Proud Egyptian with his speedster

Post by **Dollisdad** » Sun Nov 21, 2021 7:24 am

Post by **TWrenn** » Sun Nov 21, 2021 10:30 am

Shucks, I was expecting a double hump camel!!

Post by **JohnM** » Sun Nov 21, 2021 1:23 pm

It appears to not have a radiator cap. Hope he carries lots of extra water for driving in the hot sand!

Southfork Creek · Post by **Southfork Creek** » Sun Nov 21, 2021 1:40 pm

Right hand steering, odd cowl lights, fenders all have an unusual pronounced bend design to the middle of them that I sort of like, odd hood 2 louver side panel, wind shield looks like just the top have of a Model t windshield?

Michael Peternell · Post by **Michael Peternell** » Sun Nov 21, 2021 6:42 pm

Paint it purple! Looks a bit like one I've seen on our site. What's his name...?..

Chris Barker · Post by **Chris Barker** » Tue Nov 23, 2021 7:00 am

Assuming the photo was taken in Egypt, I would guess that the car was adapted from a Britsh Army Ford left after WWI. Model Ts were used extensively and successfully in the western desert and in Palestine - though the Rolls Royces usually get the PR credit!

Post by **Sarikatime** » Tue Nov 23, 2021 8:30 am

The front fenders give the illusion of cobras ready to pounce. What an assortment of parts. Just my imagination going wild again.

Post by **JBog** » Tue Nov 23, 2021 10:18 am

Chris Barker wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 23, 2021 7:00 am
Assuming the photo was taken in Egypt, I would guess that the car was adapted from a Britsh Army Ford left after WWI. Model Ts were used extensively and successfully in the western desert and in Palestine - though the Rolls Royces usually get the PR credit!

How neat! I never knew that!

Southfork Creek · Post by **Southfork Creek** » Tue Nov 23, 2021 11:17 am

You know, you're right, I bet that car was put together from parts from the British expeditionary force in Egypt, Palestine, and all over that area from about 1915 to about 1920? I forget what the problem was, I think the Ottomans or somebody attacked the British in Egypt. I do remember the story a little bit about the 19,000 or so model T's the British eventually convinced Henry Ford to sell them, a lot of which were armed with Lewis guns. I've shot a Lewis gun and it is really a bad ass contraption, it must've been interesting to try to shoot one off of a model T. The parts on this roadster all appeared to be 1921 or before parts, so, yes, that sure fits into the parts being taken from one of the British expeditionary model T's. That's all the more interesting, here a guy builds a speedster from old wartime matériel model T parts, literally pounding swords into speedsters!