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- Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 11:47 am
- First Name: Herb
- Last Name: Iffrig
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1911 Torpedo, 1918 TT Hucksters
- Location: St. Peters, MO
Re: Pictures
It looks like the last photo is of a Torpedo Roadster. It is interesting that it does not have the "torpedo horn" on it. I'm think that the torpedo horn was not necessarily with every torpedo produced.
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- First Name: Keith
- Last Name: McGowan
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1916 coupelet
- Location: Puyallup, Wa.
- MTFCI Number: 24767
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I believe the last picture is of an open runabout, not a torpedo. They looked very similar, but the torpedo had front doors, which the open runabout did not have. I prefer the looks of the open runabout.
I own a 1936 Packard convertible sedan, 1962 Thunderbird, 1991 Corvette, supercharged, a 2000 Corvette convertible and a 1916 coupelet.
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- First Name: John
- Last Name: Kuehn
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 19 Roadster, 21 Touring, 24 Coupe
- Location: Texas
- MTFCA Number: 28924
Re: Pictures
It would interesting to know what the big crowd was for in the photo! Must have been somebody famous to draw a big tightly packed crowd.
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- First Name: Mark
- Last Name: Gregush
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1925 cutdown PU, 1920 Dodge touring, 1948 F2 Ford flat head 6 pickup 3 speed
- Location: Portland Or
- MTFCA Number: 52564
- Board Member Since: 1999
Re: Pictures
What ever it is, seems to be focused on the truck with packages on the roof. I was going to say something about WW1, but that car in the foreground looks just a bit "too" used for that. On the other hand, the few ladies in the picture look about right for that time. Political rally, strike? Could even be something to do with the Flu epidemic. We may never know!John kuehn wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 1:10 pmIt would interesting to know what the big crowd was for in the photo! Must have been somebody famous to draw a big tightly packed crowd.
I know the voices aren't real but damn they have some good ideas!
1925 Cut down pickup
1920 Dodge touring
1948 Ford F2 pickup
1925 Cut down pickup
1920 Dodge touring
1948 Ford F2 pickup
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- First Name: Dennis
- Last Name: Seth
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1922 Coupe 1927 Touring
- Location: Jefferson Ohio
Re: Pictures
I've seen photos of large crowds gathered like that from the same time period. One was a large crowd gathered to listen to the world series in front of a drug store radio and another was a large crowd listening to a broadcast of a boxing match. They used to gather to listen to election results too. The first radio broadcast of election results was on November 2, 1920, at 8:00pm when John Cox of KDKA radio in Pittsburgh Pa. flipped the switch and informed those listening that Warren G. Harding was elected president.
1922 Coupe & 1927 Touring
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- First Name: Marty
- Last Name: Bufalini
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1914 Touring
- Location: Michigan
Re: Pictures
I really enjoy these! It’s fun to imagine what went on before and after the pics were taken and life at the time. Thanks!
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- Joined: Thu Jan 03, 2019 3:00 pm
- First Name: Keith
- Last Name: Gumbinger
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: '14 Touring, '26 RPU, '27 Fordor, '27 Touring
- Location: Kenosha, WI
- MTFCA Number: 4661
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- MTFCI Number: 6866
- Board Member Since: 1999
Re: Pictures
Nice pictures, Tom! I appreciate them and all the time you put in to post them. Keep up the good work...
Thanks,
Keith
Thanks,
Keith
'14 Touring, '26 Roadster Pickup, '27 Fordor, '27 Touring
Motto: It's hard to build a garage that's tooooo big!
Motto: It's hard to build a garage that's tooooo big!
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- First Name: Miles
- Last Name: Bowen
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1925 Express Wagon, 1924 Touring
- Location: Brighton, MI
- MTFCA Number: 51651
- MTFCI Number: 25343
- Board Member Since: 2021
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I found the photo of a Mount Lassen eruption quite interesting. I flew up through the Cascades several times in the late 1990s and into the 2000s, and was unaware that Lassen had erupted in relatively recent history. Evidently it erupted many times from 1914-1921, and was the only volcano in the contiguous U.S. other than Mount St. Helens to erupt in the 20th century.
Miles
1924 Touring “Bonnie”
1925 Express Wagon “Clyde”
1924 Touring “Bonnie”
1925 Express Wagon “Clyde”
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- First Name: John
- Last Name: Sundstrom
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1920 Touring
- Location: Vulcan, MI
Re: Pictures
Don’t have anything to add other than I really enjoy all your old picture posts. Thank You for putting these all together.
John
John
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- First Name: John
- Last Name: Dow
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1923 Touring
- Location: Leawood, Ks
- MTFCA Number: 32344
- Board Member Since: 2015
Re: Pictures
Not a Model T but a cool pix anyway.
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- First Name: Frank
- Last Name: Seress
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1912 Towncar, 1915 Touring
- Location: Prescott, Arizona
- MTFCA Number: 27707
Re: Pictures
It is interesting to see how much smaller in stature people were back then. I used to wonder if our cars have shrunk in the last hundred years. In old pictures there are always a lot of people in the cars and made the cars look so much larger.
I left the town and the house where I grew up when I was a teenager and when I went back in my twenties, I was stunned how the house and the town has shrunk. I guess if you never left the place where you grew up you never realize such things. Sorry for rambling on, Frank
I left the town and the house where I grew up when I was a teenager and when I went back in my twenties, I was stunned how the house and the town has shrunk. I guess if you never left the place where you grew up you never realize such things. Sorry for rambling on, Frank
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- First Name: Norman
- Last Name: Kling
- Location: Alpine California
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People's height has not increased very much but they did a lot more walking and manual labor in those days. So obesity was rarer then. It even took a bit of work to saddle up and mount a horse.
Norm
Norm
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- First Name: Alan
- Last Name: Long
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1910 Canadian Touring Car and 1926 Australian built Utility
- Location: Western Australia
Re: Pictures
I too really enjoy receiving these photos and so does my 92 Year old Father. He was the one that got me into this hobby
and secured me an apprenticeship with the local Ford Dealer.
We are amazed at the number of photos you find and post so frequently! thank you!
I save all images of the 1909 /10 Model T’s and these years alone have taken up nearly all the space on my iPad
Cheers Alan in Western Australia
and secured me an apprenticeship with the local Ford Dealer.
We are amazed at the number of photos you find and post so frequently! thank you!
I save all images of the 1909 /10 Model T’s and these years alone have taken up nearly all the space on my iPad
Cheers Alan in Western Australia