Is it an R?
Yes, it's an "R". Full running boards and fenders w/o aprons. Should be 30x3 tires all around.
Or S runabout. If the trunk is pointed like the N. If an S the tires should be 28x3. The tires don't look like the early style so if I had to guess, I'd say S.
Thanks for the post.
Great picture Herb, as always! Rounded turtle deck so you could cram a spare tire(s) in , too. Nice carbide generator, also.
Look at the road. Pretty good shape compared to some. I was told once that one of the reasons for tire troubles back then was towns would scatter thin shipping crates on the roads , nails and all, and that helped horse driven wagons to navigate the muddy roads. Most everything was shipped in wooden crates back then, and pneumatic tires were unheard of before the horseless carriage came about. Undoubtedly the tires and tubes left a lot to be desired, but those nails were embedded in the roads for a long time. We can't even imagine now how bad they were.
I heard that it was ashes from furnaces and fireplaces that were scattered on roads. Nails in them from the scrap wood burned. Cannot but think that nails in the road were a hazard to horses hooves too.
There are 4 people in the pic and the car is a 2 seater??
Manuel in Oz
Not to mention the guy that took the picture!
Nice smile on the lady's face. The kid must be entertaining her.
Rich
Sweet car. Sure wish I had an NRS....maybe someday
Can someone explain what the item I encircled on the side of the car is/for?
Ron, your pic didn't come through, but if you're talking about the box below the seat with the funky fluted cap on the end, I'd like to know, too.
I believe that is the very rare square carbide generator.
Carbide Generator
I believe it is a carbide generator. There is a line going forward to the headlights. They did make some funny square ones.
Rich
Oops, I see that Ron's picture comes through now, I wonder why I couldn't see it the first time?
Thanks for the replys.
The wheels look like 30 x 3 to me. I'll say Model R. Also, the rims look like the all steel style with the felloes being integral with the rim and therefore also steel. May even have the tubular steel spokes. Not many examples left today... rust.
That's an E&J carbide generator , Ron. It appears just a single headlight on the R, too.
Layden, that's what I heard. Thanks for the correction. A local historian told the story in our paper.
Pictured is a similar side mount carbide generator
That's an E&J carbide generator , Ron. It appears just a single headlight on the R, too.
Layden, that's what I heard. Thanks for the correction. A local historian told the story in our paper.
Pictured is a similar side mount carbide generator
Could his duster be hiding the other headlamp? Seems odd to mount only one and that off center. Most single headlamps I've seen were center mounted.
It could be, but I see the crank handle and the spokes on the left front wheel. I have seen a single headlight to one side before, but the center mounted type is usually a self generating headlight. It has the carbide generator built right into the unit. You don't see those very much after '05, '06 or so. He could be reaching in the door on the side of the hood and fiddling with the carb. The R had a trap door on both sides of the hood. . His sleeve could be covering the view of the right headlamp.
I can see a bright piece of what I think was the underside of the LH headlamp.
Didn't you have to press down the carb float with a lever to flood the carb before starting one of these?
When I was a boy our family had a Model A coupe without a rumble seat. Sometimes we took 5 people in the front seat. Three adults side by side on the seat and two children on laps. Only Dad the driver didn't have anyone on his lap.
Later we had a Dodge Dart 2 door sedan with 5 kids. They would sometimes bring friends. So there were 6 people in the back seat and 4 in the front. That equals 10 Those were the days before mandatory seat belts or child seats.
Norm
you can see the left hand head light fork just past the hand crank. charley. the password wont work at all this week!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey, you're right, Charley - it's the hand crank handle I thought was the headlamp. Well, the head light fork was there for sure anyway.
y'all forget, at least two people can ride the running boards!!!
I think the acetylene hose is visible leading to the bottom of the left headlamp, or else the base of the fork, as mentioned above:
Descriptions of the R mention the brass rail on the rear deck, but I don't believe I've noticed a rail in period photos?
Otherwise, I thought the tires/wheels are not as high on the car and under the fencers as 30 inch would be, leading me to think it may be an S. It's a good "action shot" as the driver is adjusting the carb or something while apparently trying/preparing to start the car.
Thanks again for posting.
most headlight spigots come out of the light at an angle if you look at the line from the hood hook up to the light I think that is the hose ,that's on the right light did someone fix the password worked ok that time. charley