Open runabout converted to a touring- Photo, good shot of the ugly horn!

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Model T Ford Forum: Forum 2014: Open runabout converted to a touring- Photo, good shot of the ugly horn!
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Herb Iffrig on Thursday, June 12, 2014 - 08:21 pm:


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By charley shaver on Thursday, June 12, 2014 - 08:33 pm:

herb! how dare you call that org torpedo horn ugly !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!lol.charley


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Herb Iffrig on Thursday, June 12, 2014 - 09:20 pm:

If I remember it was quite a few years ago on one of the forums that that horn was called the "Butt-ugly" horn, I guess I remembered it that way.
They were used on some of the torpedoes but not all of them. There was a reason for using them. It had something to do with the hood I think.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Walter Higgins on Thursday, June 12, 2014 - 09:33 pm:

The firewall is a few inches more narrow, making the hood difficult to open when using a conventional horn with the large bell.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Wayne Sheldon, Grass Valley, CA on Thursday, June 12, 2014 - 11:17 pm:

Gotta admit. The car is interesting. I wonder if the rear doors open at all?
Thanks Herb!
Drive carefully, and enjoy, W2


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Herb Iffrig on Friday, June 13, 2014 - 06:39 am:

Does it look like a 09-10 Ford rear seat from a touring?
What I'm thinking is that the young man about town who had a Runabout decided to get married, had a family and needed a bigger car.
He liked the extra legroom in the open runabout.
The kids just crawled over the front seat to get in the rear.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Royce in Georgetown TX on Friday, June 13, 2014 - 07:36 am:

It is a torpedo chassis, hood, fenders, steering column and firewall with a touring body swapped on rather oddly I would say......


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Tom Strickling on Friday, June 13, 2014 - 08:56 am:

Torpedos have doors.
This is an open run about isn't it??


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Royce in Georgetown TX on Friday, June 13, 2014 - 10:59 pm:

Tom you are right, the windshield supports are a clue.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Gary Schreiber- Santa Isabel Ecuador on Saturday, June 14, 2014 - 09:19 am:

"Open runabout" is also in the thread title.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Derek Kiefer - Mantorville, MN on Saturday, June 14, 2014 - 06:21 pm:

The front seat looks to still be the low open runabout style seat. The gas tank must be on the floor between the seats. Good thing those kids don't need much leg room. :-)


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