NZ Ford dealer c 1915

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Model T Ford Forum: Forum 2009: NZ Ford dealer c 1915
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Adrian Whiteman on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 06:35 am:

Not quite as eloborate as some dealerships seen on the forum recently! But here is the New Zealand Ford agent's building in Auckland, New Zealand around 1915
Cheers
Adrian



Close up of cars:
("Benzine" = Gasolene - in the advert on the wall)




Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Adrian Whiteman on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 06:46 am:

And here is the Colonial Motor Company (Ford importer) assembly building in Wellington NZ c1920:


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Adrian Whiteman on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 06:59 am:

And one from Stratford, New Zealand:


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Harvey Decker on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 09:23 am:

Adrian: Great photos, #'s 2 & 3 very clear /sharp.
Thanks for sharing.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Roger Karlsson on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 02:04 pm:

Nice pics, Adrian!
Was the term "Benzine" used for a long time in NZ? Is it "petrol" now, like other commonwealth countries?
(It's "bensin" here in Sweden)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dick Lodge - St Louis MO on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 02:16 pm:

It's "benzine" in Holland, too.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Adrian Whiteman on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 04:07 pm:

Hi guys, it is now known as petrol in New Zealand, but for many years - into the 60's even early 70's benzine could still be seen on signs and gas pumps here and there. It is not unusual for older folk to still fill up with benzine, although this is fading away,
Cheers
Adrian


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Michael Snyder on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 10:42 pm:

Hey!,
Check out the fork mounted electric lights on the 1915 touring.
Mike Snyder


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John Stokes on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 11:12 pm:

A number of the photos Adrian has been sharing I have purchased for use in the NZ Model T book.

Michael - good observation. If you contact Hap Tucker, he will share with you some of the findings he made from these photos, on that very subject. It is something of a revelation.

The photos at the top of this thread are taken at Souter Brothers in Auckland - it is either the Souters or Hughans in Carterton that were the first Ford dealers in NZ. If my memory is correct (I've not checked my records) the Souter brothers are the two passengers in the Touring car, and the chap behind the steering wheel is a visitor from Ford of Canada.

Southers was based in Cambridge and they had been given the entire northern region, including Auckland, in which to sell Fords. So these photos are of a branch of Souters, rather than the main office in Cambridge!

The horses and cart in the archway was how the cars were delivered from the wharf from Ford of Canada! These cars were doing those horses out of a job!

John Stokes
New Zealand


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By kwtownsend on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 11:12 pm:

Michael-
Many of the Canadian, eh? cars had fork mounted electric headlights in 1915. I'd suspect that most of the '15s down under are that way.
-Keith


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Adrian Whiteman on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 11:50 pm:

Hi John, that is ironic - horses to transport cars for assembly to - do the horses out of a job!
Sounds like a Government operation :-)
Cheers
Adrian


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Royce Peterson on Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 08:36 am:

There is a picture of the yard at the Highland Park plant in the section of Bruce's CD "Ford and the Ford Shops" showing horses being used to pull trailer loads of Model T bodies around.

Perhaps it was a delivery from one of the body makers like O.J Beaudette (for example) to Ford.


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