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The tight tops shown on the cars are the way tops should look. Tops with pulls, sags, etc. are not made right or installed right. I did upholstery on collector cars for 35 years and made and installed many tops. Getting them to look right was very difficult.

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I had 4 inches of movement at the steering wheel before the tires would start to move. Now I have less than 1 inch of movement. I replaced the 3 pins that go in the steering shaft, the three pinion gears in the gear case and the gear in the center. It made quire a difference.

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I used to do upholstery on collector cars. A seat like that would be easy to make. A plywood base, coil springs of the correct length, edge wire bent to the correct shape and cotton padding would be correct. The leather cover would be easy for any competent upholster to make. I made many seats from ...

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When I removed the gear case cover and moved the steering wheel, I saw the pins move from side to side. I removed the steering shaft and with some difficulty removed 2 of the pins. I cleaned the pins, gears, and pin holes with cleaner to get all the grease off them. I measured the following: Gear ho...

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The gearcase is not loose on the column.

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I have determined the problem is in the gear case under the steering wheel. If I take the cover off and move the steering wheel, I can see all 3 pins for the gears moving from side to side. What is the best way to fix this? I have never worked in this area before. The car is a 1916 coupelet with a c...

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Hey guys, look at the numbers. Water has better heat dissipation than a water - antifreeze mix, so straight water cools better. However, when it gets cold water freezes so in some areas the mix may be a good choice. A water - antifreeze mix may have a higher boiling point than straight water, but no...

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I have a 1916 coupelet. I am interested in buying a genuine1916 centerdoor sedan. I would prefer an older restoration, still nice and good running. I am not interested in buying a 1920 sedan with a brass radiator and earlier fenders on it. Please let me know if you have one available. Scammers need ...

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I took my 1916 coupelet off the jackstands, put air in the tires, turned grease cups, oiled oilers, put water in the radiator, charged the battery (it has a starter as I am old), and went for a drive yesterday. It ran great.

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I have a nice early 1915 steering column for sale. I do not have any clue as to its value. What would be a fair price for both the buyer and me?

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I have what I believe to be a 1915 steering column for sale. The 1915 does not have a tube for a horn wire nor the 2 holes for mounting a horn button. It has the steel quadrant that appears to be original to the tube and is in very nice condition. The rivets look original. The gear case is the one p...

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I have what I believe to be a 1916 steering column for sale. The 1916 is just the tube itself. It does have the small tube underneath for one horn wire and two holes for mounting the horn button. The quadrant is in very nice condition but will need to be riveted onto the column. There are no dents t...

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Back in 1962 when I did not know it could not be done, I removed the engine block and transmission from my 1926 Tudor sedan. I removed the hood, lights, radiator, and head, unbolted the block and tranny from the pan, removed the starter and hogshead, and lifted the block and tranny out of the car. T...

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Do not use WD 40 to loosen stuck screws. Use Aero Croil. That is what it was made for.

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The engine number is 1000270, which is December, 1915, which is when coupelets were being made for the 1916 model year. The previous owner was Mike Kennedy, whose father discovered the body in the hills above Spokane, Wa. and restored the car. The picture is of Mike sitting in the body as discovered...

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I have a 1916 coupelet. The body was found in the hills above Spokane, Wa. in the early 1970s. It was restored as a 1915 with brass trim on the sidelights and no windows in the top. However, the trunk lid is on the top of the trunk, not the rear as a 1915 is. It is a nice running car.

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Yes, it is a towncar, among a long lineup of open cars.

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I am confused. What is the year and basic body style of the car in picture 1. The lights say 1911-12. I know that Model Ts roadsters did not have turtle decks until 1913. A top like that would not be needed on an early coupe. It is not a 1913 - 14 roadster body. What is it?

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I met Otis in 1962 when I bought my first Model T, a restored 1926 Tudor sedan. I was 19. Otis was a very friendly person who showed me around his shop and spent time with me. He, a little bit later, volunteered to sell me his overhead cam engine. Unfortunately I did not have the money for it. Then ...

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For durability I would use leather. I did upholstery on collector cars for 30 years, or so. Vinyl looks good when new but does not hold up as well as leather does, and does not feel as good on hot or cold days. The extra cost should be quite small but the quality difference will be large.

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To safely tow a Model T any longer distance with no damage to it requires removing the drive shaft, which is quite a bit of work.

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After driving your car park it and put the brake handle all the way forward. This will put the car in high gear and force the oil from between the clutch plates. This will minimize drag when starting the car and tend to eliminate any forward creep when starting the car.

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I did upholstery on collector cars for 30 years. I could never understand people doing incorrect materials or patterns. Someone with a CCCA classic would inquire about doing vinyl instead of leather. Yes, they could save a thousand or so dollars by doing vinyl, but when the time came to sell their c...

