First car
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 10:48 am
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Great pix always enjoy looking at them
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Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:03 am
The Mother-In-Law Runabout and '09 Touring both appear to be right-hand drive. A reversed negative maybe?
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Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 12:04 pm
photo number 10 is a 1909 model T. Three tier E&J side lights. The other touring is a 1910 with J Brown side lights.
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Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 12:14 pm
That’s a slick looking speedster in the 3rd. photo! Wonder what kind of body it was.
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Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 1:32 pm
Many countries used right hand drive. Some provinces in Canada, as well as Australia and the British Islands. Sweeden. Etc. So those cars were made there and some migrated to the United States. Some were even exported from U.S factories. We had one in our club. He had a story about one time it was getting dark and he was driving without lights. He was pulled over by police. The officer went up to his wife and asked "do you know why I stopped you?" She replied, you will have to talk to my husband who is driving. The officer said his lights were off. The driver said,"Do you have a match?"
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Re: First car
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 1:36 pm
It makes me wonder, how many of the cars in these old pictures are still around... maybe we own one or two of them. Or maybe some parts of them...
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Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 3:21 pm
I see now that the oil petcocks are showing. If the negatives were reversed, they would not appear in their "normal" location. RHD they are!Jerry VanOoteghem wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:03 amThe Mother-In-Law Runabout and '09 Touring both appear to be right-hand drive. A reversed negative maybe?
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Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 4:12 pm
Nice M.I.L. car ain't it? Look at that shine! Bet a year later it didn't unless they had their man-servant take care of it. These guys and the kid in the first pic look "entitled"!Jerry VanOoteghem wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2024 3:21 pmI see now that the oil petcocks are showing. If the negatives were reversed, they would not appear in their "normal" location. RHD they are!Jerry VanOoteghem wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:03 amThe Mother-In-Law Runabout and '09 Touring both appear to be right-hand drive. A reversed negative maybe?
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Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 5:05 pm
TWrenn wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2024 4:12 pmNice M.I.L. car ain't it? Look at that shine! Bet a year later it didn't unless they had their man-servant take care of it. These guys and the kid in the first pic look "entitled"!Jerry VanOoteghem wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2024 3:21 pmI see now that the oil petcocks are showing. If the negatives were reversed, they would not appear in their "normal" location. RHD they are!Jerry VanOoteghem wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:03 amThe Mother-In-Law Runabout and '09 Touring both appear to be right-hand drive. A reversed negative maybe?
If I had those cars, I'd feel entitled too! 
Re: First car
Posted: Thu Feb 29, 2024 6:22 am
This one is a Doozy !
El Novator means The Renewer
Taller de Lavado translates as Laundry bussines
And barely legible : Fundato 1876 means Founded 1876
What a sweet truck !
El Novator means The Renewer
Taller de Lavado translates as Laundry bussines
And barely legible : Fundato 1876 means Founded 1876
What a sweet truck !
Re: First car
Posted: Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:38 am
Tom,
As always, thank you for the wonderful photos. A few observations on the Model N:
The bale handled side lamps and "thick'' or "light bulb" radiator neck (along with slightly higher different "shoulders" on the rad) lead me ot believe it's a 1906. Only a little over 700 1906 were produced, so it would be a rare sight today (although I'm not sure when the radiator and sidelamp changes were made).
I like the way the horn is positioned, with the bracket fastening under the ledge of the seat, away from the high/low speed lever to hopefully not hit and break it off when pulling back into low (don't ask how I know that can happen when the horn bulb is fastened to the side of the seat....
).
Again, thank you for posting the great photos,
Rob
As always, thank you for the wonderful photos. A few observations on the Model N:
I like the way the horn is positioned, with the bracket fastening under the ledge of the seat, away from the high/low speed lever to hopefully not hit and break it off when pulling back into low (don't ask how I know that can happen when the horn bulb is fastened to the side of the seat....
).Again, thank you for posting the great photos,
Rob
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Posted: Thu Feb 29, 2024 11:03 am
Good observations Rob. Also, the very early style "removeable side" rims, such as your car originally had.Rob wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:38 amTom,
As always, thank you for the wonderful photos. A few observations on the Model N:
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The bale handled side lamps and "thick'' or "light bulb" radiator neck (along with slightly higher different "shoulders" on the rad) lead me ot believe it's a 1906. Only a little over 700 1906 were produced, so it would be a rare sight today (although I'm not sure when the radiator and sidelamp changes were made).
I like the way the horn is positioned, with the bracket fastening under the ledge of the seat, away from the high/low speed lever to hopefully not hit and break it off when pulling back into low (don't ask how I know that can happen when the horn bulb is fastened to the side of the seat....
Again, thank you for posting the great photos,
Rob
Re: First car
Posted: Thu Feb 29, 2024 11:47 am
[image][/image]Jerry, yes, I intended to mention that. The plugged holes are still evident in the felloes.
Re: First car
Posted: Thu Feb 29, 2024 1:42 pm
I would love to have lived in those days, when the horseless carriage was just becoming affordable.