I sent a guy this pic of his long time ago flight instructor, and this is in his reply:
"...since the photo of Ed in the golfcart."
Wifey and I have lived one block from a golf course for 39 years, and the only time we were on it, we were kicked off for trespassing...
rdr
Ralph. You sounded much younger on the phone ;)
that's one heck of a hearing aid
can you hear me now?
Some one needs to be un-friended.
Heck .... I would drive it on a golf course.
That's one place for a turn signal switch. Or is it an aiming device?
"Pilot to tower. Pilot to tower." "Taxiway all blocked up."
The ultimate insult.
About 10 years ago I was in a gas station with my '29 Nash four door sedan.
I had not looked to see what pump number I was at and the cashier asked me if I was driving the JEEP! Jeep?
The car was facing him and he chad a good view of the front with its model A like radiator and shell.
Aaron Griffey:
I took a short trip to Estes yesterday and was filling up my T at a service station. A dad and a little girl about 5 or 6 climbed out of the dad's car came over and asked if I was driving and old jeep. I got quite a kick out of the the question and thought about your post. I assured the little girl that it was not an old jeep but was a ford. I not sure she believed me or not.
I've been asked on several occasions if my '26 Touring was a kit car. Sometimes I'm not sure how to answer the question or even if I should.
Same here, Mike. I was dumbfounded the first time I got that question - in the Speedster. Well, yeah, a kit car of many years ago.
My first kit car, and daily driver:
About four years ago when we were getting the Veteran's Day parade lined up you young guy about 25 came over and looked at my '26 T touring and said, "An old Army truck huh"?
I told him it seats two in the front and three in the back, I don't see where you could haul enough to call it a truck.
He said it still looked like an old Army truck to him.
That's when I decide green was not the best color, I will paint it black when I get a chance.
Rick, I have a flat head 6 Ford like the one in the back ground.
But the coupe in the background is obviously an 8.
I'd bet that is a newer Ford next to it and a Mercury in front of it.
There are those who do not believe there are any model T Fords that have survived. They think they are all reproduction kit cars.
I have been asked if the car I was driving was an original or reproduction.
About 10 years ago there was a young guy that posted on this site who was in school. One of his teacher did not believe any could have survived. To make matters worse our poster had a kit car. He could not ever convince the teacher that there are many still being driven.
My first car was a 49 Ford coupe. That one looks like a 51. The 49 had poor motor mounts. I went through 2 sets.
By the trunk latch it looks to me like a '49. Just can't remember. I rode in that car from San Diego to the road races in Riverside in 1959, on "Historic US 395."
As I remember the 49s had a trunk latch handle that were painted and turned down at the ends. Like an upside down wide U. The 51s were chrome and didn't turn down at ends. Looks like chrome side trim on the tail light flairings which were only on the 51s. Also lenses look to have twin bullets. 49s were more plain.
I take that back on the trunk handle. It's the reverse. The tail light lenses and chrome side trim are for a 51 though. These are pics of a 49.
There were many '49 & '50 Fords running around with accessory chrome strips on the sides over the tail light strip on the rear 1/4 pannel.
But '49 had en extension on each end of the grill bar which was the park light.
'51 had no trunck handle, you had to use the key to open the trunk.
It doesn't look like a '50 trunk handle either and what about the Deluxe bar at the top of the front fender chrome? I don't think they had those until '50. It may be a '51.
Also that chrome strip accross the rear tells me it's not a '49, but then those cars were a loooooooooong time ago. I could be wrong in all counts.
I used to travel on 395 before it was historic.
Boy Steve,that must have been a hard road! (G)
I just remembered: You guys missed the door handles. That makes it a '50 or '51.
rdr
A person should never make a confession in a thread like this. If you do your pretty much confirming to people that you're really not too bright but I can't help myself. I'll take the grief for this one.
I have a neighbor with a '27 Model T touring and a '23 roadster. The touring is a beautifully restored car. The first time I went over to his house to see his T's, as we were walking to the shop, he mentioned he had 2 restored Maxwells. Now I would imagine those of you that know Jim Laumeyer know he's an extremely nice guy. He was a barber for many years and is a real people person. So when I walked in his shop and saw the little roadster Maxwell I looked it over and of course I was very impressed. Then I turned a little and looked over my left shoulder and mentioned how nice I thought his fire engine looked. And it was a beautiful vehicle too. It was full of brass and red paint and the rear end rose up pretty high above the front. And Jim very quietly said "Mike that's a touring car". So then I turned and actually looked at it. Of course he was to nice to say anything but I was already to shrink my way right out from under his shop door. I guess I knew at some point in time all that stuff from the 60's would catch up with me.
Mike - are you claiming that you remember the 60's
BTW My first car was a 1941 Ford Opera Coupe.
My first car was a 66 Impala, 4-door. Boatus-Maximus.
First comment about my Model T coupe that left me speechless - about a ten year old little boy, "Nice car, mister. You should put flames and a different motor on it."
First time I put a minor in a headlock too...hahaha...