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How about posting some SPEEDSTER eye candy???

Do you realize that is a Model A?

From the San Diego speedster endurance run.

This was on the horseless carriage tour in Visalia.

Andy

The first one looks like a Model T with an A engine in it. The wheels and axles are T. The radiator is T.
Norm

My 14 with a Ruckstell and Muncie

My project and it’s inspiration

Here’s mine.

A before shot of the Mercury in action.


Andy

Stripped and primed. Went ahead and fit new skirts, hood and exhaust header before body and paint work.


Andy

Skirts


Andy

Hood and exhaust


Andy

Body back from paint


Andy

My favorite car - used, run hard and put away wet but I love it. It has evolved a lot and been a ton of fun over the last 30 years.

I know some of you have been there but for anyone who hasn't the NWVS Photo Gallery is an easy way to spend time.

https://www.nwvs.org/members-speedster-gallery/

Here’s mine

And a few other T’s from the Speedster Reunion in Lincoln, NE

Norman Kling wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 16, 2023 1:20 pm

The first one looks like a Model T with an A engine in it. The wheels and axles are T. The radiator is T.
Norm

It has a Model A rear end and Model A rear wheels. Look closer at the photo.

1913 Racer with later modifications.

Adam wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 16, 2023 11:30 am

Do you realize that is a Model A?

Yes.... but I really liked it. Here's a pic of my '26... I've since cut the fender supports that stick out in the bottom pic.

Missing four World Famous Speedsters!!

Ed Archer's #4

Humble Howard's Lucky #7

Fast Frank Harris #22

Dad’s speedster.


Andy

A Bow Tail Funster

Here it is.....

Speedster # 1

Speedster # 2

Started to collect parts in 1990 . . .
started building it this year (2023) . . .
it will be DONE in 2024!

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Powerwagonmaniac1 wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 16, 2023 11:53 am

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Do you have any identification on this underslung?

Robert, I wish I did. One of my favorite early pics. My favorite part are the fellows standing with pride behind it. Anyone have any other pictures of it?

One of Elbert Hall's Comet racers. He made 4, 6 and 8 cylinder cars. The article is from Motor Age 3rd September 1908 and most likely refers to one of the 4 cylinder cars.

It's interesting to note that Halley's Comet was due in 1910 and in the preceding years it would have been very much in the mind of the general public. For example in April 1908 the Scientific American published a short article in one of their special supplements entitled “The Return of Halley's Comet”. Given the similarity between the names Hall and Halley I suspect Elbert chose the name Comet as a play on words.

There are a few pages on the Comet racers in the 2007 book "Hall-Scott: The Untold Story of a Great American Engine Maker"

https://www.sae.org/publications/books/content/r-368/

If anyone has a copy of the March-April 1975 issue of Antique Automobile there is an article on the Comet by Warren Miller. I would be very interested to see a scan of that.

The Hall-Scott A2 V8 - Cycle and Automobile Trade Journal November 1910. The Comet would have had a similar engine.

Oh my god!! John E. Guitar, thank you so much for posting those article on Elbert Halls Comets. All I ever could find was the photo I had thanks again!

1914 Speedster

Always fun to see other's projects !

I assembled the body to get motivated. I’ve obligated myself to a couple events next year so look for updates as it comes together.

Andy

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Here are a couple T powered cars. They are really race cars, not very street friendly. The blue one was the 1973 Long Beach champion. The Wild Cherry II is the first model T to take king of the hill at the speedster reunion in Nebraska

Here's a few of my 1919

This is my 1927 with a new look. I went from a wood cowl to a 27 cowl and a windshield. Tom

Here is a couple of mine

Here's my 26 speedster!

I'm glad to see so many newer ones. I have shown mine here too many times but here they are again: With rear seats ...and Kent's

Haven't been able to touch it for a year.

Late to the party

Mercury

My speedster project hope to be on the road this

A recent build, this was on the forum back in late July, I went up to the U.P. picked it up, Seems to have been sitting out side for a long time. The motor still turned over so I flushed it out, wired and fired it, seems like a healthy engine with a quiet trans,

My Buddies Lynn and Greg. How I miss them.

Yesterday was the first day I got my car outside. I have a very small garage so not really had a chance to see what it looks like till now. Well I tried to keep very period and correct… but…

I built 77 back in HS and now have 26 that my dad built in 1980.

Andy, how deep are the lower valence panels on your body? The ones on the Morton & Brett are almost 8"

Great to see your build coming along!

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Sat Dec 16, 2023 3:02 pm

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Skirts


Andy

Mike how is your Mercury coming along? One day we all should try and do a group image of speedster with original bodies.

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Sun Dec 24, 2023 3:42 am

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Progress pics on a Morton & Brett

Dr Jekyll (rocker arm Fronty} and Mr Hyde (single overhead cam Fronty)

Hey Mike, the yellow one looks nice but does it run? Will we ever see it on a tour or endurance run? Or have I just not been at the right place/right time.

Ed aka #4

OK Mike! the heat is getting turned up!! Happy New Year.

The Mercury skirts are 7 inches. The second piece from the firewall forward tapers down to just under 3 inches at the radiator.

I’ve seen Mike’s yellow car in person. The early short cowl is pretty cool.


Andy

Yup the yellow mercury runs and it is licensed and insured. It needs windshield glass cut and a few adjustments and that's about it. Right now it's trapped in the back of the garage while the front of the garage is occupied by the disassembled black mercury and boxes of parts. There is a lot of stuff I need to shuffle around so it might be a few months before I get the yellow Mercury on the road. Happy New Year !

Here are few

More speedster

My '23 along the Clark Fork River.

Two full fendered speedsters.

The rear of the car after I installed Buffalo 30X3 12" wheels.

Great photos! Thanks to all for posting! And so many different ideas on how to build a speedster the owner really likes. And I liked them all also! I suspect there would be over 15,000,000 speedster possibilities at one time ?

Below is a photo from the internet (sorry I didn't save the address – my bad) that shows Harrah's 1924 Mercury when it was freshly restored sometime in the 1970s.
There is a print or painting of that car with a golf course scene in the background – I think it was on one of the older forum threads? I've been looking for that photo or thread but so far, I haven't found it. If someone has an easy way to find it, please let me know. Google search wasn’t that helpful at finding that illustration for me.

But while looking for the photo of the Mercury at the golf course I came across the Gooding & Company website at: https://bid.goodingco.com/lots/view/1-7 ... -speedster It has 65 photos showing lots of details of that same 1924 Mercury that was auctioned last year. While an older restoration at this point -- it is still a wonderful speedster.

Below is one of those photos:
Respectfully submitted,

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Thanks for posting Hap, I’d lost track of that link. It’s a wonderful car and it’s rare to get so many good photos.


Andy

Not much to look at yet, but just picked up this body over the weekend for a speedster project...

This one appeared at a car show in Menan, ID. I thought the suspension modifications were interesting.