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Hat rack...

The perfect place for it. I am using flat fenders for my hat and the glasses can balance on top of it.
Also, Happy New Page.
Rich

Jim Rodell Sr. following me home from the Baraboo show,

Regarding the hat rack, I hang my newsboy cap on the choke knob on the dash.

Like T parts these Maxwell axles have their charm. A friend had them and thought they were Buick because a couple of the rim clamps said Buick on them. He thought I might be able to use them and I did.

My foto for today is entitled "Hey, Wild Bill, wait for me!" Those who are old enough may recognize the line and remember who said it. n:)

This was at the hardware store today. Had to ask the guy to show it to me. Really had to twist his arm, wink wink. 1930 Essex he has owened for 63 years. He told me he is 80 yrs old till Thursday. He said he paid $45 for it. He tried to buy a 23 T but the old guy would not sell it to him because he was just a kid, so he bought this.

Just me and Mother Nature showing off.

Rabbit brush !! My favorite thing. A beautiful pairing Rich !

Late afternoon in the California Desert
I can't figure out how to rotate these, but if you click on them they will turn upright.

Oil and Rust doing what they like Best.

Interesting perspectives

Harvest moon, Friday the 13th...

James, love the truck, is it yours? Nice photo Thanks

The leaves will be turning color soon.

Here's a pretty cool foto but I'm not sure who deserves the credit for this one.

Old Model T Ford garage in Belvidere Il

Dan T, Is that your Wills St Claire? I think that may well be a Wills St Claire radiator ornament. Of course, The "Wills" is somewhat connected to our beloved model Ts!

Didn't they make things pretty and elegant back then?

View from Keller Peak lookout station 7,844' elevation. This one of places on our tour this week. It is near Big Bear Lake in the San Bernadino Mountains in southern California. 360' view can see about 100 miles in every direction on a clear day. This picture shows where we parked. Then we had to climb ladders up to the lookout tower.
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This old truck bed has been a storage spot in the backyard for many years. I enjoy checking the decomposing tire. Old cord threads fascinate me.
Rich

The oblique angle of a warm late afternoon sun creates a nice shadowing across the raised
embossing on the cast iron case of an old Lincoln transmission. The stone-hard grease, rust,
and lichen provide further artful ambiance. This is why I own a TT truck. If an explanation is
needed, the person asking simply would not understand.

We seem to find many places to put things out of the way. There isn't always a plan to follow on what goes where. The results are sometimes pleasing to the eye. (or not)
Rich

Is that who I think it is under the dark canopy in the top right corner

Is it the guy with the Boater, Frank ?

Would it be too corny to title that pic, "A Sea of Boaters " ?

Not me nor are all the straw hats Boaters.

I believe that is Frank's brother. Frank was at a Hokum tournament that day.

Some parts are just right for wall hangers.

No T today, just a sign of the times

Stopped off for a breather

What a nice photo John !

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Such an impressive piece of machinery. I got to see it roll through central Wisconsin.

Hi Rich, We really enjoy your pictures. Stay warm and keep up the good work!

BTW, will we see you on the Spokane tour next year? Just wondering...

Keith

That would be a great one to go to and a place to get more pictures. Let me do some thinking and run it past the boss.
Thanks
Rich

Harvest time!

Absolutely Beautiful John.
Thanks
Rich

This photo was taken Oct 10, in my backyard. The fawn seems really young for so late in the season.

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Some of last years Glidden keeps popping into my head.

Had to try that new technological mode of transport. The electric railroad!

This pic could have been taken today, but it was actually last year, at exactly this time
of year, during that brief moment when the leaves are bright yellow. I was hauling roofing
materials to a job and stopped at the old road crossing of the abandoned trolley line to
Cheney, which you see behind the truck. The sun was fighting to burn off a heavy fog in
the low ground areas all day.

It's always nice to see that TT at work Burger.
This trailer is retired but is still full of T parts.

Out enjoying the fall weather

2 days later....because Wisconsin.

That doesn't look so bad John, here's to today, wind out of the north at 23mph, chill factor -8F
. . . Because it's Idaho ! (Winter ! My favorite thing !)

It’s frustrating sometimes going to the scrap yard, people throw away the stuff that I could never part with
Not to mention the price of steel really sucks right now...$70 gross ton. About 3 years ago it was $220 !!

Old IH Low Boy and some sort of homemade car at a tow yard.

Was out in the T yesterday just before sunset and these guys were right on the edge of the road. Literally just a few feet from the car.

We hollered at then and they ignored us.

Feral hogs have been a big problem in TX (and other states) for a while now, but these were especially bold.

We've talked before on the Forum about what tools to carry in our Model T's. Sounds like (in Texas, at least) there's a tool made by Winchester that would be pretty useful.

Nooooooo not that old IH lowboy
who bring that to the scrapyard

otrcman wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 29, 2019 4:30 pm

Sounds like (in Texas, at least) there's a tool made by Winchester that would be pretty useful.

Yeah...those little ones are tasty and you’d need a “tool” to collect one or two.

Near the bird nest.

Nesting in the wash tub?

