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I can’t tell but is that a cow on the license plate? Old farm tag maybe?

Unless I'm mistaken that is a 1938 Ohio Anniversary tag. Jim

Sharknose Graham across the street ???

Yep that’s right

TFan wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 10, 2021 11:49 pm

Unless I'm mistaken that is a 1938 Ohio Anniversary tag. Jim

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reminds me of the game “Oregon trail”

It never ceases to amaze me the amount of knowledge that this group has!
Absolutely fantastic... Alan in Western Australia

Looks like a stubborn old cuss. Looks like he has sealed beams in his headlights.

What a great photo.

That T and its owner were still hanging in there in '38. Let's say he's 80 years old. He'd have been born in 1858 and would've remembered the Civil War from a child's perspective.

Looks like the T has a sealed-beam headlight conversion.

Yeah, Brent, I think that's a Graham and a '38 Ford.

Sealed beams were new tech in 1938. He probably has a water pump on his engine and Marvel Oil in the crankcase and some of that fancy high-test gas in the tank!

Were suspenders out of fashion at that time? It's interesting that he's wearing them under his shirt. Did shirts have slots sewn in by the waist for the strap to button to your pants?

No that’s a button strap to take up the waist of the pant. You want your front to look good the back not so much. By the way you notice how advanced the spark is. On may T that’s a broken arm, ha!

JTT3 wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 11, 2021 11:00 am

No that’s a button strap to take up the waist of the pant. You want your front to look good the back not so much. By the way you notice how advanced the spark is. On may T that’s a broken arm, ha!

He's probably starting on Mag .. . or he's just too tough to care.

If you look closely, his right hand is pushing down on the crank while his left is on the choke rod. Maybe he's just priming the engine and THEN set the controls and turn the key. Starting his car is old hat for him.

Pat & John I agree this isn’t his first rodeo but perhaps his trusted first car. He ain’t scared. He looks so much like a weathered actor I’ve seen in many old movies. Can’t remember the guys name but he always played a lawyer banker type and always added to the character.

TXGOAT2 wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 11, 2021 9:58 am

Sealed beams were new tech in 1938 . . .

Good point ! Odd looking lens, probably just something "close" and farmer-rigged. I can't see the water pump or the MMO.

I remember guys like that.
It's a 1924-25 Coupe. The radiator is missing and the fender lip is bent up making it harder to identify. The 30 X 3 1/2 wheels would suggest '24 or late late '23.
There is plenty to like about that photo.
Rich

Rich Eagle wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 11, 2021 3:22 pm

I remember guys like that . . .

Uh, Rich . . . we are guys like that !

Yes we are. Well said.

For some perspective of the era, nearly 1/2 of the states still did not require a driver's license at that time, and later, once licensing became mandatory, exams were not always required and some states issued "MODEL T ONLY" licenses to the Old Timers who had never driven a "modern" car and the state had no intention of allowing them to, without an exam (which was still a ways off in time, in many places).

Ha just remember the actor I was thinking about.

John Hoyt

Maybe a little more like,

"He's very clean!"

Robert, Paul doesn’t look anything like the guy. Guess it’s the hair.