Every body has their own style.
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Dr. My Eyes, was I unwise to leave them open for so long ! The distributor is the deal breaker

Nothing a weekend and a gallon of black paint wont solve.

But it's been "upgraded"!

I have suspected that people don't all see different colors the same way. I know when someone says something to several people, each one may hear and interpret it in a different way. Eyes can't work all the same. I see 53 bids on this car and think that proves my theory.
Rich

P.S. The car itself is nice and I hope whoever gets it has as much fun as I do with Ts.

No comment.

That paint job would make an Onion Cry!!!!!!!!!!

Perfect vehicle to get some young girl interested in the hobby.... So long as the grumpy old farts on this forum with too much time on their hands doesn't chase her off.

The paint doesn't bother me half as much as seeing the front top bow sitting the wrong way! I hate that! Why can't people see how dumb that looks?!?! AGH!

Bless his soul, I think the owner is color-blind!

The paint was on sale. Who could resist a bargain?

I read all the posts before viewing the car. My reaction to the posts was that surely it couldn't be all that bad.

I was wrong.

Dick

Now that all the photos have downloaded, besides needing to be taken apart and repainted, the upholstery job looks terrible, as does the top, unless it's just the front bow not being placed properly. I can't get the photos to enlarge (dial up--aaaugh!)but something doesn't look right about the coil box switch. Also, '16 wouldn't have an aluminum hood, but that would be a good piece to trade up with someone.

Now that all the photos have downloaded, besides needing to be taken apart and repainted, the upholstery job looks terrible, as does the top, unless it's just the front bow not being placed properly. I can't get the photos to enlarge (dial up--aaaugh!)but something doesn't look right about the coil box switch. Also, '16 wouldn't have an aluminum hood, but that would be a good piece to trade up with someone.

Well, I don't know what the reserve is, but for $7600, assuming everything else is in order, it wouldn't be bad deal. You could paint it. Or if you had a granddaughter.......

Dial-up hiccups again! Sorry!

Very creative home-made wood firewall with welting around cowl and 1914 or earlier hood former.

Maybe my glasses need an adjustment? Or, is it that the light is reflected differently in Festus, Missouri?
Never having a 'soft-top', what causes the ill-fitting top bow? (Just trying to learn something.)

Marv,

When the top is being put down, you move the front top bow attachment to the lower position, (where it is the photos). When you put the top up, you move the bow attachment to the higher location, (higher up on the middle, vertical bow).

Hideous!

Hideous!

Thanks, Jerry! That helps to understand, and I'll now 'bug' our T-locals to show me first-hand. Aside from the Gawd-awful color, the photos presented mean someone doesn't know, or was taking a short-cut from doing it right...

The first thing I noticed beyond the color was the purple coil box. Reminds me of a Strawberry Shortcake car that would be going down the road in Candyland. Anybody that's had daughters around 30-35 years ago would know what I'm talking about!

To each his own and it is a clean car!

STILL better than seeing a body yanked from it's 100 year old chassis and made into a hot rod. Or a family member deciding they want the super-valuable car when granddaddy passes away, then they store it outside to rot because they never wanted it in the first place.

This car can someday be repainted and made right easily.

Caretakers at Saint Marthas Episcopal Church Cemetery report a faint spinning sound coming from one of the graves, apparently not related to the upcoming Halloween celebration.

How boring to have a world of black cars.

Color is beautiful!

I like the car! So someone wanted to stand out from all the black Fords. It is their choice to do so. You wount have any trouble find it in a parking lot.

To make folks feel better, you can pretend it's white or light gray with dark gray fenders:

The car is easy enough to fix. You just gotta wonder what someone was
thinking when they greenlighted this "good idea" and got out their wallet !

I used to work in a prison. An inmate came to me one day asking for direction
regarding an upcoming parole board hearing. We got into a pretty deep discussion
about his charges, conviction/s, and how the board sees a guy like him.

Basically, he'd been in the joint before, but got released to his Mother's house
upon completion of his sentence. He was smoking in Mom's house and she
pitched a fit. A fight erupted and he decided the best plan was to take a shotgun
down to the local grocery store and shoot a few people.

I asked him how his brain thought this might be a constructive plan forward
in his life ? In a very mater-of-fact flat affect, he simply told me "I was really
angry !"

Conclusion: It's all a lie. NOT ALL men are created equal (as we have been
told all our lives).

Erik, now THAT looks classy!

Perhaps it was the first official Mary K Cosmetic car ever given to the top sales person in 1916

When I saw the naked hood I thought it might be an Aussie, but it's US car. Aside from the silly colors, it appears to have a lot of the correct 1916 stuff. If the reserve isn't as goofy as the paint, it might be a good car to buy and repaint.

That car is owned by a member of the St. Louis group. She and her husband were winners of the Stanowski (sp) award some years ago. She has asked me to help her learn to drive it but due to her advanced age I had some trouble with this request. When her husband passed away some years ago she was left pennyless and has had over a decade struggling to just keep a roof over her head. She is proud of this car even with the funny colors. She is close to 90 years old and still working full time.

Please guys, ease up on the hurtful comments!

