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What do you mean by "Last Look"? I have enjoyed looking at your pictures. I can get a better idea of how things were back in the days when these cars were new. It ties to me stories my grandparents used to tell me about those days. The last Model T was made 9 years before I was born, so the Great Depression followed by second world war kept them on the road much longer than cars today. So I got to see them and ride in them as a boy.
You have, in another post talked about going out of business. I hope your health is still good and that you have many days to enjoy your retirement.
Norm

The tenth picture down from the top, with the lady standing in front of the Model T looks like it was taken on the old ridge route between Los Angeles and Bakersfield California.
Thanks for posting the many pictures over the years Tom, they let us see a glimpse of life back in the Model T days, when the cars were every day transportation.

2nd set of pics, that sedan with 1929 license plate, shows off pancake Hassler shocks……but was more shocked by who is driving

Picture number sixteen is almost certainly a 1915 Canadian built touring car "down under". The driver's hat and shirt have a decidedly British 'Colonial' look to them. I think I can make out enough of the "Ford" script on the radiator to say the photo hasn't been flipped, but not totally sure. Regardless, the front wheels are 30 / 3 1/2 as opposed to the 30/3 used on USA production.
Note also the forked headlamps! Canadian mostly 1915s had forked headlamps, whereas there is no good photographic evidence that "production" USA 1915s ever did have forked headlamps.
Also pay attention to the sidelamps! They are an early style apparently with side opening bezels and smaller lenses (I think smaller?) than the much more common later 1915s. Being a Canadian production would likely change the timelines a bit for use of those earlier style lamps, however, most Canadian 1915s I have seen pictures of had the more common later style 1915 lamps. Look closely at the font bowl on the near side.

Lots of wonderful photos! Thanks again to Tom R.

So many interesting photos!
Number one. How can wheels so dirty, heavily caked in mud and dust, be under a car mostly co clean? And look how shiny the paint is.
Number two. The car appears to be a 1914 (likely a runabout) and a few years old when the picture was taken. Electric headlamps and spot-lamps mounted on the windshield instead of cowl oil sidelamps. The windshield appears to fold backwards. Got to love that Livingston style radiator!
Number three is intriguing. Several details suggest the car is earlier, about 1920. The hand crank, cowl looks like a low hood size. Yet the windshield is slanted, and it has the apron under the radiator. However, something about how the apron is mounted appears off a bit? The car could be Canadian? However I cannot see door hinges on the driver's side.
It is another remarkably dirty wheels under a some shine still showing car. I really like the radiator cap! And I like the had and hat bands on the hat on the hood. One of the more interesting details however are the front side curtains! Notice how they have nearly full size window/lights. The rears are difficult to see, however look to be standard issue.
I also like the luggage carrier on the running board. I have one just like it that I found in my grandfather's barn after he had passed away. I restored it and use it occasionally on my model Ts. Those are great as they fold forward down even with the running board when not in use.

Number four is a 1924/'25 roadster. I love that "Dancing Nightly" spare tire cover! I have seen one just like it before, and remember it vividly. However I could not find it on a quick search.

Number five. There it is. Proof for those that need it. A coupe with a running board step plate!

Number nine. If there is a piano hiding under those blankets on the back of that model T? It must have some interesting spring helpers?

Numbers thirteen and fourteen appear to be a 1924 tudor sedan, about five years old with the 1929 license plate. Pancake Hasslers, doggy driver as mentioned by Dan Treace! I like the winter-front on it.

Number fifteen is a nice 1924/'25 roadster. I like the radiator cap. The front bracing? Not so much. But that is me.

Number nineteen is a lot of cars and a lot of people! I see a railroad crossing, and a lot of small flags. Maybe an election campaign whistle-stop? Clothing styles appear to be late 1919s, as well as most of the cars. The earliest car I can see well is a 1914 model T touring car with the kids in the back seat.

Is the “Last look” referring to the Date?
Isn’t 5/26 the last day of production?

:c I to have enjoyed your pictures for a long time

Thirteen and fourteen are the same car and same dog. Different day, because of the amount of snow and tire tread shows on one picture but snow and mud on the other also the radiator cover has been removed on the second picture but both have the same license plate.
Norm