Gents,
I notice that this car must NOT have a buggy rail or dog leg top irons as the top is laying relatively flat compared to a 30 Deg kick up. When where the dog leg top socket and buggy rail deleted and was it at the same time?
Additionally, is that a Rands uneven windscreen?
Thank you
Alan in Western Australia
Great question Alan. Great to hear the local Model 'T' Ford Club members spoiled you rotten at Kangaroo Island!
To the 1910 guys out there - did the "1911 Style" straight iron hood come in before the 1911 body? It looks to me the car in the photo has the later style "straight socket" type hood. I always thought the curved hood sockets were part of the buggy rail type body and the straight sockets came with the body & style upgrade for 1911. Are our observations here correct? Am I missing something?
I am not the one to answer too many questions about the really early Ts. So I will simply add another layer to the question.
Could this car have been early enough to have been sold without a top originally? Could that then be an after-market top?
Drive carefully, and enjoy, W2
I was thinking that possibility too...
Often Model T replacement tops were sold by JC Whitney, Pep Boys and Western Auto, to name a few places, with bows that functioned just fine but did not look exactly like the originals. Rear windows were often unlike the originals in shape and size. This car is not new, so both top and windshield could be non original to the car as it was when new.
The windshield board is so tall it is obviously not an original for any year Model T.