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Re: Chief speedster
Photo number nine is actually a Chevrolet dealer.
Montgomery County Motor Company, Rockville, Maryland, circa 1926.
I used this photo under license in the HCCT Handbook.
Notice the long wire cables hanging next to the HCCT that were used to
reach the magneto on a running car to test the output.
Montgomery County Motor Company, Rockville, Maryland, circa 1926.
I used this photo under license in the HCCT Handbook.
Notice the long wire cables hanging next to the HCCT that were used to
reach the magneto on a running car to test the output.
Respectfully Submitted,
Be_Zero_Be
I drive a Model T ... Microseconds don't matter
For every Absolute Model T Fact there are at least three exceptions.
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Re: Chief speedster
The photo with the little guy pumping air into the tire of a 26 coupe shows a South Dakota, Pennington County 1931 license plate. Assuming they kept the license "current" that photo shows what a five year old 26 coupe looked like "out on the range."
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Re: Chief speedster
How could photo #9 be a Chevrolet dealer, with a coil tester mounted on the workbench? I would like to think it's probably the same dealer as the earlier photo above.
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Re: Chief speedster
Photo#2 is the same dealership and it’s all Ford cars as well as having Ford service posters next to the time clock. I haven’t seen Chevrolet promoting Ford service within their dealerships during Model T production. New to me.
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Re: Chief speedster
That shop photo (number nine) is very interesting, and I have seen it before. I don't know the actual history behind it myself, whether a Chevrolet or Ford dealership, or just a general repair facility, I don't know.
I would like to know where the place was located. The 1924/'25 Ford coupe nearby has a rear fender clearance light on it. These were widely sold both by catalog and pretty much any local parts supplier anywhere. However, only a few areas in the country actually required such parking lights back in those days. The District of Columbia (Washington DC) was one of the most populous areas requiring them, and seeing such lamps on more than a single car often indicates that a photo was likely taken in one of those several areas that required them. In spite of heavy advertising, those little lamps were simply not very common anywhere other than where required.
Other areas requiring such parking lamps were one of the boroughs of New York (they often show up in New York City photos. Also one jurisdictional area of Colorado (unusual for a nonurban area). I believe there may have been an area somewhere in the Pacific Northwest, but I never saw that confirmed.
The touring car farther back behind the coupe also appears to have a small rear fender lamp.
The other interesting detail on the coupe is that it appears to have a step plate on the running board. I find that interesting as they rarely show up in era photos. To me, I feel such step plates are overused in the hobby today. While they were manufactured, and heavily advertised, for sale everywhere, they really were not that common on model T Fords back in the day. While I personally don't care for them much, I cannot say they weren't available back then.
To me, an occasional fine sanding and light spritz of spray can black keeps the running board from looking too ratty. (I don't have show cars!)
I would like to know where the place was located. The 1924/'25 Ford coupe nearby has a rear fender clearance light on it. These were widely sold both by catalog and pretty much any local parts supplier anywhere. However, only a few areas in the country actually required such parking lights back in those days. The District of Columbia (Washington DC) was one of the most populous areas requiring them, and seeing such lamps on more than a single car often indicates that a photo was likely taken in one of those several areas that required them. In spite of heavy advertising, those little lamps were simply not very common anywhere other than where required.
Other areas requiring such parking lamps were one of the boroughs of New York (they often show up in New York City photos. Also one jurisdictional area of Colorado (unusual for a nonurban area). I believe there may have been an area somewhere in the Pacific Northwest, but I never saw that confirmed.
The touring car farther back behind the coupe also appears to have a small rear fender lamp.
The other interesting detail on the coupe is that it appears to have a step plate on the running board. I find that interesting as they rarely show up in era photos. To me, I feel such step plates are overused in the hobby today. While they were manufactured, and heavily advertised, for sale everywhere, they really were not that common on model T Fords back in the day. While I personally don't care for them much, I cannot say they weren't available back then.
To me, an occasional fine sanding and light spritz of spray can black keeps the running board from looking too ratty. (I don't have show cars!)
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Re: Chief speedster
Here is the link to the Shorpy original photo with data.
https://www.shorpy.com/node/8692
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Re: Chief speedster
Where does it say it’s a Chevrolet dealership. It clearly isn’t in the photos.
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Re: Chief speedster
Thank you (I think?) for that link Bob C! However, reading some of the "discussion" of that photo was downright painful!
Really sad how so many people today seem to be driven to prove to the world how STUPID they are (And STUPID is WHAT they are!). They have no idea whatsoever they are looking at, yet declare it a "rheostat" to regulate voltage, while another says it was a device used to "jump start" cars.
Ow, - ow, - ow, - ow!
"Ignorance is a fact, all people are ignorant of many things they have never needed to know. Stupid is a choice. They choose to either not learn, or to shoot their mouth off about things they know nothing about."
Really sad how so many people today seem to be driven to prove to the world how STUPID they are (And STUPID is WHAT they are!). They have no idea whatsoever they are looking at, yet declare it a "rheostat" to regulate voltage, while another says it was a device used to "jump start" cars.
Ow, - ow, - ow, - ow!
"Ignorance is a fact, all people are ignorant of many things they have never needed to know. Stupid is a choice. They choose to either not learn, or to shoot their mouth off about things they know nothing about."
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Re: Chief speedster
I did some deeper digging.
It is not a Chevrolet dealer as I was previously led to believe.
I found four photos for Montgomery County Motor Company.
It was in fact a Ford dealer.
Here is the link to all photos :
https://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q= ... o&co=npco
It is not a Chevrolet dealer as I was previously led to believe.
I found four photos for Montgomery County Motor Company.
It was in fact a Ford dealer.
Here is the link to all photos :
https://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q= ... o&co=npco
Respectfully Submitted,
Be_Zero_Be
I drive a Model T ... Microseconds don't matter
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Re: Chief speedster
I especially like the picture of the front of the dealership.
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Wow! Thank you for digging that up Bob C!
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Re: Chief speedster
Interesting all "the interest" in photo #9, cause the minute I saw it I had to enlarge it even, for some reason it caught my eye as being really neat, seemingly like one that "really knows their stuff". It's just plain cool I guess.