Doing anything with your T for halloween?

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Blancard on Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 08:54 pm:

I'm looking for ideas of something to do with my T for halloween. What are you planning or what have you done in past years? Any spooky Ts out there? Let's see your photos!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Andrew Deckman, Ogden Utah on Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 10:06 pm:

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/118802/168722.html


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Andrew Deckman, Ogden Utah on Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 10:08 pm:

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/80257/112728.html


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By ronald lemmerman on Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 10:14 pm:

Happy Halloween


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ricks - Surf City on Friday, October 26, 2012 - 01:21 am:

Sporty car there, John. Welcome to the Model T haunt. Who's the driver?

rdr


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Harold Schwendeman - Sumner,WA on Friday, October 26, 2012 - 02:35 am:

Who's John?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ricks - Surf City on Friday, October 26, 2012 - 07:33 am:

I'm sorry; Ronald.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Blancard on Friday, October 26, 2012 - 08:37 am:

Looking through the archives I saw this photo on a 1915 Ford Times magazine.

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/179374/244557.html

Made me think of slipping a couple of carved jack-o-lanterns over the headlights of my touring car. It would look pretty spooky with the headlights on. But better with just a dim parking light. I know, not practical, but it might look good in the front yard.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Hap Tucker on Friday, October 26, 2012 - 08:39 am:

Ronald,

I noticed this is your first post -- welcome to the forum! Great looking Model T Runabout / Roadster.

Have you been involved with T's for a long time or have you recently obtained your first T? Your body style appears to be 1923ish low cowl more than 1924ish high cowl -- but many of us have Ts or other cars that are dated by the engine number which often was replaced sometime in the past. And of course they provide the same number of smiles per mile regardless of what they are registered as. My speedster isn’t even registered as a Ford – but I know it is. If you would like additional details on 1923 vs 1924 please see the links below – if not just skip on and have fun driving and displaying that good looking T.

Additional information 1923 low vs 1924 high cowl Model Ts:

http://mtfca.com/encyclo/1923.htm The “1923” touring car style was introduced in September 1922, with a one-man top and sloping windshield, but otherwise the body was the same as the 1922. The runabout followed about November, with a new body and turtle deck as well. …… The front section of the car was revised about August 1923, with a new and higher radiator, larger hood, a valence under the radiator, and revised cowl section to match. These cars were generally referred to as “1924” models in Ford literature.

Note your car appears to have the 1917-1922 roadster top that is commonly called a two-man top. If you changed the front windshield to the mid 1917-1922 it would fit well or changing to the 1923-25 one man roadster top.

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/118802/132254.html?1269479874

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/80257/109384.html?1255047908

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/179374/202420.html

Again welcome to the forum and great looking roadster and great display in the graveyard.

Respectfully submitted,

Hap l9l5 cut off


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Tom Miller, Mostly in Dearborn on Friday, October 26, 2012 - 10:29 am:

A few years ago, I purchased a 110 volt electric eye with a reflector. I put it across my sidewalk and had a AC transformer connected to my mag horn. It sounded weird, but it was creepy weird, almost a groan.

A plastic skeleton in the front seat and the headlamps set to glow completed the setup. Some kids got scared by it and many dads stayed behind to talk cars. If I do it again, I'll grab some of those battery operated tea lights and throw them into the side lamps.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Lance Sorenson, Minnesota on Friday, October 26, 2012 - 10:36 am:

This year I wanted something real scary, so I parked my 28 Chevy in the front yard! I have people stopping and taking pictures all the time. Some people wave, thinking it's me sitting there?




Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jared Buckert on Friday, October 26, 2012 - 02:17 pm:

Our college has an event they call Trunk or Treat. Basically students put together a bunch of events for kids in town and have a kind of street fair in the stadium parking lot. I'll have my pickup there handing out candy the the young'uns. Might get some pumpkins and a straw bale for the bed and let the kids take pictures.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By mike conrad on Friday, October 26, 2012 - 02:18 pm:

Don't have a pic of it and not in the yard but one look in my shop with the speedster all apart is one of the scariest things I have seen in awhile. It haunts me!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Gregory Roselle - Carlsbad, NM on Friday, October 26, 2012 - 02:29 pm:

This is what I did last year.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jim Patrick on Friday, October 26, 2012 - 03:18 pm:

Yes. I'm keeping her hidden away in the garage so she doesn't get egged or T.P.'d. :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bob Coiro on Friday, October 26, 2012 - 03:50 pm:

I remember Dennis Halpin had a great idea for Hallowe'en. Maybe if we twist his arm a little, he'll re-post the photos?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Blancard on Friday, October 26, 2012 - 06:16 pm:

Do tell, Do tell!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John B -- Boston MA -- on Saturday, October 27, 2012 - 10:44 pm:

Halloween with the " T " and a couple of local Dummies !


