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Ford dealership

Post by Gary_in_MN » Fri Jan 10, 2025 9:44 am

Views of the parts dept and one of the mechanics. Gary
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Re: Ford dealership

Post by Jones in Aiken SC » Fri Jan 10, 2025 9:52 am

Ah, for the good old days when all auto mechanics wore bow ties!
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Re: Ford dealership

Post by DanTreace » Fri Jan 10, 2025 10:32 am

Photo #2 is the Model T chassis assembly team for display to the audience of the Pan American 1915 Exhibition. Dressed for the occasion ;) .

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Re: Ford dealership

Post by DHort » Fri Jan 10, 2025 11:39 am

Love photo #3. If I do not like the body I have, I just come in and buy a centerdoor. Nice.
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Re: Ford dealership

Post by ModelT46 » Fri Jan 10, 2025 12:02 pm

Thank you Gary for the photos. Post some others from your collection.
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Re: Ford dealership

Post by ModelT46 » Fri Jan 10, 2025 12:05 pm

Dan, I beleive that there is, in existence, one of the 1915 assembled at the fair. Does anyone know where it is now.
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Post by BobD » Fri Jan 10, 2025 12:06 pm

The “Genuine Ford Battery” for $16.50 in picture #1 seems expensive.

Not knowing the exact year, assuming from the radiator shell with shutters on the wall may date it to ~ 1926. Inflation calculator says $16.50 = $294. in today's dollars.
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Post by Jerry VanOoteghem » Fri Jan 10, 2025 12:17 pm

BobD wrote: ↑
Fri Jan 10, 2025 12:06 pm
 The “Genuine Ford Battery” for $16.50 in picture #1 seems expensive.

Not knowing the exact year, assuming from the radiator shell with shutters on the wall may date it to ~ 1926. Inflation calculator says $16.50 = $294. in today's dollars.
I just paid $288 for a new battery for my wife's car, so that sounds about right.
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Re: Ford dealership

Post by RajoRacer » Fri Jan 10, 2025 12:22 pm

Story has it that a 1915 Touring assembled at that Expo is in our local T Club in Kitsap County, WA.
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Re: Ford dealership

Post by Mark Nunn » Fri Jan 10, 2025 4:05 pm

The last photo has Apperson Motor Cars signs above the tire pumps. Might this be a multi-make dealership?
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Post by Kerry » Fri Jan 10, 2025 5:50 pm

$16.50 for a battery was cheap, when Ford went to electric option, they cost $25.00.
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Re: Ford dealership

Post by Gary_in_MN » Fri Jan 10, 2025 8:26 pm

Good eye Mark, that is an Apperson poster near the top.
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Re: Ford dealership

Post by Russ_Furstnow » Sat Jan 11, 2025 9:37 am

The third photo shows two "removable pillar" coupes bodies sitting on top of the sedan bodies. The tops of the sedan were very strong to support this weight! Russ Furstnow
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Re: Ford dealership

Post by hull 433 » Sat Jan 11, 2025 1:30 pm

Five closed bodies in a dealership - winter bodies for converting open cars?
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Re: Ford dealership

Post by TXGOAT2 » Sat Jan 11, 2025 1:49 pm

Apperson Jackrabbit
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Re: Ford dealership

Post by Southfork Creek » Mon Jan 13, 2025 10:32 am

In my Ford literature collection zI have one of the 1915 Pan Pacific Ford Exhibition handouts which I presume you could have picked up if you saw the touring assembly show there, or maybe you received it if you bought one of the assembled cars. Beautifully printed. I've tried to resize photos so I can post them here, but I've never been successful in doing so. Or, can I post scans here? I really need to learn how to do that.
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Re: Ford dealership

Post by Gary_in_MN » Mon Jan 13, 2025 11:21 am

Not all dealerships were well supplied. Very early " Ford Motor Cars" sign on the left.
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Re: Ford dealership

Post by Kaiser » Wed Jan 15, 2025 10:19 am

Funny that last photo, they must have been scared the stove would burn their hard earnings to a crisp, a board was put between the stove and the safe :D
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