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Views of the parts dept and one of the mechanics. Gary

Ah, for the good old days when all auto mechanics wore bow ties!

Photo #2 is the Model T chassis assembly team for display to the audience of the Pan American 1915 Exhibition. Dressed for the occasion .

Property of The Henry Ford, photo is illustrated full two side by side pages in The Ford Century, pub. 2002

Love photo #3. If I do not like the body I have, I just come in and buy a centerdoor. Nice.

Thank you Gary for the photos. Post some others from your collection.

Dan, I beleive that there is, in existence, one of the 1915 assembled at the fair. Does anyone know where it is now.

The “Genuine Ford Battery” for $16.50 in picture #1 seems expensive.

Not knowing the exact year, assuming from the radiator shell with shutters on the wall may date it to ~ 1926. Inflation calculator says $16.50 = $294. in today's dollars.

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Fri Jan 10, 2025 12:06 pm

The “Genuine Ford Battery” for $16.50 in picture #1 seems expensive.

Not knowing the exact year, assuming from the radiator shell with shutters on the wall may date it to ~ 1926. Inflation calculator says $16.50 = $294. in today's dollars.

I just paid $288 for a new battery for my wife's car, so that sounds about right.

Story has it that a 1915 Touring assembled at that Expo is in our local T Club in Kitsap County, WA.

The last photo has Apperson Motor Cars signs above the tire pumps. Might this be a multi-make dealership?

$16.50 for a battery was cheap, when Ford went to electric option, they cost $25.00.

Good eye Mark, that is an Apperson poster near the top.

The third photo shows two "removable pillar" coupes bodies sitting on top of the sedan bodies. The tops of the sedan were very strong to support this weight! Russ Furstnow

Five closed bodies in a dealership - winter bodies for converting open cars?

Apperson Jackrabbit

In my Ford literature collection zI have one of the 1915 Pan Pacific Ford Exhibition handouts which I presume you could have picked up if you saw the touring assembly show there, or maybe you received it if you bought one of the assembled cars. Beautifully printed. I've tried to resize photos so I can post them here, but I've never been successful in doing so. Or, can I post scans here? I really need to learn how to do that.

Not all dealerships were well supplied. Very early " Ford Motor Cars" sign on the left.

Funny that last photo, they must have been scared the stove would burn their hard earnings to a crisp, a board was put between the stove and the safe