Where’s the car?…………………. I rolled it.

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Where’s the car?…………………. I rolled it.

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Re: Where’s the car?…………………. I rolled it.

Post by Joe Bell » Tue Dec 07, 2021 9:07 pm

Look at the grass barn in the back drop?

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Post by DanTreace » Tue Dec 07, 2021 9:38 pm

Think that machine is an early RollOverland.
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Post by MichaelPawelek » Tue Dec 07, 2021 9:40 pm

And then Henry says, “I guess we’ll move the wishbone to the other side of the axle.”


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Post by Chris Paulsen » Wed Dec 08, 2021 12:37 am

Looks like it is/was a 1910 EMF.


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Post by Alan Long » Wed Dec 08, 2021 1:48 am

Butterfly Arms on the rear mudguards and Mother in Law Seat? 09/10 T? Either way, glad I wasn’t in it !!!
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Post by Wayne Sheldon » Wed Dec 08, 2021 3:34 am

Shift gate and brake handle says it is not a model T. EMF could be a possibility. Whatever it was, I do hope the occupants were thrown clear! That looks like a good example of why I would never want to put seat belts into an early open car!


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Post by Chris Paulsen » Wed Dec 08, 2021 9:42 am

Wayne-here's how I came up with EMF (above). The spark and throttle are pretty distinct, the splash aprons is behind the running board brackets, it looks like the running boards are cheese grater style, full elliptic rear springs, 6 bolt hubs front and rear, the bead around the hood side, and it looks like an aluminum water pipe running across the engine.


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Post by Lgitts » Wed Dec 08, 2021 9:46 am

not a grass barn. Just loose hay stored in a large stack.


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Post by Rich Bingham » Wed Dec 08, 2021 10:18 am

There's a good chance that wreck (definitely not a Ford) sat right there in that fence row until it completely rotted/rusted away. Perhaps enough remained for an enterprising "old car nut" to salvage and restore . . . ? I'd like to think so.

For those readers who don't follow "The Adventures of Kalamity Dick" in the off topics section, grass barns were common in the Tri-burg Basin in that era. Heinrich is currently researching their evolution.
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Post by John kuehn » Wed Dec 08, 2021 11:17 am

To me the supposed grass barn is a hay rack sitting a short distance next to a barn. The barns top is just over the hay rack gives it an impression that the hay has a barn top. It looks that way because of the way the picture was taken.
As yes lots of old early cars besides T’s rusted away and deteriorated in fields and somewhere in the “back forty”. It doesn’t take long for that to happen.
I can remember seeing the remains of old cars riding the school bus in the 1950’s in some fields on the bus routes. There was a 24 Touring being slowly covered in a wash next to highway 77 here in central Texas among a few others.
I didn’t realize what it was until I was in my teens and by that time it was pretty much covered up.


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Post by got10carz » Wed Dec 08, 2021 11:34 am

This is obvious staged after the fact. Probably taken just before the war. Relatives of mine. The one on the left was a early collector.
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Post by Rich Eagle » Wed Dec 08, 2021 2:11 pm

I agree with Chris P that it looks like an EMF. This is a 1909. The RB brackets outside the splash aprons and the 4 rivet heads in the frame below the dash board look the same to me.
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Post by Wayne Sheldon » Wed Dec 08, 2021 8:45 pm

Yes Chris P, when you say EMF or almost anything else, I generally believe it! You are one of the few people I wish I was as good as at identifying early automobiles.


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Post by Jerry VanOoteghem » Wed Dec 08, 2021 9:05 pm

got10carz wrote:
Wed Dec 08, 2021 11:34 am
This is obvious staged after the fact. Probably taken just before the war. Relatives of mine. The one on the left was a early collector.
This explains much! :)


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Post by Jerry VanOoteghem » Wed Dec 08, 2021 9:06 pm

DanTreace wrote:
Tue Dec 07, 2021 9:38 pm
Think that machine is an early RollOverland.
Love it!!! :lol:

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