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If anyone who read part 1 is interested, the link below has part 2. Frank Kulick was one of Henry Fords first five employees with FMC, and the only one hired by HF himself. Kulick was the face of Ford racing, and along with Henry Ford, probably the best known of all Ford employees between 1904 and 1928.

To read part 2, click on the link:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/r1wd4a2missj6 ... 2.pdf?dl=0



Part 1:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ywoqq7xqs3pmg ... 1.pdf?dl=0

My thanks to MTT editor Natalie Weaver for helping me organize the layout and text into what I hope is an interesting recap of Frank Kulick’s incredible life with Ford, and my thanks to the Model T Times.

Rob, Thanks for posting both articles, and all of the earlier ones.

David,
Thank you. That means a lot coming from you. Thank you for your many contributions to our hobby.

I found both installments to be among the finest articles I have seen in the Model T times or VF. Well researched, entertaining and thoughtfully presented. Well done Rob. You have great talent for this. Thanks.

Hi Rob, I read both parts twice and found them most interesting and well written. I was surprised to learn that Kulick left Ford in 1928 and drove Chryslers after that.

Yes, this would certainly make an interesting movie, especially for us "Fordaholics"!

Thanks for all the time and effort you put in to make this most interesting 2 part article.

Keith

Rob wrote: ↑

Tue May 24, 2022 8:01 pm

David,
Thank you. That means a lot coming from you. Thank you for your many contributions to our hobby.

You're welcome Rob, the pre-Model T coverage of the K and other models and the T racing cars you've done is very interesting. I recently purchased a genuine Ford factory T racing car seat that was sold at one of The Henry Ford Museum parts sales in the past and enjoyed reading your coverage of the racing cars. I will do a post on the seat soon, it has survived in good condition and this photo in the sun doesn't do it justice.

David,
I sent an email. There is another seat that sold on a deaccession sale on another site. Looking forward to your article on the seat.
Rob

Rob wrote: ↑

Wed May 25, 2022 3:32 pm

David,
I sent an email. There is another seat that sold on a deaccession sale on another site. Looking forward to your article on the seat.
Rob

Rob its the same seat, a parts dealer bought it at the sale and a friend of mine whose Hershey space is next to his purchased it from him as soon as it came out of the his van before he set it on the ground.

As to the Model K and Stanley race the Historical Society doesn't have a photo of the car. I assume you found the same "Vermont Phoenix" August 11, 1907, article covering the race posted below? I will post more on it soon as well.

David,
Looking forward to your articles. John Manley also raced his Model K at the state fair that year, winning a twenty mile contest with a crowd estimated over 40,000. Uhlery, the Stanley owner the Ford beat, bought a Model K shortly after the race, advertising his Stanley Steamer for sale.

There were several Model K in VT in the 1906-1910 period, and one town, Barre VT, had a "Ford Six Cylinder" Street, as of 1913 (as well as a Packard, Velie and other automobile street names). Today the street is simply listed as "Ford Street."
Thank you for your writing and articles,
Rob