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Blancard on Sunday, October 28, 2012 - 07:51 am:

Our local club displayed cars at a local shopping center yesterday. I wanted to do something for the season, so I loaded up the running board luggage area with pumpkins and Indian corn. After seeing a photo of someone else's touring car jack-O-lantern, my wife carved a similar one for me. Got a lot of positive comments about the pumpkin and a few about the car!

jack
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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ricks - Surf City on Sunday, October 28, 2012 - 08:36 am:

A Ford and a Cord; nice.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dan Killecut on Sunday, October 28, 2012 - 11:10 am:




Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Howard D. Dennis on Sunday, October 28, 2012 - 11:32 am:

Looks like a Ford & a Packard to me.

Howard Dennis


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Sunday, October 28, 2012 - 11:41 am:

Yep, Packard. About 1940.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Blancard on Sunday, October 28, 2012 - 12:00 pm:

Yes, it was a Packard! Nice to rub elbows with the high and mighty now and then.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Harold Schwendeman - Sumner,WA on Sunday, October 28, 2012 - 12:21 pm:

Bob Coiro - This thread immediately gave me the same thought; what a nice job Dennis Halpin did last year in getting his tudor all set up for Halloween. As far as Dennis "chiming in" on this thread, I hope he does too, however, I think I recall some time ago Dennis related that he was dealing with some very serious family issues. I'm sure a lot of forum folks have missed Dennis's posts lately as I have and I for one wish him well and hope we hear from him again soon,.....harold


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Harold Schwendeman - Sumner,WA on Sunday, October 28, 2012 - 12:25 pm:

Dan Killecut - Nice pictures; this is a very nice shot of one of your several nice Model T's, but I think the little "witch" is even cuter. Assuming that's a grand daughter, I'll bet she can get a ride in any of G'pa's Model T's just about any time she wants, huh?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dan Killecut on Sunday, October 28, 2012 - 06:27 pm:

Harold, I have to agree she is pretty cute. I wish she was a granddaughter, but...unfortunately, she is a mannequin from my wife's 200 plus doll collection. My wife talked with you at Chickasha in 2011, but I missed the chance to talk to you. As far as giving rides to kids, I do this any chance I get. My grandson is in them all the time.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Harold Schwendeman - Sumner,WA on Sunday, October 28, 2012 - 07:23 pm:

WOW! A mannequin! It sure is a realistic one! I have to admit, I took a hard look at the hand reaching in thru' the window opening, but I just figured it was some weird glove which was part of the costume. Anyway, very cute for sure.

Yes, I remember having a nice conversation with "your better half". I'm getting to where after an hour or so at a swap meet, I need to get off of my feet for at least a few minutes or my back starts tightening up. As you know, it's easy to get "absorbed" in looking for the "good buys" at that swap meet and more time than you realize goes by before you know it (until you start hurting).

Anyway, we had a nice conversation on one of those benches alongside the center building and obviously, you were still doing some pretty serious "shopping"! Lord willing, I hope to make next year's Chickasha,.....hope to visit with BOTH of you folks next time,.......harold


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By A. Gustaf Bryngelson on Thursday, November 01, 2012 - 01:27 pm:

My wife's church has a trick or treat event they call "Trunk or treat" in the church parking lot. People line their cars up backed up to the sidewalk, and decorate their trunks and pass out candy to all the children who come (some are a bit older than one would expect, but if they have a costume, they get candy)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dennis Seth - Ohio on Thursday, November 01, 2012 - 01:40 pm:

Well Gustaf I see your in costume...did you get any candy? Did you save me any?

Nice set up for halloween


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By A. Gustaf Bryngelson on Thursday, November 01, 2012 - 02:56 pm:

Hey Dennis,
We ran out of candy as the last kid came by, I did not even get any for myself (I do not really need any) The turn out was way bigger than I have seen in the past few years, lost of great home made costumes. The only bad thing was that we were parked next to some neighbours dress in disco clothes and listening to disco music, I may not get it out of my head in this life time, it has taken 30 years to get it out of my head from the first time I heard it, and I do not think I an going to live another 30 years.
We had to take off as soon as the last trick or treater passed, as I do not have the electric lights hooked up, and we had 7 miles to drive home as the sun set. Good thing my wife filled the oil lamps.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ricks - Surf City on Thursday, November 01, 2012 - 03:13 pm:

That's a pretty good mannequin holding your leg, Gus. :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Derek Kiefer - Mantorville, MN on Thursday, November 01, 2012 - 03:29 pm:

Did the guy on the stretcher eat too much candy? :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Richard Wolf on Thursday, November 01, 2012 - 03:38 pm:

That mannequin holding the patient's hand is soooooooo life like. WOW LOL


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Will Copeland - Evans Mills NY on Thursday, November 01, 2012 - 04:27 pm:

Sandy took Halloween away from are kids, In my area its now Monday


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Wayne Sheldon, Grass Valley, CA on Thursday, November 01, 2012 - 05:38 pm:

So what did Gustaf wear for a costume? He looks normal to me.

