$15.00 for a '15 Touring Car

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Blancard on Friday, September 07, 2012 - 08:20 am:

A good friend of mine inherited a 1915 Touring car after his dad passed. His dad had told him that he bought the car around 1950 after it had been in storage for many years. He had to pay the storage fee to get the car - it came to a whopping $15.00. His dad was good about keeping paperwork, including the cancelled check. My buddy recently came across the check. The car is in storage in another state right now, but he is looking forward to bringing it out of a long sleep when he moves back next year. From what he says, the car is very original, down to the the floor mats.
check
15 touring


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Kerry van Ekeren (Australia) on Friday, September 07, 2012 - 09:19 am:

Would be a nice project, but not all original, just the one photo shows a few later T parts, front spring, perch's, radius rod and head light rims.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dexter Doucet on Friday, September 07, 2012 - 09:28 am:

What is that next to "Louisiana? Is it "No." or "Mo"? Do you know if this car came from La. Originally? Looking forward to see more pictures if possible and hearing more about it. Thankyou.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Royce in Dallas TX on Friday, September 07, 2012 - 09:59 am:

Looks like Louisiana, Md to me.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Keith Townsend ; ^ ) Gresham, Orygun on Friday, September 07, 2012 - 10:10 am:

According to GoogleMaps, there is a Louisiana, Missouri


https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&safe=off&q=louisiana,+Missouri&ie=UTF-8&ei=6v 9JUNW3HeqwiQLxooBQ&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAg


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Friday, September 07, 2012 - 10:49 am:

Louisiana, California Mexico, Normandy, and Paris are all in Missouri. Louisiana is a few miles downriver from Hannibal.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dennis Seth - Ohio on Friday, September 07, 2012 - 11:22 am:

Gee and all this time I thought Hannibal was a few miles upriver from Louisiana.

Original or not it looks like a great car. I'll give him twice what his Dad paid...even three times what he paid.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dexter Doucet on Friday, September 07, 2012 - 12:30 pm:

http://www.mercbk.com/Images2/mercbuild_img.jpg

There sure is a mercantile bank in Louisiana Mo.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bob Gruber- Spanaway, Wash. on Friday, September 07, 2012 - 05:37 pm:

We stumbled across Nevada, Missouri one time traveling around in an old VW bus.
It was pronounced with the first "a" long.
As in Model A.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Gary Schreiber- Aiken, SC on Friday, September 07, 2012 - 06:16 pm:

Looks like a wide track


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Royce in Dallas TX on Friday, September 07, 2012 - 06:53 pm:

Does not look like a wide track to me. Here's my 15. Mine is not a wide track either. Wide track fenders are much wider on the top.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By David Stroud on Friday, September 07, 2012 - 07:44 pm:

There is an Oregon MO. also, just a few miles south of me. It' the county seat of Holt County. Dave


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Gary H. White - Sheridan, MI on Friday, September 07, 2012 - 07:59 pm:

Looks like it is getting ready for a tour. Coat hangers will do if there is no bailing wire available for emergency repairs.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Gary Schreiber- Aiken, SC on Friday, September 07, 2012 - 08:41 pm:

Like I said Royce.....Looks like a wide track. Nothing stated as specific but thanks again for expounding on your knowledge. Such an asset


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Danial - Veneta OR US Earth Solar System on Friday, September 07, 2012 - 08:52 pm:

Must be the heat.

Wide track or no, all original or no, I'd take it in a hot second.

Dennis, I'll see your $45 and bump it to $90.

Nice to see the added history to a car, in this case an old cancelled check.

The current issue of VF has a great article about a 1915 Touring that someone found all the original documentation for, bill of sale, registration, ket, etc. I tould be great to find the current owner and reunite them with all that cool documentation.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Fred Dimock, Newfields NH, USA on Saturday, September 08, 2012 - 12:32 am:

Ya all are going the wrong direction!!

If you factor in depreciation from lack of use, the cost to remove dust, polish for the brass and the need for new tires Steve should pay us to take it away! :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Royce in Dallas TX on Saturday, September 08, 2012 - 06:50 am:

Might be a wide track -

Julius Neunhoffer's wide track 1916 photo by me at the Texas T Party last year:



Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Frank Harris from Long Beach & Big Bear on Saturday, September 08, 2012 - 09:49 am:

I graduated from high school in June of 1950 and found a Model T for $15 in San Pedro. My dad said no because it didn't have good brakes so Clyde Dahlinger got it. But then I was working as a deck hand on a 83 foot yacht and would not have had time to work on it. before starting college.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Danial - Veneta OR US Earth Solar System on Saturday, September 08, 2012 - 02:06 pm:

I could get behind that, Fred! Maybe even charge him a modest hauling fee?

Ok, I guess that's pushing the luck a bit, I s'pose.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Max L. Christenson on Saturday, September 08, 2012 - 02:28 pm:

If the front axle of a car was of the 60" wide track variety, was the rear axle assembly on that same car still 56"?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Kerry van Ekeren (Australia) on Saturday, September 08, 2012 - 05:21 pm:

No, 60" all round.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Max L. Christenson on Saturday, September 08, 2012 - 08:59 pm:

60" all around is truly interesting. Does anyone who reads this Forum have a wide track Model T with a 60" track rear axle assembly? Are the rear fenders wider than those of a 56" track vehicle? Photos of such a configuration would be most informative.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Blancard on Sunday, September 09, 2012 - 06:59 pm:

Sorry it took a while to get back with ya'll, I was out of town over the weekend. The car came from and is in Missouri. It hasn't been run in over 10 years. His dad used take it to shows in the 50s and 60s. Will try to post some more photos soon.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dan Treace, North FL on Sunday, September 09, 2012 - 09:40 pm:

The Southern wide track 60" front and rear fenders are wider, here is a '15 wide track T.



Don't have a pic of the rear axle, but that is 60" too, along with the front axle.





March 1, 1920 Parts and Price List


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Blancard on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - 07:27 am:

Here are a couple more pics of my friend's car.

Side view
rear view


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Kerry van Ekeren (Australia) on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - 08:02 am:

Casting date and engine number will get the right year, the wheels look to be square felloe which are later as well, side lamps are after market too.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Erik Johnson on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - 12:03 pm:

Sidelights are not aftermarket - they have been spray painted gold and are missing the fonts.


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