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Trouble on the road.

Post by Dollisdad » Fri Mar 07, 2025 9:30 am

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Re: Trouble on the road.

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Re: Trouble on the road.

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Re: Trouble on the road.

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Re: Trouble on the road.

Post by George House » Fri Mar 07, 2025 11:19 am

Fantastic photos ! You’re amazing Tom ! Thanks…
Anyone know the operation of that doo dad on the splash apron of that ‘New and Improved’ roadster in the 6th photo ??
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Re: Trouble on the road.

Post by KWTownsend » Fri Mar 07, 2025 11:39 am

Great pics, Tom.

Photo #1 looks like it is staged.

Photo #7 looks like the same car as photo #1

Electric aftermarket headlights and Brown side lamps.

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Re: Trouble on the road.

Post by George House » Fri Mar 07, 2025 12:22 pm

6th from the bottom photo… peculiar looking altered runabout-1914 ? Really likes his accessories. Unusual English looking cowl and windscreen. I see a lot of these external coldrolled running board supports in Tom’s photos but never nowadays. .. Bumper, mechanical starter, dogbone rad cap, baby coffin in lieu of turtledeck, etc.

I guess it could be a ‘15. A lot of 1915 Ts were assembled with horizontal rear fenders.
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Re: Trouble on the road.

Post by RajoRacer » Fri Mar 07, 2025 1:29 pm

Appears to be originally began its life as a '14 - accessory cowl topper & windscreen - check out the self-commencer hanging out in the front thus the bumper !


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Re: Trouble on the road.

Post by kmatt2 » Fri Mar 07, 2025 2:03 pm

I can’t be sure , but the 12th picture down, with the 1919-1923 Coupe, looks like it was taken from the observation tower at the top of Mount Diablo, looking toward Suisun Bay and Pittsburg area. On a clear day you can see all around the San Francisco east bay and into the valley. This is why this location was chosen for the initial survey point in 1851 .


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Re: Trouble on the road.

Post by kmatt2 » Fri Mar 07, 2025 2:04 pm

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Excepting the prior Spanish & Mexican land grants, and Tribal Lands, most of Northern and Central California land surveying is based on this Initial Point location on Mt Diablo.
Some recent file pictures from top of Mount Diablo at overlook tower. Note that this current tower was built between 1938-1942 by the CCC as a WPA project. The Mount Diablo Ca State Park was first established in 1921 , with more acres being added over the years. Standard Oil & US Goverment built a road and a aircraft beacon light tower at the peak in 1929.
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Re: Trouble on the road.

Post by Steve Jelf » Fri Mar 07, 2025 2:29 pm

#1 illustrates how I go. Both spare tires should have new tubes in them, with just enough air to keep the tubes in place. Changing clincher tires is an ordeal for some folks, but with practice it becomes routine, and no big deal.
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Re: Trouble on the road.

Post by model t mike » Fri Mar 07, 2025 4:51 pm

kmatt2 wrote:
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I can’t be sure , but the 12th picture down, with the 1919-1923 Coupe, looks like it was taken from the observation tower at the top of Mount Diablo, looking toward Suisun Bay and Pittsburg area. On a clear day you can see all around the San Francisco east bay and into the valley. This is why this location was chosen for the initial survey point in 1851 .
Interesting, my first thought is the old Ridge Route over Tejon pass from Los Angeles to Bakersfield.


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Re: Trouble on the road.

Post by kmatt2 » Fri Mar 07, 2025 9:02 pm

In the sixth picture down, the 1926-27 Roadster, it looks like that round thing in the right side splash apron may be a after market oil level gauge of some sort, but I can’t tell for sure when I blow up the picture.

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