neglus
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posted on April 27, 2004 04:06:27 PM new
Does anyone know if this a "model t" on School Street Boston ? TIA
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trai
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posted on April 27, 2004 04:28:34 PM new
Looks like a model A to me. The model T came out later. Check out Fords turn of the century as there are a lot of good sites on the web,
History of Henry Ford is one.
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max40
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posted on April 27, 2004 04:28:50 PM new
Looks too upscale to be a model T. Hard to tell from the picture.
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dadofstickboy
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posted on April 27, 2004 04:31:47 PM new
Here's some pics you decide.
http://images.google.com/images?q=Model+T&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en
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neglus
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posted on April 27, 2004 04:37:46 PM new
Thanks for the links..I think I need new specs!!! Ithink I will just go with "early auto" 
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classicrock000
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posted on April 27, 2004 06:18:58 PM new
looks like a crowded city to me
[ edited by classicrock000 on Apr 27, 2004 06:19 PM ]
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dadofstickboy
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posted on April 27, 2004 06:38:47 PM new
The city is boston.
The plate # is 5503.
Run it through Mass motor vehicles.
And see what kind of car that plate is registered to!
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neglus
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posted on April 27, 2004 06:55:13 PM new
Thanks Dado'! I did look up history of Mass plates (Mass was the first state to issue plates) and you can tell the year of issue by the plate number.."3242 - 7013 = 1904".. probably not going to use it in the listing but fun to know!
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bob9585
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posted on April 27, 2004 07:10:44 PM new
ABSOLUTELY NOT a Ford of any kind. Way too fancy, windshield, headlights, radiator shell are all wrong.
Model T ford predates the model A by decades - A introduced in 1928, T introduced 1908.
There was a Model A Ford produced even earlier- 1904-5 but in very small quantities and few survive, are little known except to enthusiasts.Ford bought back many of them
after the T came out.
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sparkz
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posted on April 27, 2004 07:58:17 PM new
My guess it's a Merry Oldsmobile. The girl riding in the front seat is probably named Lucille. Serioulsy Neglus, I would do a Google search for Oldsmobile and see if it could possibly be that make. The final Oldsmobile is scheduled to roll off the assembly line this Thursday. I suspect photos of the early ones will suddenly become hot items for collectors by this weekend.
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dadofstickboy
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posted on April 27, 2004 08:04:12 PM new
1904 Oldsmobile the year the plate was issued.
http://images.google.com/images?q=1904+Oldsmobile&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en
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bob9585
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posted on April 27, 2004 10:36:04 PM new
Odds are its a brand you've never heard of, a Pope-Hartford, Simplex or Winton.
Of the American brands currently sold in America only Cadillac, Ford and Olds were in mass production.Buick was just starting out with less than 400 cars for the year - all the others came later.
Did anyone besides me notice that it's a right hand driver?
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classicrock000
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posted on April 28, 2004 10:09:59 AM new
no I didnt bob-but I did notice how clean the streets and sidewalks are
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yeager
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posted on April 28, 2004 10:03:17 PM new
It might be a Packard too. They were first built in 1898 I believe. FYI. They have a NEW Packard prototype. Looks cool.
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classicrock000
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posted on April 29, 2004 04:32:57 AM new
packards-are they the ones that had the rumble seat in the back?I remember my uncle had a car with a rumber seat in the back.It had no back seat,but were the trunk should be, a door folded down and there was a seat that fitted 2 people.I rode it in once or twice in the early 50's,was like riding in a convertible.Of course if the car ever rolled over,there was no protection.I guess people never thought of those things back then.
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dacreson
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posted on April 29, 2004 06:12:05 AM new
Hello
There is a Model "T" there but it is parked.
David
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yeager
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posted on April 29, 2004 06:37:17 PM new
Many different makes of cars had rumble seats. My dad restored an early 30's Packard which had one. Even Model A Fords had them. I once rode in a 32 Oldsmobile that had one.
Speaking of Oldsmobile, the last one is scheduled to go off the line in Lansing very soon, if it already hasn't. It will go into the Ransom Eli Olds Museum in Lansing. I saw one of the first Olds at the Detroit Auto Show about 2 years ago. It was pretty cool.
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