Old Photo - Two Horsepower Model T

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jay - In Northern California on Wednesday, December 12, 2012 - 12:19 pm:

Yup, they were using GREEN power long before the enviro-nazi's had us putting corn squeeze in our tanks!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Derek Kiefer - Mantorville, MN on Wednesday, December 12, 2012 - 12:35 pm:

I wonder if the top was replaced on the car, or was there ever a transition time when they used the old style bows and had the rear corners wrap around like a 1-man top?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Wayne Sheldon, Grass Valley, CA on Wednesday, December 12, 2012 - 08:30 pm:

That car has several accessories on it. The photo is clear enough that I can be fairly sure that the back window is beveled glass in a metal frame. It helps that I have a NOS one downstairs to look at. Often, when purchasing those, the rear curtain (back of top) needed to be replaced because a lot of the fancy glass windows (also known as lites or lights) got more expensive as they got big enough to cover the isinglass area. Replacing the rear curtain was not expensive. That rear curtain doesn't look to fit very well, although, it could be a pull-forward strap adjustment? The car appears to be '19/'20.
Great photo. Thank you!
Drive carefully, and enjoy the holidays! W2


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Danial - Veneta OR US Earth Solar System on Wednesday, December 12, 2012 - 08:36 pm:

Great pic, Jay. And wow, Wayne sharp eye on the beveled glass! Was that a factory thing or something installed later?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Neil Kaminar on Thursday, December 13, 2012 - 07:20 pm:

I can't get no muddy traction
I can't get no muddy traction
'Cause I try and I try and try and I try
I can't get no, I can't get no

When I'm drivin' in my car
And that mud hole sucks me down
I am sinking more and more
Trying's just useless aggravation
Supposed to fire my motorvation
I can't get no, oh no, no, no
Hey hey hey, that's what I say

I leave the rest to my talented brothern.

Neil


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Tomaso - Milton,WA on Thursday, December 13, 2012 - 08:35 pm:

That is hilarious Neil !!!!

That "Stones" song was one of the first I learned and played with my grade school rock band - OH - the memories !


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Wayne Sheldon, Grass Valley, CA on Friday, December 14, 2012 - 01:02 am:

Danial,
Many larger, and more expensive, cars came from the factory with beveled glass. Fords, of course, did not. But after-market glass and metal frames were fairly common. Frames were made in aluminum, brass (polished or nickel plated), as well as steel (which may have been plated or painted). The glass could have been beveled or plain depending on cost and/or price. Glass was usually beveled because the mounting was easier if the edge was thinner, but the glass was more durable if it was thicker.
The NOS one I have is nickel plated brass on the outer frame, with the inner frame being painted black steel.
In the photo above, I suspect the car is simply being, or has been, pulled out of the mud.
So many neat things in automobile early history.
Drive carefully, and enjoy the holidays! W2


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Danial - Veneta OR US Earth Solar System on Friday, December 14, 2012 - 01:08 am:

Rigth on, thanks for the great info Wayne. I've said it a hundred times, at least - I learn something every time I come to this site.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Danial - Veneta OR US Earth Solar System on Friday, December 14, 2012 - 01:11 am:

Ok, here's mine:

I said, Hey! You! Get off of my mud!

Hey! You! Get off of my mud!

Hey! You! Get off of my mud!

Don't hang around 'cause the T's a'stuck in my mud, baby!

(Ok, so now I know why I don't write songs....sigh)


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