A minor correction, Steven. They were Rosenthal winners. As I recall, the car was one of two that a wealthy man gave to his daughters. He offered to paint them in whatever color each daughter wanted. This car was bought over 20 years ago looking just like it looks now. As far as I know, it runs pretty well.

As you say, Steven, she's had to struggle. It's easy to sit in the free seats and throw rocks, I guess....

Looks like something a young woman drives at the Old Car Festival.

Willis

Not the colors that I would have picked, but it looks to be a nice car. If I was looking for another T at this point, I'd probably throw a bid at it.

Phil and Flo I believe.

They were real nice people.

Yes, Keith. They were, and Flo still is. As Steven said, she is getting close to 90 and still working. We all knew the paint job was, shall we say, unorthodox when they bought the car, but they enjoyed it. Jeez, if you want a nice '16, buy the car and paint it black. Just skip the snarky comments.

Phil and Flo did an awesome job on the Annual Meeting in St Louis. Dick I think that was the fist time when you and I met. How many years ago was that?

If I recall correctly, the car is an awesome runner and about as correct any other non-judged car, save the lack of blackness, but that could be easily remedied.

: ^ )

Keith, yes. The annual meeting was here in 1997 and Phil and Flo did yeoman's work. The entire club pitched in and we were very proud of that accomplishment. I can't find pictures and am afraid that a subsequent hard drive crash may have caused their loss.

I have a 13 runabout that was just as bad when I bought it. The body, lights and everything were painted an off yellow, and the fenders and all the running gear were painted green! I tore the car apart earlier this year, and all that has now been changed. The chassis is now black, and I've got a gallon of midnight blue for the body which is in primer. I'm painting the running boards black today, if the weather holds out.

Now Larry,

Why would you want to cover up those beautiful spring colors?

What does a 90-year-old woman do for full time work ?

I hope I am still ABLE to do full time work at 90 !!!

I also hope I don't HAVE TO.

Both the Model T and VW bug were basic cars that were produced in the millions. While most were used for transportation, some became a canvas upon which an artist could express himself/herself and get away from mass-produced conformity. I like the paint job and it must have expressed the whimsical nature of the owner! The color scheme reminds me of certain Victorian houses.

iN HONOR OF BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.

There's definitely some potential there. The top would be my first priority, since it just looks terrible.

The paint reminds me of a story Chris Paulsen once told me about when he bought a house. I hope he'll see this and chime in. The house was very dated. Shag carpet, weird 70's paint colors on the walls, the whole nine yards. But it was so well maintained that it was almost a shame to tear it out and replace it. Whether you like the colors of the paint or not, it appears to be very well painted.

The paint ain't that bad. I was expecting far more flamboyant colors.
OR
What will you folks say when I paint my '18? Gloss black chassis with medium maroon body (anything above the splash aprons or the hood shelves)... :-)
That top will look smart when that bow is in the right spot. :-)
Those TTP dizzys with the Bosch 009 on top are fantastic if you don't have/don't want to play with a timer and coils.
I just looked again and it doesn't have a crank. Not for me... ;-) I bet I'll LOVE a starter when I finally use one when I'm even more old. :-)
Are those little "holders/brackets" between the fenders and splashes anti rattlers/squeakers? Interesting notion.
WAIT! Is that a gas ration decal up on the windshield? It asks "Is this trip really necessary?". Nice touch.
I hope the dear lady is happy with the sale price and the T finds a good home. :-)

Burger in Spokane - I don't know the answer to your question about full-time work, but just this AM my wife showed me a video of 89-year-old Doc Severensen playing his trumpet with the US Coast Guard band. He hasn't lost anything!

The Moores lived up the road from us when we moved to Kirkland in 1969. She was
about his age, but I never knew hers exactly. He was born in 1883, making a respectable
86 at the time. He used to tell us kids "dirty" jokes and poems and was a general
"character". He was forcefully retired from Weyerhauser when their steam program
ended and they ran out of things to keep an old codger safely working on. I loved his
steam logging stories and recounts of what had been around the area in "the old days".

He was still out spur climbing 150' Fir trees around his place well into the time I knew
him, taking then down in large sections using a "Flying Dutchman" system. He had been
a spar pole topper as a younger man. I guess he just liked to do it for the thrill as he
approached 90 !

Mr. Moore lived to be 105 in good health and died in his sleep in his home.

A couple T-era anecdotes from the Moores. She was one of 21 kids ! .... 18 of them
girls ! Do the math and remember this was before indoor plumbing !!!

Mr. Moore told a story of the first time he saw a car in 1905. He would have been 23.
It was at night and he described a loud, banging, "contraption" coming at him on a
rural road. He said it scared the hell out of him, as something like this was so out of
place anywhere besides on a railroad track. He stepped back off the road into the
darkness, allowing it to pass at a "safe" distance. He said every hair on his body
stood on end. A week later, while in town, he mentioned the encounter and learned
it was an automobile.

Times have changed a bit since Mr. Moore's time. From cars, to topping LARGE
trees in one's 90's !

Spar Pole Toppers were the top-notch fallers, it was a very dangerous job, and set up the area for the rest of the logging. Neat story!!

Ray Charles would be proud to own such a vehicle.

To each his own but its not a color combo I would want in my garage.