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As always, great pics. Love the first one with all the mutts in the car. And the house in the second to last pic is just outstanding looking. Thanks again and again for posting!!

That early Tourabout is sure loaded with accessories!

Big radiator with winter front, large hood and cowl former to dress up the nose! Windshield visor. Electric lights, bumper, running board battery box, extended rack on rear with trunk and dual tire casings!

Even an accessory wishbone clamp with grease cup under the crankcase.

Thanks again, Tom. Wonderful pics! I’d like to add my great grandfather Peter Dietrich, Ridgeville township , Ohio. He and doggie proudly showing off the new Ford.

I agree, Dan. For those that detest accessories, they should not view any of Tom’s great pics. Hardly a T without some sort of do-dad

Why would anyone detest period correct accessories? I think they are great. Some repro parts or accessories supposed to be better parts today are not so good, and unfortunately, become out of stock or no longer produced so have to be replaced anyway, but the period accessories as long as they work are great. And are a good conversation piece.
Norm

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Tue Jun 14, 2022 1:29 pm

Hardly a T without some sort of do-dad

Yep....how would you ever find your stove black Ford in the circus of autos in the 'twenties? You had to personalize Lizzie.

Norm, as a 50+ year collector of auto accessories , I’ve gotten an earful more than once. Believe me, ( or not) My model Ts are my canvas that I paint with original accessories, I hope tastefully.

Several very interesting photos again!
I sure would like to know when that tourabout photo was taken? The car appears to be well maintained and cared for? Yet it has several upgrades, some indicating the car may have been several years old. The radiator shell very much appears to look like the standard Ford black era shell that came along for 1917. The hood clearly is not a standard later Ford hood, and might be an upgrade hood by any of several after-market companies. Perhaps the shell and radiator are later after-market versions also.
The engine pan appears to have deep troughs, likely the original non-opening pan. The body has the "two bolt" front mounting bracket used on earliest touring cars and on roadsters into early calendar 1910. All the hubs appear to have the early smaller flanges, however the angle of the photo I can't tell if the hubs are for the straight rear axles or not. The car has several accessories, and the top may have been a later one as well?
Very interesting car!

The car in the photo below that one appears to be a model R Ford, in front of a very nice home!

The white 1915/16 runabout is quite intriguing! In America, cars were very seldom painted white, and this one even much of the chassis is white. The Ford script on the radiator is right, so the car is right side driven, suggesting either a British or colonial T.
At first, I thought it had an enlarged box on the rear, but after zooming in, I am convinced it is a standard turtle deck blending into the white building's background. Notice also the Hassler shocks.

The top "Gone to the dogs" picture appears to be a bulb horn 1915. I can't tell if the lamps are brass trimmed or not?

The car in the photo underneath "the dogs" is interesting. It appears to have even fold hinges, used 1915/'16 and early 1917s, however with the frame mounted by bolts in from the side, not riveted like most even fold windshields. That should make it an early to mid 1917. The hood appears proper for a 1917, however, that rear fender appears to be a flat curve as used in 1915 and 1916, not the crowned curve that began showing up very late in 1916?
The car also appears to have nice seat covers, at least on the front seat.


Thanks again Tom R!

I just have to add my favorite "gone to the dogs" period photo:

And to note that dogs just seem to love Model Ts !