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Mark Nunn
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- Joined: Mon Jan 07, 2019 8:01 am
- First Name: Mark
- Last Name: Nunn
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1926 Runabout
- Location: Bennington, NE
- Board Member Since: 2017
Re: Keep on truckin…
I imagine the milk van in the first photo had a lot of miles on it. A (daily?) round trip from Albion to Fremont is 180 miles!
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perry kete
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- First Name: Dennis
- Last Name: Seth
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1922 Coupe 1927 Touring
- Location: Jefferson Ohio
Re: Keep on truckin…
Mark,
After traveling the 180 miles I'm sure the milk was no longer milk but butter!
After traveling the 180 miles I'm sure the milk was no longer milk but butter!
1922 Coupe & 1927 Touring
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Jim Eubanks
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- First Name: Jim
- Last Name: Eubanks
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1926 touring, 1927 cpe
- Location: Powell, TN
Re: Keep on truckin…
These pictures are a real testimonial to the utility and durability of the model T and service provided by Ford Garages then.
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John kuehn
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- Location: Texas
Re: Keep on truckin…
The storage box on the back of the T on the 4th photo down must have been a common brand to use. It’s been seen on other T photos before beside this one. I can’t tell if the car was a Runabout or a later PU that came out in 25.
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Allan
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- First Name: Allan
- Last Name: Bennett
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1912 van, 1917 shooting brake, 1929 roadster buckboard, 1924 tourer, 1925 barn find buckboard, 1925 D &F wide body roadster, 1927LHD Tudor sedan.
- Location: Gawler, Australia
Re: Keep on truckin…
The first photo of the Dairy van must be staged. There is no way those cans on the tailgate can be full.Check out the gauge of the chain and the angle at which it is set. lovely truck though.
Allan from down under.
Allan from down under.
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John kuehn
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Re: Keep on truckin…
The first photo of the T carrying the milk cans is interesting. They have to be new cans just by looking how nice the galvanized coat is on them. Hard to believe milk cans looked this nice as we have a few of them and the galvanized coating is pretty much gone.
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Jack Putnam, in Ohio
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- Last Name: Putnam
- Location: Bluffton, Ohio
Re: Keep on truckin…
I would think the milk truck would haul the milk cans to the nearest rail head. It would take too long for the T to be efficient at milk delivery.
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Allan
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- First Name: Allan
- Last Name: Bennett
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- Location: Gawler, Australia
Re: Keep on truckin…
Food containers are tinned, not galvanised.There is a very good reason why zinc plating is not used in food containers, but I cannot recall same. I do know the local butter factory back in my childhood days employed a fellow to re-tin milk churns on the inside if they showed any signs of deterioration in the tinplate.
When they went to bulk milk collection, my Dad bought 50 of the then disused cans and chiselled the tapered top off just above the handles. He used them for many years as containers for his collection of camelias.
Nowadays the churns are collector items, bringing $50-100 I have just one left entire,
and store my dog cubes in it.
Allan from down under.
When they went to bulk milk collection, my Dad bought 50 of the then disused cans and chiselled the tapered top off just above the handles. He used them for many years as containers for his collection of camelias.
Nowadays the churns are collector items, bringing $50-100 I have just one left entire,
and store my dog cubes in it.
Allan from down under.