Ark. Tin Lizzies Fall Tour

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Walker, NW AR on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 - 10:58 am:

I'm finally getting a round tuit to post some pics of our fall tour a couple of weeks ago.

We visited Don Meadows' collection near Franklin, TN. Don has about 125 cars on display, and a half or 2/3 are Model T's. Here are some of our cars outside:

cars

Don has been collecting old car stuff for a long time. Here are a few carbs:

carbs

c2

c3

I won't bore you with all the others, but there were about 10 or 12 of these showcases full of carbs, lamps, horns, etc. So let's get on to the cars. Here is a snowmobile:

snow

And a popcorn wagon:

pop

And a few Model T's:

t

t2

t3

tourabout

A Model N (?)

n

n2

n3

A Model S:

s

Here is a mostly original "barn find" '10 Touring. Our host said it was all original except the radiator cap, but I noticed it has a later coil box. Still a nice car. :-)

10

10.2

10.3

Here is a '15 Coupelet. When I saw the porthole window, I dismissed it as being a '16. But when I was going through these pics, I saw that this is a non-porthole top car which has had the window added. I should have paid more attention to it when I was there.

cplt

c2

c3

And a very rare folding-top '17 Coupelet:

17c

17c2

Here's an original-bodied Hack:

h

And a couple of "modern" Hacks:

h2

1915 & 16 Runabouts. (There were lots of those AACA dash plaques on the cars.)

run

And an earlier Runabout:

run2

Don has lots of modern cars as well as T's.

mod

m2

vicky

bird

b2

b3

(I like that one a lot.) :-) I have lots more pics of the collection, but I'll move on. We spent some time on the Natchez Trace, seeing miles and miles of this:

tr

tr2

On the way home, we stopped by a fellow's place here in Arkansas and saw his cars. Here's a '57 Continental:

con

c2

And another Coupelet, not quite finished. He has the missing parts (windshield, lamps, etc.) but has lost interest in it. Ernie Romero did the leather interior and top. This and the Continental are for sale, asking $35K and $15K.

cp

cplt2

c

c

Well, I guess that's enough for now. I hope the forum format lets me post this many pics. If you want info about the 2 cars for sale, send me an email.

Don Meadows' collection is not open to the public, but you can make arrangements for a group to view it. Send me a message if you want to know how to do that.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John Manuel, Lafayette, La. on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 - 12:39 pm:

Mike, thanks for posting. What an impressive collection!!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Derek Kiefer - Mantorville, MN on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 - 12:52 pm:

Wow, amazing collection!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dave Hjortnaes, Men Falls, WI on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 - 01:40 pm:

Mike

Thank you for sharing.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Rick Goelz-Knoxville,TN on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 - 03:37 pm:

Mike, great trip, i am glad to see that Don has finally organized his collection as it was housed in several buildings and some were outside in a field.
Rick


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By CharlesHebert on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 - 05:31 pm:

Mike Great pictures. Brings back a lot of memories as I worked on some of the cars when they were part of R G Reeders collection. Don is a true collector and a man I admire greatly..


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Robert Poane on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 - 06:14 pm:

Thanks for posting!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Warwick Landy on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 - 06:52 pm:

Awesome pictures Mike. I know why it is hard to find a 5 ball carbie, they are all in his dispaly cabinets!Thanks for putting them up. It is a great collection. Do any of them get driven or go on tours or is it mostly a static display?
Warwick.


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