OT 1919 ride

Anyone able to identify the car. My great aunt and uncle. Was told by another aunt it was 1919, but I don"think it is that old.
Thanks

It is very early car anyway.Its before the feature of headlights,notice the lanterns.This vehicle is dang near horseless carriage old

I would not dought that age, Model T Ford with the carbide lights befor electricty for the lights were developed. A good Model T person could tell you the exact year from that picture.

Probably not enough of the car showing to identify, but I'm thinking 1919, at the latest- probably closer to 1910.

It is a Model T Ford somewhere around 1918-1920 (give or take another year or so) judging from the running board skirting and lights.

Harold H

Think it is RHD?

It looks left hand drive. The man in the short sleve or rolled up sleve is driving. Also on the touring, the door on the drivers side is a fake door whereas the front right door pictured is an actual door.

Harold H

Actually those sidelights, and the taillight, were Kerosene on the "T". Carbide were too high dollar for Fords.

looks like a "T" to me also.appears the fellow in back is on running board and woman is driving to me.( or at least behind the wheel

Here's some guy in his 1920 T - compared to the car in your photo

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Here was ours. The best I can remember it was a 1923 here in the pic but I reckon I'm not helping out one bit considering we had homemade wood seats on ours.

That's yours truly in the pic when I was around 10 years old. My step dad seemed to enjoy my wire brush abilities at the time. He was a pretty good fella, although he did teach me the hard way about those 4 coils that sat under the dash. ...dam he was kind of an arse now that I remember it. :roll:

I will guess 1912 or 1913. They have the windshield folded back, but somehow the support rods for the windshield are gone.

The sidelamps on a model T are Kerosene. The headlamps are acetelyne. There is an actelyne generator that sits on the passenger running board. IIRC there is no driver door on a T.

The car in the picture is a touring T, also called a phaeton. You can see the highback of the front seat. Those style side lanterns were used to around 1917 or so. Not sure the last year.

Thats my opinion of what you have (coming from a model A guy).

Rick

It is a late 1916 or early 1917 Model T ford touring. For the youngsters that is a two seat convertible. At first look there does not appear to be much to identify it from but there are three items.

The series was historically as 1916-1917-1918 that shared much but were also transition production years. One could almost pin the production date to August or September of 1916 from the three identifying items. First is the hinge on the windshield. The early series hinged at the break in the glass. Later in the year the hinge was changed to about 2 inches above the glass break. 1915 was the last of the brass trim on a model T, moving to all steel parts. All steel started in August of 1916 for what would be the 1917's. The side markers are steel so between these two items, the date the car was built can be placed pretty close.

The last is the cowl and the rounded hood. 1917 was the first year for them. 1916 models still had the square hood.

I don't know how three people were in the front seat. The seat was narrow. The fella on the left side of the woman could have been sitting on the edge of the body as that side had a fake door. The open cars had a fake door because the parking brake was in the way to get in on that side.

Another thing to clear up is the headlights in the teen years. From 1908 to the end of 1914 production the model T had carbide headlamps if they had them at all. The bracket for them was on all cars if the buyer wanted the lights. In 1915 electric lights were installed on all cars using an 8 volt bulb wired in series so they didn't burn out as they were powered from the magneto which could put out 20 volts at higher engine speeds.

Love the "T"!

Looks like a lefty drivin, and it's headed for a ditch!

My dad worked all over Wyoming and Utah while in the CCC"s.some where he picked up this post card showing a Ford model T I believe fighting the spring mud on US Highway 20 outside Worland Wyoming in 1917.

Looks just like my 17.
Only thing I can't figure out is the rod down near the running board. Looks like an added on brace for a weak running board bracket.
Funny thing. That looks like Henry Ford on this side.
Richard