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Today I got ambitious and drove my 3 cars into the RV parking lot so I could photograph them together. They show advances from 1916 to 1936 to 2007. The Packard is quite a bit larger than the Model T or the Mercedes Benz SL 550. They are also quite different from each other to drive. Even with the t...

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Today I attended a Tacoma Mocel T Club function with my 1916 coupelet. It waws the second rarest Model T there. Ken's 1918 Canadian coupelet with removable door posts was much rarer than mine.

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The link worked for me.

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I used to do upholstery on collector cars for 35 years. Installing a top on a 1915 is easy if you do not want it to look good, but if you want it to look like a new top should it is very difficult. To keep the bows vertical, with a correct slant at the rear, with no pulls in the top material is very...

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I would like an interior rear view mirror for my coupelet. The mirror needs to mount on the vertical face of the windshield header, which is only about one inch high. The glass mirror itself needs to be in good condition. If the mount needs some work that is OK.
Keith 253-841-1126 Pacific Coast time

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I will be happy to buy it. Let me know how to pay you. Keith 253-841-1126 or oldcars@comcast.net

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I am installing a correct steering column and magneto horn on my 1916 T. On the horn one wire goes from the magneto to the horn. The other wire goes from the horn to one terminal on the horn switch. Do I need to run a wire from the other terminal on the horn button to the steering column to complete...

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I ran my Model Ts with overheads and no waterpump with no problems.

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I believe he is talking giving his T a shot of nitrous oxide. I have no idea if it would work or not on such a primitive, low compression engine.

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I have 2 steering columns I have been told are for 1916. They both have the two mounting holes for the horn button, but one has a U shaped channel for the horn wire while the other has the small round tube for one wire. Which would be correct for a 1916 made in December, 1915?

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Frank, that is my car. The repairs to the block were done about 40 years ago and have caused no problems. The car ran fine. When crossing the Narrows Bridge, which is a 6 lane bridge, I pushed the car a little. I was told later I was doing 50 MPH. It would have gone faster with no problem but I thou...

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Scott, the top on my car is not correct for a 1916. It was done in the 1915 style. Here are a few pictures of other 1916 coupelets done correctly.

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I just bought this 2007 Mercedes SL 550 about 2 weeks ago. It will have to live outside as my garage is full with a 1916 Model T coupelet and a 1936 Packard convertible sedan. I just had the exterior of the Mercedes detailed and had a 9 year ceramic coating applied to help protect the paint.

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This is what my coupelet looks like now. It is getting a starter installed. The engine block has had some repairs to it. On the side near the rear some welding has been done. Freeze cracks have been repaired. Both of these repairs were made about 40 years ago and they have not leaked or caused any p...

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The previous owner driving the 1916 coupelet onto the trailer for the trip from Spokane to Puyallup. 2021

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I would suggest buying the Model T Encyclopedia by Bruce McCalley and the Model T Judging Standards by the MTFCI.

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A little more on Bert. He was a real do it yourselfer. He built a very nice log home on his land with trees he cut down himself. He had a very nice collection of cars, which he restored himself. A few that I recall included a 1907 Great Arrow, a 1912 Abbott Detroit, a 1916 Pierce Limo once owned by ...

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What would be a fair price for a nice 1916 complete horn switch?

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I still want one.

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I still want to buy one of these.

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Thank you for the information. I checked with Dan but it had already been sold.

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I have decided to have a starter put on my 1916 coupelet. As I am old and can no longer do that kind of work, I am having a friend in the Model T club, who does work on cars for other people, do the work. Along with installing the starter, he will install a correct 1916 steering column, the magneto ...

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Yes, it is.

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I would like to buy a 1916 horn switch assembly. Please e-mail me at oldcars@comcast.net and include photos, description of condition and price. Thank you, Keith

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The below information is taken from the Encyclopedia. 1915 Sedans and Coupelets By Trent Boggess This information was found in Accession 125 Finance � Model T Cost Books 1913-1927. Beginning in December 1913, FMC began keeping detailed cost accounting records for everything they made. It is an early...

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I have been told that the 1915 coupelets had a turtledeck that opened upward at the rear of the turtledeck and that the 1916 coupelets had a turtledeck with a lid on the top that was hinged at the front. Have I been told wrong.

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Oh, it does exist. I remember when I first saw it back in about 1963. According to the owner, Burt Lobberegt, it did 107 in the quarter mile. I may have a picture of it from back then. I will look tomorrow.

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Sold to John, pending payment.

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These fit the Pasco wire wheels on my speedster, which is long gone. One is brass and old, the other is a new one I had made to fit the larger nut. The brass one fits a 2 inch nut, the other is 3 1/4 inches. $ 20.00 plus shipping.

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Frontyboy, was the 1915 the one that Bert Lobberegt restored in the 1960s, that was later owned by Ron Kipling?

