Where’s the car?…………………. I rolled it.
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Re: Where’s the car?…………………. I rolled it.
Look at the grass barn in the back drop?
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Re: Where’s the car?…………………. I rolled it.
Think that machine is an early RollOverland.
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Re: Where’s the car?…………………. I rolled it.
And then Henry says, “I guess we’ll move the wishbone to the other side of the axle.”
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Re: Where’s the car?…………………. I rolled it.
Looks like it is/was a 1910 EMF.
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Re: Where’s the car?…………………. I rolled it.
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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Re: Where’s the car?…………………. I rolled it.
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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Re: Where’s the car?…………………. I rolled it.
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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Re: Where’s the car?…………………. I rolled it.
not a grass barn. Just loose hay stored in a large stack.
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Re: Where’s the car?…………………. I rolled it.
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.
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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Re: Where’s the car?…………………. I rolled it.
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.
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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Re: Where’s the car?…………………. I rolled it.
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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Re: Where’s the car?…………………. I rolled it.
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.
When did I do that?
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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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