Another Australian Oddball

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By David Chantrell - Adelaide, Australia on Friday, October 12, 2012 - 06:51 am:

Here is a photo from the SA State Libraty of a Ford with a complete oddball body I have never seen before. Caption says: "Motor car breakdown along the road near Mount Gambier". Looks like a bent A-frame to me too.

Photo courtesy of the State Library of South Australia B21417.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dick Lodge - St Louis MO on Friday, October 12, 2012 - 09:12 am:

When I saw the thread title, I thought that we had a new forum member from Down Under... :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bob Gruber- Spanaway, Wash. on Friday, October 12, 2012 - 06:10 pm:

Are any of us qualified to call someone else an oddball?
I'm not!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Walker, NW AR on Friday, October 12, 2012 - 09:28 pm:

I think we must all be oddballs or we wouldn't be into Model T's.

I took a friend for a ride in my Touring Car a couple of years ago. After about half an hour, he said, "I think having a Model T is a little like wearing a bow tie. It takes a certain type of person to pull it off." :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Garrison on Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 01:12 am:

You can call me an oddball if you want. Please don't put it in writing though. I don't want to feel like someone doesn't like me. Does that seem odd to you. So what's the story on the car?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Aaron Griffey, Hayward Ca. on Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 01:38 am:

But in this case the oddball is the T body.
Is a very odd touring car body.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bob Trevan - Australia on Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 06:01 am:

He is hiding it with his leg


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bob McDonald-Federal Way, Wa. on Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 01:25 pm:

There restoring it and didn't have a shop to work in. Can I see a steel rad. shell and carbide head lights??? But what's with the spot light?

Bob


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Aaron Griffey, Hayward Ca. on Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 01:55 pm:

Bob Mc is right, They're restoring it.
When I work on other people's cars and they think I am being too fussy or critical with what I am doing I always tell them, "I hate doing roadside restorations and I suspect you would too.". They always agree and let me do it my way.
Spot lights were very common back in the 20's to 50's. I have had several that came from model T Fords and other 20's cars. Some went through a hole in the windshield.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Manuel Voyages, ACT Australia on Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 04:08 pm:

The pic seems very dark in places. Would it be possible to lighten it a bit. Its an interesting car. Could it be from the UK?
Cheers
Manuel in Oz


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Craig Anderson, central Wisconsin on Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 07:40 pm:

I tried everything but all finer details are lost in the shadows.

AUphotoedit


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Manuel Voyages, ACT Australia on Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 02:54 am:

Thats better. Maybe cause its larger now.
The more I look @ the pic the more I discover.

Manuel in Oz
PS I know he is holding the wishbone but could they be looking busy for the photographer?


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