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If you had posted these one month ago I would have jumped all over them. However, my sill plates for my 1916 coupelet are now restored, at a cost greater than what you are asking, and that was with me doing most of the work. Yours are a bargain for anyone who needs a pair of sill plates.

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I narrowed my list down to five.
1930 Cord L-29 convertible sedan.
1932 Lincoln KB V-12 sedan.
1929 Franklin roadster on the 132 inch wheelbase, Franklin's largest.
1939 Delage D-6 drophead de ville, bodied by Coachcraft of London.
1971 Buick Gran Sport Stage 1 convertible. One of 81 made in 1971.

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The door sill plates that came with my 1916 coupelet were pretty rough. These are very rare and were only used on the coupelets. I got very lucky and Kim Dobbins sent me one that was better than what I had for the cost of postage. Now they are ready to go on the car. They are not perfect but will lo...

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You have done an amazing job with the car. It is beautiful.

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I would like to thank everyone who responded to my post. Right now, the Model T is on the back burner as my wife has been doing chemo for a year now, we are preparing to sell our house, which is a large tri level with a lot of going up and down stairs, and get a smaller one story house, and I have b...

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When selling a car, it is best to wash the 30 years of dust and dirt off of the car, so the condition of the paint can be seen.

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I acquired my 1916 coupelet in June, 2021. Owning a coupelet had been a dream of mine since I first learned of them in 1962, when I bought my first Model T and Clymers book, Henrys Wonderful Model T. I am now 80 years old and suffering from compression fractures in my back and can no longer crank th...

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Your best bet may be to go to the Early Ford Forum, although people here4 will help with info and advice.
https://earlyfordregistry.com/

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I did upholstery on collector cars for 35 years. Installing a top and having it look good is a difficult job. Reinstalling one with all of the holes in it from the previous installation would be something I would not attempt. It would be very difficult, if not impossible to keep the holes in the top...

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The second picture looks like a 1914 T with another non Ford in front of Mt Rainier.

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It looks to me as if it is a two hand lever car, which would make it a 1909. However, I have been wrong before.
Tom, I appreciate all the early photos you post. Thank you.

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Such cars do exist. Russ Furstnow has one he has started restoring. A friend of mine has one, which he is not interested in selling. Walt needs to keep looking for the car he wants. He does not want a coupelet with a folding top. He wants a 1917 or 1918 with a solid top and removeable door posts, wh...

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On a 1920 touring the top install is difficult. To keep the rear bow in place and the other bows vertical you need to cut some wood. Determine where you want the rear bow and cut 2 pieces of wood that will go between the top of the rear seat and the bottom of the rear bow. Then cut pieces of wood to...

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Here on the west coast some Japanese -Americans sold their property to friends who took care of it and then sold it back to the families they bought it from for the same price. Most interred people lost everything they had. Ted says he and his family suffered discrimination after the war. He said so...

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After Pearl Harbor was also bad for many Japanese-Americans. Yesterday I had lunch with a few school classmates, all of us born in 1941-1942. My friend Ted Masumoto was there. We talked with him about the years after Pearl Harbor. In the relocation of Japanese-Americans his father, a farmer, was giv...

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I just looked at the photos of the centerdoor in the auction. It does not have the one piece rear section of the 1915 centerdoor but the 3 piece rear section typical of the 1916 and later centerdoors. It also does not have the 3 piece windshield of the 1915, and it does not appear, to me, to have th...

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Water Wetter does work. I used it on my 1974 Pantera. They are notorious for overheating when idling, but I could let idle in my driveway in the summer sun for 30 minutes with no overheating.

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I put in somewhere between a pint and a quart. The oil level is about 1 inch below the fill plug. It is difficult to know exactly how much I installed as the container is opaque.

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On my 1916 the filler hole is on the passenger's side. Thank you for the responses.
I made a mistake when I stated it was on the driver's side. Another senior moment.

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About how much 600W does it take to fill the rear end on a 1916 properly?

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Yesterday we pulled the rear end from my 1916 coupelet that I bought one year ago. The car was restored in the 1970s or 1980s and I wanted to check to see if the thrust washers were babbit or bronze. It turns out they were bronze, the outer grease seals were the modern neoprene type, and it looked a...

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In 1977 I discovered this in a garage in San Diego. It had been there since the end of World War II. It is a 1930 Cord L 29 convertible sedan, the 9th one known to exist at the time. To answer the threads title, what did you do with it? After getting it out of the garage and to my home I first kill...

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In 1977 I discovered this in a garage in San Diego. It had been there since the end of World War II. It is a 1930 Cord L 29 convertible sedan, the 9th one known to exist at the time.

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Griot's Garage sells a very nice 6V-12V battery charger. I have one and like it very much. It has a 2 Amp - 10 Amp - 20 amp charge rate for 6 or 12 volt and has settings for standard, AGM and gel types of batteries.

