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I just spoke with Craig Beek about his brass T's...
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2025 1:19 pm
by Marshall V. Daut
We had a nice discussion for about 20 minutes and he seems to be doing better these days than in the past few years. He mentioned that he will sell more of his Grand National Winner Show Model T's, including his Town Cars. He has sold only seven of his mighty collection and has about 20 brass T's left for sale. I have visited his collection many times and never failed to be awed. I especially love his 1910 Coupe. (Have you ever seen one?) For more information, contact Craig or do an on-line search for photos of his fabulous collection.
Marshall
Re: I just spoke with Craig Beek about his brass T's...
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2025 3:20 pm
by TRDxB2
Some of Craig's cars
1910 Coupe
Re: I just spoke with Craig Beek about his brass T's...
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2025 5:48 pm
by Jerry VanOoteghem
Is the 1912 Pie Wagon the one built by John Regan some years ago?
Re: I just spoke with Craig Beek about his brass T's...
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2025 6:43 pm
by Ron Patterson
Jerry
I was wondering the same thing?
Ron Patterson
Re: I just spoke with Craig Beek about his brass T's...
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2025 6:53 pm
by George Mills
Jerry…
I still look for Austin Mitchell’s to show up. Austin lived in Elgin Illinois and his Delivery Car was really, really nice too….
Re: I just spoke with Craig Beek about his brass T's...
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2025 8:25 pm
by Tbird
Jerry VanOoteghem wrote: ↑Wed Mar 19, 2025 5:48 pm
Is the 1912 Pie Wagon the one built by John Regan some years ago?
Jerry,
That pie wagon was built by Bill Brommer.
Re: I just spoke with Craig Beek about his brass T's...
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2025 9:44 pm
by TRDxB2
Jerry VanOoteghem wrote: ↑Wed Mar 19, 2025 5:48 pm
Is the 1912 Pie Wagon the one built by John Regan some years ago?
No! You can tell by the decal

Re: I just spoke with Craig Beek about his brass T's...
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2025 6:24 am
by Jerry VanOoteghem
TRDxB2 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 19, 2025 9:44 pm
Jerry VanOoteghem wrote: ↑Wed Mar 19, 2025 5:48 pm
Is the 1912 Pie Wagon the one built by John Regan some years ago?
No! You can tell by the decal
Okay Frank, I'll bite. Just how can I tell from the decal, especially since Craig's is barely visible in the photo of the car? Is that Craig's decal you pictured? I'm not familiar with Regan's decal for comparison... I suppose I should be

Re: I just spoke with Craig Beek about his brass T's...
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2025 1:02 pm
by TRDxB2
Lets say when two strong willed people have a discussion about correctness, sometimes there is a disagreement and the information source. As I recall Craig had said that when he was having the decal made, he was told that the font style he submitted was not used in that time frame and it was changed as shown as one used.
Its always hard to use old photos or Ford advertising (artist renderings), making it hard to properly identify things.
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This image is on Craig's Delivery Car. The "Ford" actually is more pronounced but the glare makes it difficult to see
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Some others adopted an image to match body color (not Regan's)
Re: I just spoke with Craig Beek about his brass T's...
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2025 3:34 pm
by Jerry VanOoteghem
TRDxB2 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 20, 2025 1:02 pm
Lets say when two strong willed people have a discussion about correctness, sometimes there is a disagreement and the information source. As I recall Craig had said that when he was having the decal made, he was told that the font style he submitted was not used in that time frame and it was changed as shown as one used.
Its always hard to use old photos or Ford advertising (artist renderings), making it hard to properly identify things.
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This image is on Craig's Delivery Car. The "Ford" actually is more pronounced but the glare makes it difficult to see
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closeup.jpg
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Some others adopted an image to match body color (not Regan's)
Thanks!!
Re: I just spoke with Craig Beek about his brass T's...
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2025 12:08 pm
by Tbird
Here’s John Regan’s decal.
I copied my decals after John’s.
Re: I just spoke with Craig Beek about his brass T's...
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2025 12:24 pm
by Tbird
Here’s John Regan’s decal.
I copied my decals after John’s.
Here’s the one on Bill Brommer’s
Between the three (Craig’s, John’s, and Bill’s)
There are three different types of Fonts.
The logo that Bill copied from is the one found on the sales literature for 1911. He did his in all gold/yellow as where John and Craig have the white background with the blue lettering and lines, which would be correct according to John’s research.