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How interesting ! That 1st picture is of an obviously new ‘New and Improved’ outside a dealership with Non Treated wood spokes. And the last picture tells me they lost cowl lamp fonts way back when. . Thanks again Tom. I don’t know how you do it but its giving us a great deal of entertainment.

The cakes trailer is great. I have never seen anything like it.

A great bunch of photos indeed!
George points out the new "improved" model in the first photo with the "natural" finished wheels! Great spotting of a known but unusual option. It is a 1926 (no headlamp cross bar), and has a neat set of wind wings also.
Pictures two and three appear to be an Australian Ford (Tarrant? Holden?). No doors on the left hand side? Actually, I "think" I can see them there, they just don't stand out like the USA and Canadian built bodies do.
Picture four is a 1917 with the even folding windshield. I can also see the horn button on the steering column. I can't see whether the windshield brackets are bolted to the windshield frame or riveted? That detail would narrow it down to early or mid 1917.
Picture six is a 1908 model S roadster, however the rumble seat has been removed. I think the car had seen better days.
Picture eight is a later 1917 runabout with the offset folding windshield, but still has the 1915 through 1917 horn button!
Picture number thirteen is a GREAT looking boat-tail speedster! Wire wheels and an interesting front axle?

Thank you Tom R as always!

Thanks Tom. First photo has no license plate on back yet. Also, probably the dealer looking out the window. Also a violin in the back seat. This is what my 27 Touring wants to look like: all black. BEAUTIFUL!!!

The second and third photos are Australian. The car is a 1925 model, locally referred to as a Dalgety Ford. Ford decided to terminate the agencies/distributorships in all the different states, but their Geelong factory was not yet ready for production.The 1925 model bodies were built by Duncan and Fraser in Adelaide. This is the first Model T to have the same body Australia wide. D&F produced better quality bodies than most, and likely were the only ones capable of producing them in the numbers required. The bodies were shipped to Geelong and assembled onto chassis in the old Dalgety woolstore building. Hence the Dalgety reference.
Distinctive features are the curved lower windscreen and the concealed hinges on the doors, of which there are four. My Henrietta was one of these tourers before being converted into her present buckboard form.

Allan from down under.

First pic goes to show how NICE the paint was on those cars...they just didn't hold up for a variety of reasons. Mostly lack of good technology and definitely just lack of the kind of care of which most of us provide our cars today, both modern as well as vintage. And in some cases maybe more for the vintage!

Thank you Allan B for the clarification!

The photo of the roadster and fifth wheel cake trailer appears in a book entitled "Delivery Trucks" by Donald Wood. The caption with it reads;

"Here we see the transition from horse to motor. A onetime horse-drawn baker's wagon had its front axle replaced by a fifth wheel so it could be pulled by this circa 1915 Ford Model T coupe. Note the horn on the side of the steering wheel." The photo is attributed to Fruehauf.

Of course, we all know that is a roadster, not a coupe.

Allan from down under.

The last picture is very interesting to me because San Francisco Floral Company is a very popular and busy florest still in business in downtown Fresno California currently at 5080 East Tulare Street.