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https://spokane.craigslist.org/cto/d/co ... 47986.html
This is not my car and I have not seen it and do not know the owner. I am just letting the good people on this forum know it is available on the Seattle Craigslist. It was on earlier with a $ 55000 price.

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I noticed what appears to be an early tourabout with 4 people in it and a lovely 1916 towncar.

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I believe the last picture is of an open runabout, not a torpedo. They looked very similar, but the torpedo had front doors, which the open runabout did not have. I prefer the looks of the open runabout.

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I removed the 1909 sized steering wheel from my 1916 coupelet and installed a correct one, which was given to me by a friend in the Tacoma Model T Club. I then moved the coupelet ahead in the garage, put Stabil in the gas tank, and put the car up on jackstands for the winter. I then drove my 1936 Pa...

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The car was sold to a Mr. Albert Warlick, who was from Spokane, Wa. in January, 1964. At the time the car was my daily driver in Seattle.

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In 1962 I bought a fully restored 1926 Tudor sedan, serial number 12,745,000. Does anyone know where this car may be now? Thank you, KM

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Yesterday the Tacoma Model T Club had a potluck gathering at the home of one of the members. About 7 old cars attended, including 4 Model T Fords. The Model Ts were a 1912 T touring and a 1926 touring owned by Marty Pendriss, my 1916 Coupelet and a very rare 1918 Canadian coupelet with removeable wi...

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It began in 1962 when I purchased my first Model T, a 1926 Tudor sedan, fully restored, for $ 475. It was my daily driving car in Seattle. Shortly after the Model T came Floyd Clymer’s book “Henrys Wonderful Model T”, which taught me about coupelets. It became a dream of mine to own one someday. In ...

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When I was young and dumb, in the early 1970s I had a 23 T roadster that was stock except for the Frontenac overhead valve head on it. The car had 30 X 3 1/2 inch tires, stock steering and brakes. The speed limit on the freeway was 70 MPH. I used to get out on the freeway and pass people in their ca...

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Only 2 owners of coupelets in the MTFCA that are willing to share?

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Here are some of the car with the top up. They were taken earlier before I got it cleaned up. The interior, with headliner on the inside of the top and part of the ornate door panel, the dashboard, which is upholstered with the carpeted floor, and two of the car with the top up. When viewed from the...

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We finally got my 1916 coupelet running very well. By we I mean me and a couple of Model T club guys who were very helpful. After a carburetor problem developed I replaced the carb with another 1916 carb rebuilt by Corey Walker I had laying around. The car starts very easily now, either when I turn ...

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I recently purchased a 1916 coupelet. I understand about 60 of the 1915, 1916 and 1917 coupelets with the folding top are in existence. I think it would be interesting to find out how many of the coupelets with the folding top are owned by MTFCA members or by non-members that members know about. A p...

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Look at reflections of one of your fingers in the glass very closely. If there is one reflection it is plate glass. If there are 2 reflections it is safety glass. Or just take a hammer to it and then it will be easy to tell.

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I bought the car on June 16. Since then I have washed many years of dust off it, buffed the trunk lid and passenger rear fender, polished most of the brass, changed the engine oil, turned all the grease cups down and refilled them, oiled all the oilers and other spots that needed a bit of lube, made...

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Hey Dave, I would really like to get together with you. Please give me a call at 253-841-1126. Keith

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This one has a section on the early birds. They are very nice cars. Congratulations on your purchase. I have a very nice 1962 T-Bird.
https://www.vintagethunderbirdclub.net/

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Wow, what a great looking original car. Can you post more photos of it, especially the dash area around the coil box so I can see where the light switch and carb control rod should be and of the firewall showing the magneto horn and how it mounts, along with the top of the steering column showing th...

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Dave, I sent you an e-mail. Call me at 253-841-1126. I would like very much to get together with you. KM

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Wayne, I talked with Russ Furstnow several times before buying the car. He was very helpful and is very knowledgeable. According to Russ, the 1915 coupelets were made from about October 1914 to February 1915. The 1916 coupelets were made in late 1915 and very early 1916, until about March, as I reca...

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The coupelet body was found in the hills above Spokane in 1974. There was no chassis with it. It is a 1916 because the turtledeck lid is on the top, not the rear. The person who found it restored it as a 1915, which is why it has brass trim on the lights and no porthole windows in the top. I like th...

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You will notice the top has a nice headliner, and not shown is the inside of the firewall is upholstered and the floor is carpeted. Altogether a deluxe Model T.

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Today I got the coupelet outside for the first time since buying it. A fellow T club member came over with a spare front wheel to put on the car as the one that came with the car was flat and needs a new tube. I have polished brass, buffed some paint, changed the engine oil, made some pieces for the...

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