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In that last picture, I hope that little girl didn't get run over by the trolley .
Norm

I am guessing that the seventh photo from the bottom is an N Ford. Could I post that one on the EFR forum.

Thanks

Absolutely Herb.

2nd. from top...Carwash before grannies? LOL

5th up from bottom...with all those standing there staring, they coulda just picked the rear end up and moved it to firmer ground!

Thanks as always Tom...bunch of great pics.
Happy Thanksgiving to you.
Now rest after all this work!!

There must be a story about that 26 with the oversized tires and wheels on the steps
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Has anyone on this forum ever tried driving up or down a flight of stairs like in the old pictures?

Idlewild Park, Ligonier PA

Pic #6,7 and 8 are of some prototype Ford 'jeep' demonstration, wonder if there is some more history to be found about it..

For Tom,

I always enjoy your photos, thank you for posting them!

For Leo,

Yes, back in the 1920s the US military was trying to figure out what the automobiles & trucks could do and which was better the horse or the car. .

Those photos show one of the “Aberdeen Cross-Country Fords". The US Army tested them back in the 1920s. And yes they have much larger tires to help going over rough terrain and soft terrain. The photo above shows one based on the “Improved 1926-27 car chassis.” A 1925-ish pre-Improved Ford is shown in the Oct 1925 Popular Science article go to page 35 available for viewing by Google Books at:

http://books.google.com/books?id=0CcDAA ... my&f=false

Note the cover of that same magazine shows “Gas Masks for War Horses” – yes they were still trying to figure out if the car or horse was best for different which applications.

See also:
http://www.warwheels.net/Ford4x2ReconCarINDEX.html for a 1923 version of a Model T that was NOT produced but was tested a lot. Rear seats face to the rear, and it has the same large style balloon tires. The photo there is from the US Signal Corp which was the part of the US Army that became the US Army Air Corp and in 1947 the US Air Force.

See: also http://www.warwheels.net/ChevyScoutCarINDEX.html
Where they show a 1930 Chevy Scout Car. The web site shared it was the only one produced.

B See: http://www.warwheels.net/images/ACJfinal21.pdf for an article with the 1928 Pontiac chassis and why they were working to use cars.

Respectfully submitted,

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