From The Museum of Victoria-
Caption- "The aircraft ran out of fuel and made a forced landing on Creswick Rd (the present site of the Showgrounds). It is being towed up Norman Street." Ballarat District circa 1920.
That's an unusual T also.Winscreen,deep doors of a 13 model, curved moulded line in the rear quarter panel of the 15 models, curved, crowned mudguards of 17 and later cars, along with the 17 and later radiator and hood. Curious indeed.
Allan from down under.
Were there Ford factories in Austrailia ... or were the built-n-shipped? Seems like 'outpost' locations might be more inclined to have a mixed bag vehicle .. even on a new car. ?? Perhaps??
right hand drive, as well
Looks like a 1913 to me with an added bold pin stripe to copy the body style scheme popular in the late Edwardian to WW1 period. The guards look like Tarrant specials to me and custom made.
Tarrant were very good at various options to upsell the Ford; for an increased price of course.
Dennis,
If you do a search for Australian T's you will see it was a completely different story to most parts of the world.
Early cars were the same as the USA Models but having a British background some owners leant towards the English styled cars and paid to have similar bodies on their T's. They sold well and were pushed by dealers as the profit on the car was greatly increased.
When chassis came available being easier to ship a lot of buyers asked and got styles way different to those in the States and Canada. When the Australian Govt banned imports of bodies after the war the Ford distributors offered all sorts of variations not only could you have any color except black but you could ask for anything and if you could pay for it you got it.
There was possibly upward of 20 plus different Touring cars on sale new in Australia at one time not just one in black. This has always made it a headache for owners now to restore any Model T here as often it is different to any other one to be found.
Picture yourself in the USA - you want to buy a Model T Ford, you had the choice of Touring Roadster, Coupe, Sedan and a chassis was available to have a body built, most would be made into a commercial vehicle such as a Depot Hack etc.
In Australia look up an ad in the newspaper and here is your choice
The variations in Touring were differences in body style, Number of doors, finish level ( nickel plating etc) and extra's such as leather interior, different windscreen frames, vents in bodywork, special radiators, Paintwork color you name it.