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ModelT46
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I am now 91, My Model T is older.

Post by ModelT46 » Tue Jun 20, 2023 2:56 pm

June 21 is my 91st birthday. I have a group of Model T owners coming over to install the correct 1910 rear end in my 1910 Model tomorrow on my 91st birthday. I will be busy all day, so that is why I am posting this today. I am doing well and enjoy life. I check the forum twice a day for the latest ads and comments. This club is great and I am a member from the first year (1965). I have a member number below 1000 in both Model T clubs.
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Re: I am now 91, My Model T is older.

Post by Scott_Conger » Tue Jun 20, 2023 3:19 pm

Happy Birthday Darel...and wishes for many more healthy ones, too boot!
Scott Conger

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Re: I am now 91, My Model T is older.

Post by Rob » Tue Jun 20, 2023 3:20 pm

Darel,
That’s great (working with friends in your T). Happy Birthday, and wishing you many more birthday work days.
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Post by perry kete » Tue Jun 20, 2023 4:12 pm

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Re: I am now 91, My Model T is older.

Post by ModelT46 » Tue Jun 20, 2023 5:08 pm

Thank you all
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Re: I am now 91, My Model T is older.

Post by Art M » Tue Jun 20, 2023 5:47 pm

Happy birthday. Glad are are able to enjoy the model ts. For the record you are not only older than all model Ts but also older than all model As and most model Bs.
Stay healthy.

Art Mirtes
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Re: I am now 91, My Model T is older.

Post by varmint » Tue Jun 20, 2023 6:29 pm

Happy Birthtomorrowday!
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Post by Michael Peternell » Tue Jun 20, 2023 7:50 pm

Happy birthday sir!,
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Re: I am now 91, My Model T is older.

Post by Moxie26 » Tue Jun 20, 2023 8:08 pm

06/21/1932 ..... A date that will live in infamy.... Happy birthday !!!!!.. 🎈 🎉 .... I'm sure your mechanics will take plenty of pictures of you tomorrow for you to post.
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Re: I am now 91, My Model T is older.

Post by Chris Bamford » Wed Jun 21, 2023 9:03 am

Art M wrote: ↑
Tue Jun 20, 2023 5:47 pm
 …For the record you are not only older than all model Ts but also older than all model As and most model Bs…
Art Mirtes
Art, I respectfully suggest you switch your calculator over to “Mag”… apparently, battery power just isn’t powerful enough to perform this sort of complicated computation!

PS: Kudos, however, for eschewing extraneous apostrophe’s in your post.
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Re: I am now 91, My Model T is older.

Post by Nathan Pederson » Wed Jun 21, 2023 11:43 am

Happy Birthday!
Always liked June 21 the longest day of the year here.
Seems appropriate to celebrate a birthday on that day for a life that is lived long and well.
Enjoy your 1910 Model T Darel and many happy returns!
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Re: I am now 91, My Model T is older.

Post by 1925 Touring » Wed Jun 21, 2023 12:42 pm

Happy Birthday!
Just a 20 year old who listens to 40 year old music, works on 75 year old airplanes and drives 100 year old cars.
The past is only simple because hindsight is 20/20.
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Re: I am now 91, My Model T is older.

Post by John Codman » Wed Jun 21, 2023 1:12 pm

Happy Birthday Darel! Thanks for your service.
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Re: I am now 91, My Model T is older.

Post by Jacob Mangold » Wed Jun 21, 2023 1:21 pm

Wishing you a happy birthday from the desert!
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Re: I am now 91, My Model T is older.

Post by Barteldes » Wed Jun 21, 2023 1:44 pm

Happy Happy Birthday from Colorado
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Re: I am now 91, My Model T is older.

Post by TMiller6 » Wed Jun 21, 2023 1:44 pm

Happy Birthday Darel!

Sto lat and then add some more.
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Re: I am now 91, My Model T is older.

Post by Jim11787 » Wed Jun 21, 2023 1:54 pm

Happy Birthday!
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Re: I am now 91, My Model T is older.

Post by Rich Eagle » Wed Jun 21, 2023 1:57 pm

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAREK. I always love your posts.
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Re: I am now 91, My Model T is older.

Post by Ed Baudoux » Wed Jun 21, 2023 4:43 pm

I hope you enjoyed a great day Darel!
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Re: I am now 91, My Model T is older.

Post by Erik Johnson » Wed Jun 21, 2023 4:47 pm

Here is a 1942 photo of ten year old Darel Leipold that is in the collections of the Hennepin County Library.

For more details and a larger view, click on this link:

https://digitalcollections.hclib.org/di ... 8095/rec/1

I live not too far from photo was taken. The house is on a major thoroughfare so I drive past it on a regular basis.
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Re: I am now 91, My Model T is older.

Post by TWrenn » Wed Jun 21, 2023 4:56 pm

Happy Birthday Darel! Bless you with many more.
I only HOPE I make it to 91!! :lol:
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Re: I am now 91, My Model T is older.

Post by KeithG » Wed Jun 21, 2023 7:00 pm

Happy Birthday, Darel. We hope you have many more!

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Re: I am now 91, My Model T is older.

Post by ModelT46 » Thu Jun 22, 2023 6:30 pm

Thank you to all who posted and total who read the postings. A group of friends fro the Valley Model T Club, Mi nnesota came over in the morning and installed the rebuild 1910 rear end in to my May, 1910 Touring. We had coffee andd tearts out. I took from about 9 a.m. t 11 a.m. to install it. Fortunately I had necessary gasket and grease, extra bolts and nuts, cotter pins to complete the job. We took a bunch of photos, but for some reason, they are not downloading to my iMac. I am at my store. I will try at home to the iMac I have there.
Note : In the evening we drove down to Mankato and then back . We hit a good sized stone on the road and damaged a tire. We did make it home 50 more miles. There were three cars on the side of the road beyound the rock --I assume the tire on their cars was ruined. When one puts a new tire on the car, they need to be in pairs. So were probably will replance all 4./ They are the origional tires (40,000- miles) on our 2018 Subaru crosstect.
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Re: I am now 91, My Model T is older.

Post by Scott_Conger » Thu Jun 22, 2023 8:03 pm

Love the 1942 photo, and am glad you had a great time with friends changing out the rear end. What a nice day that must have been.
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