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Wascally Wabbit.

Post by Dollisdad » Wed Jun 29, 2022 11:35 am

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Re: Wascally Wabbit.

Post by Dollisdad » Wed Jun 29, 2022 11:36 am

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Re: Wascally Wabbit.

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Re: Wascally Wabbit.

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Re: Wascally Wabbit.

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Re: Wascally Wabbit.

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Re: Wascally Wabbit.

Post by Dollisdad » Wed Jun 29, 2022 11:41 am

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Re: Wascally Wabbit.

Post by Wayne Sheldon » Wed Jun 29, 2022 7:16 pm

Fifth picture, a 1924 or 1925 model T coupe. In addition to the "through the windshield" spotlight, nice front bumper and neat dogbone radiator cap, the car has unusual wheels. They appear to be six lug demountables.
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Re: Wascally Wabbit.

Post by TXGOAT2 » Wed Jun 29, 2022 7:26 pm

They look like the July 1926 coupe wheels to me. I can't make out the wheel bolts/lugs. Substantial looking tires on both cars. The guy standing by the spotlight coupe might well have been a GP/MD.

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Re: Wascally Wabbit.

Post by RajoRacer » Wed Jun 29, 2022 8:58 pm

Appear to be 6 lug wheels - perhaps Firestones ?


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Re: Wascally Wabbit.

Post by Wayne Sheldon » Wed Jun 29, 2022 9:25 pm

Were there special wheels for July 1926? I understand that some Fords when Ford first offered the "new" Balloon type tires and wheels did get something different. A past discussion wasn't clear, and it may have been mostly Canadian cars? I don't know. Wheels have been seen that used five lugs, and others that the lugs were not attached to the rims. Part of the unanswered problem is that many of those wheels may have not been originally Ford wheels. Numerous other manufacturers also used very similar looking 21 inch balloon tires, including Chevrolet, Star (I knew several people that had Star cars!), and I am pretty sure Overland on some models. With just minor differences in the wheels and rims, they are easily adapted to Ford hubs.
Also, lower pressure balloon tires hit the market about 1921 or 1922. A lot of midsize cars were using them by 1923, and smaller cars (Chevrolet for instance) were offering them as an option in 1924. The 21 inch size was fairly common in 1924 on cars other than Ford. After-market tire and wheel companies were offering the 21 inch balloon tires and wheels for Fords fully a year before Ford offered them. Over the years, I have seen a fair number of the after-market and altered other company wheels on Ford hubs, and even a few cars with full sets on them. Most of those ones I have seen were five lug, although I have seen a few six lug wheels for Ts.
Oh, twenty to thirty years ago, a fellow had a pair of them for sale at a swap meet. I and a lot of other people enjoyed looking them over (the fellow enjoyed showing them off!). With rims off, the stampings inside the steel fellies could clearly be read "Firestone"! The fellies were considerably different than Ford fellies, and they were five lug.
Lots of neat stuff surrounding our beloved model Ts!

The detail in that photo isn't very clear. Even zooming in, making out the lugs is difficult. However, both front and rear wheels appear to me to have six lugs centered between the spokes. Five lugs on twelve spoke wheels often have odd offsets between the lugs (my Paige is that way).


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Re: Wascally Wabbit.

Post by Chris Barker » Thu Jun 30, 2022 6:03 am

Two English Fords above.
One in the 3.37 batch with a flatbed. Registered in Bradford (AK)
Another at 3:39

Was the gruesome scene at 3:41 staged for the camera? The 'victims' appear clean and unbloodied.

What is or was Wascally Wabbit?????

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Re: Wascally Wabbit.

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Re: Wascally Wabbit.

Post by TXGOAT2 » Thu Jun 30, 2022 9:04 am

I'm not sure about the accident picture. A couple of the guys still have their hats on. I'd think that would be very unlikely in a real fatal crash. Their white shirts do look suspiciously clean, too. The vertical scratches on the left side of the picture may indicate that it is a single frame cut from a used movie film.

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Re: Wascally Wabbit.

Post by Kaiser » Fri Jul 01, 2022 6:34 am

What should we call this ? It looks like someone left a Speedster and a Huckster too long unattended in the garage over the weekend and this is what came of it :lol:
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