I live in a rural Oregon county with a current population of about 7000. It had a population of around 10,000 in 1919.
Here is an account from our local paper on April 3, 1919: ' Sales of automobiles promise to break all records in 1919. Many cars have been bought already, and the season is just getting under way. Rodgers Brothers ordered 200 Ford cars for the season, a number much greater than ever has been handled in any past year. To date 28 have been received."
And not a single one of them survived although there are a few T's here in the county.
Ralph
Lots of 1919 Ford for sale
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RalphS in NE Oregon
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Rich Eagle
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Re: Lots of 1919 Ford for sale
New features like starter and generator and demountable wheels maybe? Or just good advertising?
When did I do that?
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Re: Lots of 1919 Ford for sale
I wonder how many relocated, how many ended up buried in someone's backyard, and how many went to either the scrap dealer or the WW2 scrap drives? Possibly a lot of them got traded in for the newer cars, and ended up with that starring role at the end of The American Road - where those scrapped T's went into the furnace to make new cars.
1919 was a good year, tho... Demountable rims, BATTERY lights and starter, and wow... what luxury!!!
I also suspect a lot of them were sold outside the area... especially in the rural areas, there wasn't a Ford dealer for miles... so the car they sold could have ended up elsewhere far away.
1919 was a good year, tho... Demountable rims, BATTERY lights and starter, and wow... what luxury!!!
I also suspect a lot of them were sold outside the area... especially in the rural areas, there wasn't a Ford dealer for miles... so the car they sold could have ended up elsewhere far away.