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Wayne Sheldon
- Posts: 4249
- Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 3:13 pm
- First Name: Wayne
- Last Name: Sheldon
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1915 Runabout 1913 Speedster
- Location: Grass Valley California, USA
- Board Member Since: 2005
Re: Fair Warning
Another great bunch of photos!
I especially like the second one, a really nice boat-tail roadster! It looks a lot like the one I restored in the 1980s. Mine had Ford fenders which weren't quite as fancy, and a windshield. It was the only speedster I had that had a windshield! The body on this one is very similar. On speedsters, I do like wire wheels!
Number six gives a good inside look at the rear door of a 1913 touring car! Pay attention to the door panel. The car also has electrified gas headlamps. Note the reflectors directly behind the plain glass lens.
Number five, I always enjoy seeing the torpedo roadsters in era scenes!
Number seven should be noted. Probably a 1913 or 1914 touring car, with an after-market "cover-cowl" and unusual windshield. They are an intriguing accessory, although I personally never really liked them on a car.
Number eleven is nice! In spite of the detail not being great. It has the lower curve, and appears to have cowl only found on the 1908 model S roadster (often incorrectly called an SR). What I do not see, and given the angle of the photo I should be able to see it if it was there? Is the "mother-in-law" seat also on all S roadsters originally. However, it wasn't all that unusual for people to remove the Mother-in-law seat if they didn't often need it. It wasn't like today way back then. Few people owned two cars, and rarely was the other one a pickup truck! The little roadsters often did big duties, hauling supplies. chickens or pigs from the ranch to sell in town, even building materials. Sometimes those little seats were in the way. (If someone doesn't beat me to it, I will probably add that one over on the EFR site in a little bit, things have been too slow over there and they need a kick in the MIL seat!)
Number thirteen is another neat speedster with wire wheels! Probably a 1917, notice the horn button on the top of the steering column. Without much else to go on, it is possible it could have been earlier late brass era, and had the radiator changed? One cannot always know. Even with the wire wheels, I bet this one cost about half as much to build as the car in photo number two!
Number fifteen appears to be a Canadian built touring car, almost certainly in one of the colonial nations. Hopefully someone familiar with their license plates can tell us which nation?
That is my quick rundown for the week! I hope to see a lot of comments from others here!
I especially like the second one, a really nice boat-tail roadster! It looks a lot like the one I restored in the 1980s. Mine had Ford fenders which weren't quite as fancy, and a windshield. It was the only speedster I had that had a windshield! The body on this one is very similar. On speedsters, I do like wire wheels!
Number six gives a good inside look at the rear door of a 1913 touring car! Pay attention to the door panel. The car also has electrified gas headlamps. Note the reflectors directly behind the plain glass lens.
Number five, I always enjoy seeing the torpedo roadsters in era scenes!
Number seven should be noted. Probably a 1913 or 1914 touring car, with an after-market "cover-cowl" and unusual windshield. They are an intriguing accessory, although I personally never really liked them on a car.
Number eleven is nice! In spite of the detail not being great. It has the lower curve, and appears to have cowl only found on the 1908 model S roadster (often incorrectly called an SR). What I do not see, and given the angle of the photo I should be able to see it if it was there? Is the "mother-in-law" seat also on all S roadsters originally. However, it wasn't all that unusual for people to remove the Mother-in-law seat if they didn't often need it. It wasn't like today way back then. Few people owned two cars, and rarely was the other one a pickup truck! The little roadsters often did big duties, hauling supplies. chickens or pigs from the ranch to sell in town, even building materials. Sometimes those little seats were in the way. (If someone doesn't beat me to it, I will probably add that one over on the EFR site in a little bit, things have been too slow over there and they need a kick in the MIL seat!)
Number thirteen is another neat speedster with wire wheels! Probably a 1917, notice the horn button on the top of the steering column. Without much else to go on, it is possible it could have been earlier late brass era, and had the radiator changed? One cannot always know. Even with the wire wheels, I bet this one cost about half as much to build as the car in photo number two!
Number fifteen appears to be a Canadian built touring car, almost certainly in one of the colonial nations. Hopefully someone familiar with their license plates can tell us which nation?
That is my quick rundown for the week! I hope to see a lot of comments from others here!
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Norman Kling
- Posts: 4634
- Joined: Tue Jan 08, 2019 1:39 pm
- First Name: Norman
- Last Name: Kling
- Location: Alpine California
Re: Fair Warning
Number 8 looks like a 26=27 coupe. It has plated radiator shell and has bumpers however still has wood spoke wheels. To me that is odd that a car with the deluxe features would still have wood wheels.
According to the type roof on that house and the surrounding plants, it looks to be in California.
Norm
According to the type roof on that house and the surrounding plants, it looks to be in California.
Norm