Erik,
Thanks for the links (I think....., lot's of old stuff showed up back then). The Bemis Model K each have a special place in my heart. The Bemis touring eventually was owned by my good friend the late Tim Kelly. His wife Joan and son Jeff and family toured with it at the BBC tour a few weeks ago. As always, it ran great, as did both other Model K on the tour.
The Bemis Roadster, #808 was sold new in Omaha, Nebraska. It was owned by the Storz family, a well known brewing family in Omaha. It remained in Nebraska until the 1930's, when it made it's journey east. This well travelled roadster went on the Alnglo-English tour in the 1950's to England, where it was a mistakenly identified as a 1906 Roadster (Ford only produced K roadsters in 1907 and 1908, selling the last in 1909 and 1910). We now have Ford Motor Co. Ledger information that the car was sold in Omaha in the late summer/early fall of 1907. Currently it's in Sacramento, with much of what was once the Towe collection.
The link below is color video of the Anglo-American Tour, and includes Mr. and Mrs. Bemis driving their 1907 K Roadster:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8zi3b5pe2pkfh ... r.mp4?dl=0
David, I'm going to "get into the weeds" here a bit. I've been working on Ford ledger information, and the Bemis "K" Roadster happens to be one of those that we have a ledger entry for, and that still exists today. It's number is 808, and the FMC account receivable ledger tells us Deright (Omaha NE agent) submitted a deposit for it and two Model R on July 29, 1907. The two R were shipped (S.D.,-Sight Draft) the next day.
Deright also mentioned in his Omaha newspaper advertisement on July 28th, 1907 that he had a Ford six cylinder Runabout on the way:
We know from the ledger above that the car was paid for by Sight Draft, and shipped from FMC on or near August 12, 1907 (last ledger entry above). Part of my ledger work indicates Model K shipping during the summer of 1907 were often delayed two or more weeks, while N and R were usually shipped within a day or two of a deposit/order arriving at FMC.
In October, 1907, the Storz brothers and a friend visited Blair Nebraska, north of Omaha, in their "Ford Flyer;"
As of November, 1907, one of the Storz brothers received a traffic ticket for speeding with their Ford six:
Model K #808 had a few more important events while in Nebraska. The Storz met the German Protos racer in the New York to Paris race in 1908, and piloted it across part of eastern Nebraska:
In 1924, the Model K met Frank Kulick driving the 10 millionth Model T in Omaha. Frank Kulick, driving the famous Model T, would have inspected and approved K #808 years before, as the head Model K tester for FMC.
It's a small world..........
