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Thank-you!

Brass T, likely 1912, going for a swim lets me know I can get out the next time our road goes under water in a heavy rain. Good for keeping wheels wet, swelled, and tight.

You think the frame is bent on the 3rd vehicle 1st picture?ha

Picture #4, I think the lady has the first ever GoPro on her hat

What I thought!

That's a rough looking bunch hanging around that soda pop truck. I wonder if they stole it....?

Wadda think? Did it survive? Just noticed that some of the later siding that fell off is showing the original & the lap is looks like in the old photo

It looks like the same building. Right side looks to be an add-on in the earlier picture, with different window spacing. Later picture shows same irregularity.

Number 2, The Jolly Green Giant in the early years. Jim

How do they not suck water in on the 6th pic?
Looks like an easy way to hydraulic the motor to me

'water injection' still is a performance trick

Photo number nine. Interesting chassis on its way to become what? Definitely a car chassis, extended about two feet, but I do not like the looks of that frame extension! It appears to be a second rear cross member cobbled onto behind the original cross member. It doesn't look very strong to me.
I suppose that strength and rigidity could be built into the body structure. Heavy timbers solidly bolted to both cross members and a forward area of the frame would do the trick.
Horn button, wishbone, and headlamp lenses suggest the chassis to be either late 1918 or 1919. An apparent cross-tie between the running board brackets would seem to agree.
Being a late 1918 or 1919 has me wondering why they didn't buy a new TT truck chassis? Maybe it is intended for large but light duty hauling? Maybe it is earlier than I think 1918 and the local dealer hasn't seen any TTs yet?
I certainly do wonder how they extended the drive line?

Wayne Sheldon wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 04, 2025 7:39 am

. . . why they didn't buy a new TT truck chassis? . . .

My thought exactly, Wayne !
Maybe it’s a 1917, and the TT isn’t even a rumor yet ?
Maybe it’s a bargain-basement deal on some kind of “form-a-truck” arrangement ?

In any case, I agree - the frame will need a lot of help from a robust under-frame for the bed that will strengthen that joint.

South Park Zephyr wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 03, 2025 10:06 pm

How do they not suck water in on the 6th pic?
Looks like an easy way to hydraulic the motor to me

In the photo, at least so far, the carb intake is well above the water line. Interesting thought about “hydraulicking” the motor if they get in too deep. In practice, I believe water over the intake would choke and stall the engine without pulling in enough water to cause damage.

Great pic, and a good reminder that the Model T remains a formidable all-terrain vehicle !!

Rich P. Bingham wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 04, 2025 10:18 am

Wayne Sheldon wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 04, 2025 7:39 am

. . . why they didn't buy a new TT truck chassis? . . .

Maybe it’s a 1917, and the TT isn’t even a rumor yet ?

Hey there Rich B!

The horn button is not the early one used 1915 through most of 1917. I am not sure just when the combination horn/light switch began being put onto the cars. However, I think it was pretty close to the model year switch from 1917 to 1918, or late in calendar 1917. I cannot tell in the photo whether it is the later horn only push button began very late in calendar 1918 on starter equipped enclosed body cars, or is it the 1918 style combination switch for both horn and lights which was used on non-starter cars and chassis through late calendar 1919 (and maybe even TT truck chassis into very early 1920 model year?).
Either way, the new TT truck chassis was fairly well publicized by late in calendar 1917, and should have been anticipated by the time the horn button on this chassis was in use. The TT was expected to be put into the war effort, however, the war ended fairly quickly, and if I recall correctly only a few of the early ones headed to Europe to be used mostly in the cleanup and rebuilding. Henry, being a pacifist, supported rebuilding and medical aid more than the war itself.
I am sure curious what the intended use was for this chassis.
Most intriguing.