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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jay - In Northern California on Friday, December 06, 2013 - 10:30 am:


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Tim Wrenn on Friday, December 06, 2013 - 01:28 pm:

must've been exciting. Looks like a '14?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By G.R.Cheshire on Friday, December 06, 2013 - 01:35 pm:

Is that an acetylene tank on the running board I've heard of them but that is the first one I've seen.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bob Coiro on Friday, December 06, 2013 - 02:20 pm:

Yeah, that looks like a '14. I've seen Prest-O-Lite acetylene tanks on Model T's before, but those examples are rare enough for me to guess they were after-market retrofits. I suppose the tanks were less of a bother because unlike the carbide generators, they didn't require cleaning after each use. But to my mind, carrying a pressurized bomb on the running-board constitutes a significant hazard. The carbide generators contained low pressure and low volume.

Gas lights are ever so much cooler than electrics and at car-shows, you can demonstrate their use by having a spectator light them with a match (and then follow that up with lighting the oil lamps and ahooga-ing the horn, after which you can demonstrate hand-cranking the engine).


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Val Soupios on Friday, December 06, 2013 - 06:40 pm:

I believe they were an option and the car could be ordered either way but the basic car came with the generator unless specified otherwise. It may have been a dealer change item however and not an option from the factory. I would love to know the real story if someone has the information.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Warren W. Mortensen on Friday, December 06, 2013 - 06:57 pm:

I don't think you'd see the Presto-lite tanks out on the farm much but I understand they were quite popular in the cities where it was easy to exchange them when needed.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Royce in Dallas TX on Friday, December 06, 2013 - 07:20 pm:

Prest - O - Lite tanks were factory optional on pre - 1915 Model T's. They were often noted in the Accounts receivables ledger.


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