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Posted by Dave Hanlon in General Discussion.
According to John E Guitar (From Sydney Australia): "I think that's the Colonial Motor Company in New Zealand."
Some of my comments:
It is a 1915 Canadian built touring, which is why the forked headlamps. That is one of those continuing discussions. There seems to be little proof that USA built model Ts ever had fork mounted electric headlamps from the factory on touring cars or runabouts. The prototype closed cars did have fork mounted headlamps. And a few very early center-door sedans may have had them, however even that is still debated. Most photos of '15s with fork mounted electric headlamps have been found to be Canadian built Ts.
There have also been quite a few pictures of '15s/'16s and even a few '17s with acetylene headlamps being fork mounted. They appear to be a dealer swap-out and maybe not factory authorized. People are funny things. Many are afraid of new technologies, and some did not want electric headlamps until they became better proven. Since shelf acetylene headlamps were used, the forks to mount them also needed to be changed.
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Post by Bryant » Mon Sep 13, 2021 8:13 pm

Could you imagine coming across that crate in a barn somewhere today? 🤩

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