S Center Iowa Is this a Couplet-Photo?

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Herb Iffrig on Saturday, August 02, 2014 - 05:29 pm:


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Herb Iffrig on Saturday, August 02, 2014 - 05:30 pm:

I could have sworn I typed in Dallas Center.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Walker, NW AR on Saturday, August 02, 2014 - 06:06 pm:

Herb -- Yes, it appears to be a drop-top '17, quite rare today. It looks to have aftermarket wire wheels on it.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Wayne Sheldon, Grass Valley, CA on Saturday, August 02, 2014 - 06:27 pm:

I don't know which is more rare? The drop-top '17 coupelet? Or the wire wheels on a model T Ford before 1920 that was not being driven by Edsel Ford? (He had several)
Great photo again!
Thanks Herb!
Drive carefully, and enjoy, W2


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Philip Berg on Sunday, August 03, 2014 - 12:08 am:

Did 17 coupelet come with portholes? This one doesn't appear to have any.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mark Strange on Sunday, August 03, 2014 - 08:01 am:

Picture converted to greyscale, spots removed, and contrast enhanced:

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Walker, NW AR on Sunday, August 03, 2014 - 10:10 am:

Philip -- Yes, the 17's had porthole windows in the top. They're difficult to see in this pic, but I think they're there. I enlarged the pic as much as my computer would let me and they're pretty blurry, but I think they're there.

Of course it's possible that a non-windowed '15 was "updated" with a '17 radiator and hood, which was often done "back in the day." But folks who did that usually didn't swap out the fenders too. This car has the later fenders.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Herb Iffrig on Sunday, August 03, 2014 - 11:43 am:

Mark thank you for cleaning up the picture!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mark Strange on Sunday, August 03, 2014 - 08:51 pm:

You're welcome, Herb. I use a program called Corel Paint Shop Pro, it's pretty handy for such things.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John Stokes on Monday, August 04, 2014 - 05:10 am:

That is most definitely a Coupelet and it is gorgeous and I want one and it does not appear to have port holes but that's ok because the early ones did not have port holes!). John


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