pm

AlexGillman wrote:
Tue Feb 01, 2022 5:26 pm
Anyone have pictures of a White Model T? Or uncommon paint schemes?
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Re: White Model T

Post by Allan » Wed Feb 02, 2022 6:41 am

The cream Australian tourer is a very early Duncan and Fraser built car. D and F were Ford agents and distributors in Adelaide, South Australia. They were builders of high quality horse drawn vehicles, then tramcars and then their own line of bodies for the model T chassis imported into Australia. They ended up being the supplier of bodies to Ford when Ford took back the distributorships from each state, these being fitted to the Ford chassis in 1925. Once the Ford factory in Geelong was running for the improved 26-7 T's Duncan and Fraser ceased their body building enterprise.

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Re: White Model T

Post by TWrenn » Wed Feb 02, 2022 9:07 am

John, that Aussie '12 is "ok", but frankly I think the good ol' American version can't be beat! JMHO (or not so humble! :lol: :twisted: )


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Re: White Model T

Post by Dan Hatch » Wed Feb 02, 2022 3:05 pm

Here is my 1911.
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Re: White Model T

Post by Kerry » Wed Feb 02, 2022 3:17 pm

The saying in Australia was black is for funeral cars

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Re: White Model T

Post by John Heaman » Wed Feb 02, 2022 3:46 pm

Another Australian Duncan and Fraser cutie I wouldn't mind owning. It's a 1911 tulip bodied roadster. I don't know what colour it is, but it's definitely not black or dark blue.

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Re: White Model T

Post by Luxford » Wed Feb 02, 2022 6:18 pm

White as a color was not used widely in the Model T era as it quickly went to yellow. Though I'm sure some had their cars painted white.
The problem was the early coach paints used a flat color coat covered with a gloss varnish. Varnish had a yellow tone to start with and sunlight yellowed it more. A good white pigment didn't come out till the 1920's (Titanium Dioxide) even with a good pigment the binder of the paint often was affected by sunlight also. Nitrocellulose Lacquer "Duco" also suffered from this problem even though it contained the Titanium Dioxide pigment and it wasn't until Acrylic Lacquer came out the yellowing problem disappeared. Early Fords here (Australia) were offered in any color but not white. Usually they were light grey, cream so show up as white in B&W photo's. A black Canadian Ford was often quickly repainted or sold already painted another color. Although some now frown on a Model T being anything but black from the factory a good proportion of the population in the day especially in other countries drove Fords in any color as long as it wasn't black.
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Re: White Model T

Post by John Heaman » Wed Feb 02, 2022 6:34 pm

Peter...that was very informative! Thanks for that!


Now I believe this picture was copied from a New Zealand website. Besides repainting the 1912 T, they also pinstriped it.

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Re: White Model T

Post by John Heaman » Wed Feb 02, 2022 7:34 pm

Uncommon paint scheme.

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Re: White Model T

Post by Luxford » Wed Feb 02, 2022 8:50 pm

John H,
I could not find it when I posted before but now have ( too many files) here is a brochure which spells out what you could order from the Victorian Ford dealer for your Australian Ford bodied car, (Note: No White). Also I notice you live in Florida I will send you a private message soon hoping you may be able to help me track down Model T Fords in Florida for an article I am working on for the Vintage Ford magazine.
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Re: White Model T

Post by TRDxB2 » Thu Feb 03, 2022 11:29 am

Very Interesting :shock:
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Re: White Model T

Post by John Heaman » Thu Feb 03, 2022 12:29 pm

Cut and paste re: Stainless Steel Model T Monument shown in the above post. Henry Ford's father, William, was born in Ballinascarthy, County Cork, Ireland, in 1826. When the Great Famine struck in 1847, the Fords migrated to the United States and settled near Dearborn, Michigan, where Henry was born in 1863. Ballinascarthy commemorated its place in Ford family history when the community unveiled a stainless steel Model T monument in 2000.
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Re: White Model T

Post by BE_ZERO_BE » Thu Feb 03, 2022 2:14 pm

And then there's this. 
 
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Re: White Model T

Post by John Heaman » Thu Feb 03, 2022 3:52 pm

Well the first whitish Model T that I went ape over....
(And who hasn't winced from a cold stethoscope?)

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....was this one pictured back in 1994 on the cover of The Vintage Ford.

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Does anyone know if this T is still in circulation? It's a beauty and highly accessorized!
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Re: White Model T

Post by OilyBill » Mon Feb 07, 2022 11:25 pm

John, that D&F Australian body is REALLY beautiful! Well ahead of lt's time as far as U.S. Ts go. Very impressive design and styling, and it looks like excellent workmanship. The other D&F bodies also look very nice.

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Re: White Model T

Post by AndreFordT » Mon Feb 07, 2022 11:43 pm

Somewhere there was a Gold one too!!

I think it was at the Tucket brothers in the UK.
I saw this on a TV show.

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Re: White Model T

Post by AndreFordT » Mon Feb 07, 2022 11:53 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQwR2s-IWiU

Here a link to the golden ford.

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