Passing the torch

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[ThreePedalTapDancer]

The first pic shows the kid driving is “ jughead” crown, maybe taken in the 40s? History here…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbUuxchyjQw

[Wayne Sheldon]

Several very interesting photos, at least to me?
Number ten appears to be a true 1915 touring car, with brass trimmed sidelamps and one brass trimmed headlamp. Possible, but I doubt the shading would account for the left side headlamp rim being so black. It also is apparently very shiny relative to the rest of the car. I would suspect the car is about a year or two old, but for some reason had the left headlamp rim replaced. Having lost one myself a few years back, I think I can understand it. Mine I was sure was tight enough, in spite of the fact it didn't quite want to snap into place. Sometimes they just don't want to set completely.

The last photo is of particular interest to me, and Tom R as well I would imagine.
Waterford and La Grange are two small farming communities out on the highway from Modesto to Yosemite.
When I was little, my grandparents raised peaches on their ranch near Empire on the same highway as Waterford and La Grange. Empire is very close to Waterford. That area to me is like my second home town.
Turlock, where Tom R is from, is about twenty miles South of Empire!

Number twelve is also very interesting. Maybe a late 1917 to early 1919 before the Ford factory began offering demountable rim wheels on touring cars? It has what appear to be after-market demountable hub wooden spoke wheels!
Similar to these being demonstrated;

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[Jerry VanOoteghem]

Photo #1. What kind of window stanchions are those?

[Oldav8tor]

My grandparents didn't pass the torch....the kids were the only ones in the family to drive when they bought their first car, a 1917 Model T. Grandpa was born in 1860 so was 57 at the time....he and my grandmother never learned to drive.

[Original Smith]

What I enjoy seeing, is there are no step plates on any of these cars! There shouldn't be today either!

[Tadpole]

They must have been original for mid-20’s coupes though, according to some of Mr. Rootlieb’s other photos.

[ThreePedalTapDancer]

Step plates were offered in the accessory catalogs way back when. Even brass ones similar to the reproductions but more ornate in the design as seen in bottom picture were offered.

Here is the modern repo.

[Rich Eagle]

In the first photo, the windshield appears to be '23-'25 but has hinges from an earlier one. Very unusual and a lot of work. Also, the occupants are sitting low in the seat suggesting well-worn seat springs. The mounting of the coil on the dash (firewall) is interesting too.
Rich

[Norman Kling]

That old geezer in the 4th picture is still pretty spry to be able to get his leg over the side without a door. Hope he didn't injure himself!
Norm

[Dennis_Brown]

The running board mounts look to be 26_27 as they are wider and not cast and narrow.