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Model T Ford Forum: Forum 2012: Quadricycle web site
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By HARRY A DAW on Thursday, May 10, 2012 - 09:57 pm:

If you have not checked out Dave Dunlavy's web site on the quadricycle and if you have an interest in the "First Ford", I would recommend you make a visit. The site is http://dunlavy.us/quad/index.html
Dave recently talked to George DeAngelis now age 92 by phone about his building of the first two reproductions. Some interesting photoes plus it does have the quadricycle that my Dad Tom Daw built which I now have and show.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By HARRY A DAW on Friday, May 11, 2012 - 09:13 am:

There are several pictures of Henry Ford as well as videos of probably most of the reproductions running. One that I found very interesting was of a high school that their metal working classes build the quad as a shop project. Their projects are museum quality reproductions. They sell them when done and the money goes back into the school shop program.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bob Bishop, San Diego on Friday, May 11, 2012 - 11:39 am:

Harry,
Thank you for posting this very interesting website.
Can you tell me what the car is that is posted under "The Henry Ford - Greenfield Village's Quad", Oct 19, 2010 (furthest to the right with the steering wheel, the set just above your posting of the Quad)?
How much do the different reproductions of Ford's Quad vary from each other?
Bob


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By HARRY A DAW on Friday, May 11, 2012 - 08:13 pm:

Bob, I believe that is a Model A, the first production car made by Henry Ford. As far as the amount of variation in the reproductions, there is some but as you can see on Dave's web site, they are pretty much the same. The wheels and tires vary the most. There were no drawings available until recent years as to measurements, etc. of the car. I know that my Dad made contact with George DeAngelis in 1963 before he started his reproduction. George is the only one that the museum has allowed to take measurements off the original. It is covered by plate glass and for a brief time they took it off for George after he spent a lot of time trying to take measurements by putting tape on the glass on one side and then going to the other side and line up with that tape to take measurements. George would not help Dad with any details or drawings. Since then I understand he has helped others. Dad's biggest asset was finding a place that had made a scale model and drawing. It cost him 5 or 6 hundred dollars for the model and drawing but the model is very detailed and the drawing was scaled so scaling it up made the difference. Dave has all or at least most of the reproductions on his web site. He recently told me he has a Model F which I have never seen and that he is thinking of bringing it to Mt Pleasant, Iowa, to Old Thrashers, which is Labor Day weekend. Can't wait to see it.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By HARRY A DAW on Friday, May 11, 2012 - 08:30 pm:

Just looked up the Model F on Google. It was a four passenger, right hand drive, no windshield made 1905-1906 with 1000 being built. It sold for $2500 then which is equivalent to $52,000 now.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Rob Heyen - Nebraska on Friday, May 11, 2012 - 11:09 pm:

Dave has both a Model F and Model S Roadster. He built both from project cars and both are beautiful running and looking cars. Last year he completed both the Early Ford Tour and New London to New Brighton MN tour with his newly restored Model F. Dave is an incredible craftsman and I bet the quad will be stunning.

Rob

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By HARRY A DAW on Saturday, May 12, 2012 - 08:36 am:

I stand corrected on my comment that the picture on Dave's web site that has a steering wheel, is probably a nr3 not a Model A. The picture next to it that looks similar to the quad but has larger back wheels is the nr2. Thanks Dave.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bob Bishop, San Diego on Saturday, May 12, 2012 - 08:23 pm:

OK Harry, I'll further expose my ignorance. What does nr2 and nr3 mean? Is it a series of models?
Thanks for helping me.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By HARRY A DAW on Saturday, May 12, 2012 - 10:22 pm:

My understanding is that they were the 2'd and 3'd models after the quad. They were built and sold by the Ford Motor Company. After these, Henry started using the letters of the alphabet starting with A


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By HARRY A DAW on Saturday, May 12, 2012 - 11:30 pm:

Doing more research. Found the web site http://www.ritzsite.nl/FORD_1/01_eford.htm which has pictures of the early pre "T" cars. My error on my previous post. This web site says that the nr2 and nr3 never went to production. The first car to go into production was the Model A. Thanks for the questions Bob. I learned a lot in my searching.


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