Herb, u find the neatest pictures
Great picture Herb. Apparently at this stage of the game the Remaley brothers were covering all the bases in regards to horsepower!
So I wonder if the fenders came in separate boxes. Every picture or video I've ever seen of the factory the cars were coming out with fenders on them. It's kind of neat there all touring cars. But the important question is were they brothers or Father and Son. The old man sells the horses and the Son sells the Fords. To me the cars look like they're not "brass T's" and the front wishbones are on top of the front axle. So we must be looking at a 1917, 1918, 1919 photo. Am I right?
They must have just come off the train, note no running boards or side lights.
Could they be '17s? They appear to have round felloe wheels.
I believe if they were USA produced cars they are most likely Mid-1917 to very early 1918 based on the horn button on top of the steering column and the use of the unequal length windshield hinges and the mid-1917 to 1922 lower windshield brackets. The title said PA so they are probably NOT Canadian.
Compare the photo of the horn button at: http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/257047/316790.html?1350189894
Ref: http://mtfca.com/encyclo/doc17.htm
----- Acc. 575, Box 14, #826, Ford Archives
Riveted style windshield frame and brackets were used in 1915 and 1916 and on the first 450,000 1917 cars. (Until about April 1917.)
MAR 14, 1917 Acc. 78, Ford Archives
Mention of new style windshield mounting brackets as having been used, and of the discontinuance of the 1915-16 style for replacement.
APR 19, 1917 Acc. 78, Ford Archives
Windshield hinge (with the unequal length arms) noted.
1918 brought the combination horn / light switch on the steering column see: http://mtfca.com/encyclo/1918.htm STEERING COLUMN ASSEMBLY: Pressed steel quadrant, Nickel-plated spark and throttle levers, with flattened metal ends. Gear case was brass but nickel plated, one-piece assembly. Wheel was 15” outside diameter, wood, and painted black. The wheel spider was iron and painted black. Combination horn/light switch on left side of column. [and there would have been some overlap].
Great photo!
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Zoomed in on the photo:
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