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Amazing T story from the PNW

Post by Dropacent » Thu May 13, 2021 11:55 am

I was recently rushing through an antique shop when this old printing plate in a dusty showcase caught my eye. It was very hard to tell in the moment what it depicted ,but what did jump out to me was the Model T Ford radiator. In person, it is much harder to see, but the photo below does help quite a bit. The cheap price convinced me to save it and bring it home. When showing my new prize to the wifey, I tried and tried to decipher the printing on it. I tried looking at in a mirror, taking pictures and changing the tones, to no avail. I gave up and headed to the shop. Wifey didn’t give up , deciphered the poor backwards handwriting and found an amazing story after amazing story on the interweb, and she even found the picture as it was shown in the newspaper in 1911 ! It is truly an amazing story, and just when you think you’ve heard it all, there is more. How the plate ended up thousands of miles from where it was taken will probably always be a mystery.
Me, being a one or two fingered typist, am not going to share the story. Hopefully some T people up in the PNW can add the narrative to this picture. I’m hopeful of that assistance. There are some great narratives online, but I don’t think it’s right to add here without the authors permission. I may seek permission if nobody desires to help.
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Re: Amazing T story from the PNW

Post by Dave Sullivan » Thu May 13, 2021 12:06 pm

Very interesting! Send more... Dave in Bellingham


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Re: Amazing T story from the PNW

Post by Dick Malsbary » Thu May 13, 2021 12:29 pm

There was a film produced in 2012 call "The Mountain Runners" that describes the Mt. Maker Marathons of 1911, 1912, and 1913. In the early 1970s a multi leg race called the "Ski to Sea" evolved, beginning at the the ski area on Mt Baker and finished in Fairhaven. It ran continuously until the virus of 2020 and in the 1990s, up to 500 teams participated. Hoping that it will resume in the years to come.

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Re: Amazing T story from the PNW

Post by Mark Gregush » Thu May 13, 2021 1:37 pm

Sweet, esp finding the copper printing plate that was used to print the papers image, imagine that!
I know the voices aren't real but damn they have some good ideas! :shock:

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Re: Amazing T story from the PNW

Post by RustyFords » Thu May 13, 2021 2:48 pm

That's pretty nifty!
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Re: Amazing T story from the PNW

Post by flatbroke3 » Thu May 13, 2021 4:54 pm

[image][/image]I was lucky enough to have my car in the movie.. here is a banner that we had made up for a HCCA car tour that was done in 2015
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Re: Amazing T story from the PNW

Post by Kaiser » Fri May 14, 2021 6:22 am

Tim, that is soooo unfair !
Teasing us with some great story, and then NOT telling it...
Now i'll spend the next hours getting lost on the interweb following dead end side tracks that have nothing to do with that great story and model T's, thanks :D

Still, a great story
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HINTS ! Amazing T story from the PNW HINTS!

Post by Dropacent » Fri May 14, 2021 12:03 pm

Still holding out for someone else to tell the story. Call it audience participation. Here are some clues. Hugh Diehl , Joe Galbraith , Harvey Haggard, Victor Galbraith , Betsy Diehl, and the Mt. Baker Club.

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