Finally, we've started final assembly on our run of reproduction Jno Brown Model 19 headlights 1911 - 1912 T's. We think the quality of these lights is very good and that our customers will be pleased with them. They will be supplied with the exterior polished. We'll be ready to start taking orders for them once we get some of the details with licensing worked out.
In the meantime, here are some pictures.
Another pic (Note the "N" in "JNO BROWN" is backwards just like the originals)
Another
Wow, Rodger! You finally posted here. Nice lamps.
For those who don't know: Jno is an old abbreviation for John, or so I was told.
How's you Dad coming with the Towncar? How's the Amazon?
rdr
The towncar hopefully will be roadworthy later this year. The last big project for the mechanical restoration is getting the wheels respoked. For sure we won't use red oak.
The parrot's doing OK also; this is a fairly old picture but these birds don't age very quickly.
OHhh, that's right! I won't tell anybody where I got those wheels...
Do you have pix of the Towncar, or should I post mine from the HME 2010?
Good lookin' bird. Check out www.PortaPerch.com
The lights look great. Now, pics of the towncar.........
Thanks,
Rob
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Rodger -- Your lamps look very nice. Thank you for reproducing these lamps and for posting the information here. I'll never need a set of the lamps as I'm not into the very early T's, but I appreciate it when someone steps up to the plate and does a nice job of reproducing rare Model T parts.
Rodger hasn't explained that he is at least the third generation of the Gilbert Metal Products dynasty that has been making repro T parts for maybe 50 years. They are in El Monte, Calif. Rodger's Dad, Wayne, found that feral red-lored Amazon in the street on his way to work one morning, it having just fallen out of its nest. He raised it at the shop.
They make beautiful E&J lamp repros. I broke the glass in the door of an original 1908 patent tail lamp, and he sold me a new one in the brass door that fit perfectly. The '09 front fenders on the ol' brass picup were made by them at least 30 years ago.
For you, Rob, some pix from the Holiday Motor Excursion, 2009:
This one had been stored here in the LA area for many years.
Looks like a 1915 - 1917 town car body. Someone has retrofitted 1909 style front fenders and 1913 - 1914 style rear fenders, along with a 1913 - 14 hood. One look under the cowl above the coil box would tell if the car is a 1915 - 16 or if it is a 1917 that has been brassified.
In any case it is a good looking body that deserves to be reunited with a proper set of parts. 1915 town cars are rare, 1916 rarer, and 1917 town cars are utterly unheard of. If it is one of the rare 1917's it is criminal to keep it hidden under the current disguise!