Friend Bill stopped by yesterday....got rained on driving home
He’s feeling pretty happy with about 500 miles on his Joe Bell rebuild, breaking in nicely

Happy Halloween from Batavia, IL

My first, and perhaps only, trick or treater!

Wouldn't it be more accurate to call him a "Trick and Tweeter" ?

Yep! It's coming our way.

Relics seem even more appealing under a blanket of snow !

I like an extra blanket this time of year too.

Studying the old parts we see the remains of a paint run on the coil-box at left. I have several parts where a run or wrinkle is the only remaining paint.
To me the crack in the speedometer lens and rust around the rim are very charming. The face-plate has faded in grays and blues and a touch of orange/brown rust. Patina is a collage many shades and colors. Because I like to paint it, it has become so very intriguing to me. The morning light through the window brings out a lot of this.
Working in the shop with all this beauty around us we don't often stop to appreciate it but when we see it in a photo it certainly is familiar.
Just one more reason I like being around the old stuff.
Rich

Nothing is worse in life than vinyl siding, fencing, and other ultra-sterile environment
shapers. It is the antithesis of organic. The wifeperson works with a number of oldsters,
some of which are selling the farm or family home and moving into these "senior centers",
complete with all that sterile yuck, right down to the corporate landscaping and smell of
disinfectants. Mmmmm ..... so warm and inviting !

She asked me a while back if I would ever consider selling it all and living in a place like
that, suggesting that it would be so clean, .... neat, .... orderly, .... etc. I told her that
I might come to see her once in a while, but that I'd rather be dead that be stripped of the
ambiance of rust and weathered wood, replace the smells of the wood stack with Lysol
and floor polish.

Last year I was climbing all over the hills of Colorado, following the route of a telephone
line built in 1880. I stopped to take a series of photos of a pole, high on a rock outcropping
that captures the sun and sky, the smell of the juniper and dust and sagebrush, the lichens
that contrast with the weathered granite, the rust of the metal and the weathered wood.
For those who know such things and places, you can smell the peculiar scent of the sun's
warmth on the metal. On the rocks. You can feel the breeze as it sweeps across the cliff.
This is what I live for. Most people will have no idea what I am talking about and ask the
salesman to show them the color options for a new vinyl siding job.

Rich Eagle wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 06, 2019 8:30 am

We used to have cigar boxes around. Now, not so much. They are delightful.

Those old cigar boxes are around because “grandpa” used to buy 25 cigars at a time. Cigars still come in cigar boxes. I’ve got a couple of recent boxes on my shelf. But now, the trendy folks just buy one or two cigars at a time, so the boxes are discarded like the warehouse store cardboard cases after the product is gone.

Keep crankin’
Eric

Driving home from work

I just sent a copy of this picture to 3 year old grand niece that is really into the movie Cars.

As for Winter, keep your side curtains tight.

Looks like old No.28 will be running a little late on it’s delivery !!

The No. 28 is a carryover from the previous racer body I had on this chassis. It also carried that number. When I quit racing I sold the body to Lewis Rector of the Towe Museum and used the money to buy materials for the C-cab body which was also discarded as time went by.
It served us well from 1982 til about 2000. I kind of miss it now.
A local old timer remembered it as one of the old Idaho Falls phone trucks. I couldn't burst his bubble.
Rich

Roll On Summer!

(At Frog Rock, North Canterbury, New Zealand)

Rich , just thought of this; must be a T-bird nesting in your barn...

A few T-birds and some Fenderbirds.

From a previous year.

Rich Eagle wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 27, 2019 8:35 am

A few T-birds and some Fenderbirds.

From a previous year.
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I would hope you’re not putting live a Christmas tree up already !!

No Dave, this was 2014. While loading the tree on the Coupe I was asked "You didn't drive that here did you?" We haven't got the snow or the tree this year yet.
I always love the comments.
Thanks
Rich

Dave, you can clearly see the tree is cut off. Its a dead tree he is putting up!

Dallas Landers wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 27, 2019 10:17 am

Dave, you can clearly see the tree is cut off. Its a dead tree he is putting up!

Says the Fire marshal.....

Yes, I just checked in the back yard. The tree is really dead now.

Rich, we all knew you are infected with a serious case of rustitis and a hoarder of mechanical treasures of days gone by, but from the above i gather you have saved a christmas tree from 2014... You are in serious trouble my friend

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A closer look.

Joy and Sally put some lights on etc.

Looks great with side mounts !

Yes. I guess I need to find a wreath spreader.

Not sure which I like better. I was using the post to steady for the sunrise shot when I saw the frost.

Staying cozy in the shop.

Last run of the year

From a previous year.

Driving a T in NZ's parallel universe

Winter Fun

Very nice Denny. I love it!

We used to pull sleds, or car hoods, behind cars all of the time when we were young back in the '60's-'70's, even pulled our kids some in the late '80's. No doubt, we would be arrested for child endangerment now. Dave

My modern version.

So many won't know that pleasure. What a shame.

And these:

Here are a couple more:

One more

The warm sunshine on a greasecup swimming in orange and brown rust warms me a little from the snowy cold outside today.

With fresh Snow.

Looks a little cold in Pocatello ! Happy New Year.