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Here is a photo of what looks like a high cowl T Touring doing a wheelie. But is it REALLY or is there lots of weight in the back or?

Lots of weight in the back. A roadster pickup with a few hundred pounds behind the axle would probably do it. At some point, if you kept adding weight, even a little throttle application would cause it. I've picked up stuff with a winch truck heavy enough to make it necessary to tap the brakes to steer.

There were cars built to do that for parades.

Yes I’m sure is was rigged up or weighted to do that back at that time.

I saw several of them in the '60's

everyone of them had a dramatically shortened wheelbase

Shriner Clowns had most of them.

You can see a few of these in action if you search for Leapin Lena.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/aussiefor ... 6839309454

https://www.antiquetoys.com/product/ant ... c98ba2045f

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2N90ekqkMA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fK9PiRzoMnQ

Clown car.

Built in Lawrenceburgh Indiana in the early fifties. scared the $#!* out of my dad when he was little… Model T wheelie parade car with Pegasus masthead that backfired like a shotgun? “Never heard of it”… Chris, in Boulder.

There are more
Video's to
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivTYxY6tjLI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOTAZe-QfyA
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TT too

J1MGOLDEN wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 09, 2023 8:43 pm

Shriner Clowns had most of them.

And in the OP the driver appears to be wearing a Shriner Fez.