Gustaf,
That is why I have an MP-3 player with more than twenty hours of music from the '10s to 1933. I have about ten more hours that I need to add. Then I will add classical music so I can listen to something else occasionally.
Drive carefully, and enjoy, W2


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By A. Gustaf Bryngelson on Thursday, November 01, 2012 - 06:43 pm:

OK, as long as you call the one standing a mannequin, I don't mind, it is the people who call him a dummy that bugs me... and makes my wife laugh.
Hey Wayne, a couple of years ago, Maggie bought me an ipod, trying to pull me into the 21st century. It holds 250 songs, but I only know 12, so I had her put them on 20 times. I normally use it as a money clip.
Best
Gus


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Garrison on Thursday, November 01, 2012 - 07:03 pm:

Wayne, we have a little bit in common other than model T's. I like music from the '10s thru the '30's. I started listening to old delta blues music. I especially like the guys that would sing the simple blues song and accompany themselves with a guitar.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By kep NZ on Friday, November 02, 2012 - 02:51 am:

Where do you get you music from the teens-thirties?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Garrison on Friday, November 02, 2012 - 07:10 am:

Kep, it's actually quite easy to find it here. Sometimes I listen to it on CD's and sometimes I download it with my Iphone and sometimes I listen to it on Youtube. I listen to Son House, KC Bill Weldon, Tommy Johnson, Howling Wolf, of course Robert Johnson and several others. For more modern blues I listen to Stevie Ray Vaughn, Janis Joplin, Canned Heat, Buddy Guy, Fats Domino and Eric Clapton and if I'm having a good day I can take a little Jimi Hendrix. And when I want to just chill out I put on a couple old 78's I've got and listen to Les Paul and Mary Ford. I know some of that music goes all the way up to the early 70's and even the 80's but the roots come from the Mississippi Delta Blues. And then sometimes when nobody's around and I want to relax I tune the old Gibson to a Drop D tuning and just pick a little for myself. It would be hard to pick a favorite song but I enjoy songs like Stateborough Blues, Sweethome Chicago and the list goes on.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Wayne Sheldon, Grass Valley, CA on Friday, November 02, 2012 - 03:07 pm:

Mike G, Kep,
It is wonderful the amount of music available today. I have always loved the music from the roaring twenties! I figured out it was in part from watching cartoons and movies from the '30s when I was little.
When I was old enough to do so, I began collecting 78s in order to get the music to listen to. I have over 2000 78s packed away (no place to display them). More than 30 years ago, I dubbed several hours of my 78s onto cassette tapes (I still have those, most of them were played many times). It was very time consuming, but collector LPs were rare and very hard to get.
Now, if I could afford them, I could buy probably another hundred collector CDs of early recordings. I have a couple dozen now, including a specific early Bing Crosby that took me six years to get a copy of.
In addition, many hundreds of downloads are available from the internet. Many of them are available for free from music appreciation sites. If I had the time for it, I could probably double what I have for little out of pocket expense.
One thing humans are good at (some of them), is creating beautiful art and music. There is so much of it to enjoy.
Drive carefully, and enjoy the music, W2


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Garrison on Friday, November 02, 2012 - 09:44 pm:

Yeah Wayne I've got some of the old 78's yet. I'm thinking I've got some Harmonicats, Al Jolson, Bing Crosby and others. I've got an old 1918 Silvertone standup cabinet phonograph that is in excellent condition and I enjoy listening to my old 78's. My sister has got all the old albums we had as kids. When my Mom passed several years ago, she broke into my Dad's house and took them before his wife could throw them away with just about everything that had been part of Mom's life. At least 250 78's that we would sit and listen to for hours. She lives in Southern Texas down on the border and really isn't able to get them to me. But one of these days I'll get down there and get them.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By kep NZ on Saturday, November 03, 2012 - 12:55 am:

i recorded tapes onto CD's once and would do the same for 78's if i still had a good computer & the wire plug thing.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By ROBERT BERGSTADT on Monday, November 05, 2012 - 04:14 pm:

These guys came to my shop to trick or treat, Bob


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Richard Wolf on Monday, November 05, 2012 - 04:25 pm:

Bob;
Did the door lock, after they got inside?????


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Wayne Sheldon, Grass Valley, CA on Monday, November 05, 2012 - 10:06 pm:

Is that a Briggs& Stratton I see back there? Now that IS scary!
Drive carefully, and enjoy, W2


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By ROBERT BERGSTADT on Tuesday, November 06, 2012 - 08:51 am:

No they did not move much either, still hanging around, the Olds replica was converted to electric, fast little car, Bob


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