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Rich Bingham
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Post by Rich Bingham » Sun Aug 01, 2021 11:44 am

A sheep station manager in his T. Like most dogs, the Kelpie loves the ride !
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TWrenn
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Post by TWrenn » Sun Aug 01, 2021 5:54 pm

Just plain cool! That dog loved that no doubt! Just like yours does Rich


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Post by Kerry » Sun Aug 01, 2021 5:57 pm

With the covid thing happening, over seas back packers that usually get out back farm jobs haven't been able to, so good working dogs are in demand. a record price for a Kelpie was $35,200.00 AU several weeks ago.


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Post by John kuehn » Sun Aug 01, 2021 8:27 pm

That’s a working everyday Model T! Minor dings here and there and used most everyday. Looks like some kind of add on on the right side or the turtle deck. The door has been removed and with the spare tire over the door opening the guy just crawled over and in. The top was long gone when this picture was taken. Bet that T could tell some stories !
That Model T was probably done in within 20 years or less from its build date. Such is the life of a working T!


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Post by Allan » Sun Aug 01, 2021 11:58 pm

From the photo, it looks like the car may have begun as a chassis and the body purpose built for station use. The windscreen sits atop the firewall. The base timbers extend all the way to the firewall. The side boards extend forwards under the seat and the seat is mounted to them. There are no doors to get in the way. Duncan and Fraser built a "station utility" along similar lines. They re not cut down/altered/repurposed car bodies.
Somewhere I have photos of an original one family owned D and F utility, but I cannot figure out how to post them anyway.

Allan from down under.


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Post by Roverdriver » Mon Aug 02, 2021 3:42 am

Here is a similar T from Bourke in New South Wales. I believe that they were local bodies and I have a "factory" photo from 1910.
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Post by Roverdriver » Mon Aug 02, 2021 3:45 am

Here is a 1910 version.

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Post by Kerry » Mon Aug 02, 2021 3:53 am

Dane, opening your photo's gives a little more than a nice T :o :o :o


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Rich Bingham
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Post by Rich Bingham » Mon Aug 02, 2021 10:47 am

Allan wrote:
Sun Aug 01, 2021 11:58 pm
From the photo, it looks like the car may have begun as a chassis and the body purpose built for station use . . .
Thanks for that, Allan, I thought so too. Dane, thanks for those, Saunders did a fine job ! :D Kelpie in that first photo, and a near identical hat like the photo I posted. Dang sheepherders !! :lol: thanks for good pix !!
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