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A vintage scene on a backstreet in the ghost town of Goldfield,NV. Goldfield was once a town of 35000 and was considered to become the capital of Nevada. But as the gold mines began to play out,people began to leave for the next big strike.A series of disasters-natural and man made-and soon the town was a true ghost of itself.
Gold mining never truly died in Goldfield-this year a major new mining project is slated to begin...
...maybe the rush will begin again...
Just some whimsy of scenes shot in Virginia city, Montana, and another old gold mining town. The head and the hanging knickers were in a former store and now converted to a local museum / place of interest.
The story is Rolls Royce, the Luxury Car maker located in Good Wood UK does not sell car to anyone who can buy, Rolls Royce sells their cars only to the customers they like. ... Generally they offer their cars to celebrities, businessmen and other famous personalities. You have to earn a Rolls Royce, you can't buy one.
SINCE 1963 THE CANADIAN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM HAS PRESERVED AND SHARED THE HISTORY OF THE AUTOMOBILE IN CANADA.
A visit to Greenfield Village in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn, Michigan, is like stepping back in time. Among the many activities at the 80-acre historical museum complex, visitors can take a ride in a real Model T. Produced by the Ford Motor Company from 1908 to 1927, the Model T is regarded as the first affordable automobile, and the vehicle that opened car travel to middle-class America.
HFF
State of the art technology for 1912 ... with 'sit up and beg' steering wheel, a crank starter, and solid wheels .... the NY Fire Department chief's car must have been a welcome sight if your home was on fire! 😊
For the Macro Monday challenge "Transportation" (July 4th 2022)
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In 1914 Ford produced more cars than all other automakers combined. The Model T was colloquially known as the "Tin Lizzie" "Leaping Lena"
or "flivver".
Trading the old with the new(er) on a forgotten farm in north central Illinois.This was the farm that had the old International Scout. The barbed wire fence around the property was definitely an obstacle,but seeing this made me hop over that fence pretty quickly...HTT everybody!
This mail truck is part of the airmail exhibit at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington. Airmail demand played a part in new innovations for aircraft. This Ford Model T was built circa 1925. #USMail #mailtruck #Ford #ModelT #Seattle #MuseumOfFlight
Photographed at the 2nd Annual Grand Car Show at the Copper Shores Village in Pleasant Hill, Iowa.
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Model T Ford
Rolling Advertisement for Branded Apparel
Main Street - Duncan, OK
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I've made a few photos of the Model T at Wheelers Sugar Camp over the years. I thought I was done and haven't taken any more for some time. However, I don't think I've ever done this composition. There's very little space between the door and the car, but the wide angle lens gives it some breathing room.
HTT
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I shot this as an 3 exposure HDR +-2 in order to help light up the interior of the garage. It still required a little extra work via a layer mask using Curves to make it happen to my satisfaction..
White Rose was a Canadian Oil Company that disappeared from the scene after 1962 when it was bought by Shell.
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Ford Model T Hot Rod
Fired by Champion
I cannot even begin to imagine driving this rod, hence the limited visibility of this beauty!
I love the partial faces through the narrow, slit-like windshield. The driver and passenger were doing a left check before proceeding to making a right turn into traffic.
Reminds me of the ZZ Top Eliminator car or the coupe that John Milner drove in American Graffiti.
The Ford Model T is an unquestioned icon of the automotive industry. After the Model T's introduction in the fall of 1908, Ford's assembly plant on Piquette Avenue in Detroit couldn't produce the car fast enough to keep up with demand, so Ford built a mechanized assembly line at a new facility in nearby Highland Park.
According to the Detroit Historical Society, innovations at that plant cut the manufacturing time for a Model T down to 93 minutes by 1914. By 1924, the price of a Model T had dropped to just $260, about $4,700 in today's money. Ford ceased production of the Model T in 1927, at which point more than 15 million had been sold
Throughout its roughly 20 years in production, the mass-market Model T was issued in several different variants, including a two-seat coupe, three-seat runabout and roadster models, plus larger touring and town car versions. Beginning in 1917, Ford began building the Model TT, a one-ton truck chassis with a stronger frame and rear axle. The Model TT had to be outfitted with a bed and/or cab by a third-party builder, but many Model TTs were converted to fire trucks, dump trucks, or other utility vehicles.
One such aftermarket variant of the Model TT was the Depot Hack, which was used to ferry hotel guests to and from train stations. It took part of its name from the word "hackney," an antiquated term for a horse-drawn carriage later applied to taxicabs of all types. The body of the Depot Hack was made mostly of wood, at a time when this was not seen as an aesthetic choice but rather a practical one. Wood was light and plentiful. As often as not, it was often sourced from the packing crates that suppliers used to ship parts to Ford. Wood could also be easily replaced when it was damaged from traveling over the unimproved roads of the era.
The Depot Hack was made through 1923, during the Model T's peak production years. It was powered by a version of the Model T's four cylinder, four-stroke engine that put out 20 horsepower and 83 lb-ft. of torque. The engine was mated to a two-speed planetary gearbox, giving the Depot Hack a top speed of 42 mph.
Original Depot Hacks are hard to find, but several examples have sold at auction over the past few years, bringing in prices from $8,000 to $18,000.
“Bertie” is a 1926 Ford Model T Tudor. Some 15 million Model Ts were produced between 1908 and 1928 on a hand-push production line in less than two hours each. Henry Ford said: “You can have one in any colour as long as it’s black” because black paint dried quicker than coloured paints and therefore didn’t slow production rates down. The wooden wheels are made of ash and the original purchase price of the car was just £190 !
Seen beside the River Severn at Highley, Shropshire.
Ford Model T hot rod, often referred to as "T buckets." These were popular cars for hotrod conversions. They are very light, and like above, often have highly modified and powerful engines, and probably unsafe at any speed! Ralph Nader made me say that :)
Model T Fords come in three basic flavors; the "brass cars" built between 1908 and 1916; the "steel cars" built between 1917 and 1925 which were painted overall black including the radiators; and the "improved cars" built in 1926 and 1927, which, though available once again in some nice colors, were still powered by the same basic Brass Era 4- banger and 2-speed planetary transmission, and were still stopped by the same type of seriously outdated, single-drum, drive-train brake.
Most if not all of the brass Fords made between 1908 and 1911 had wooden bodies. A changeover was made to sheet metal-covered wooden frames midway through the 1912 model year.
Brass cars command a much higher price than the steel or improved cars. The earlier vintage brass cars are worth much more than the later brass cars and even between back-to-back model years, like 1912 and 1913, the 1912 car will command a significantly higher price than the 1913 car. It's no surprise, then, that the 1915 and 1916 model- year cars are the least expensive of the brass cars (fetching somewhere in the neighborhood of $17,000 for a very good daily driver with good paint, upholstery and top, in good mechanical condition).
This pricing principle does not hold true for the "steel cars," all of which are worth about the same price, assuming identical body style (touring, roadster, etc.) and equal condition. As far as daily-drivers are concerned, a fair steel car might run $5,000; a good one, $10,000 and a creampuff might fetch $13,000 (oh, and by the way, I'm not talking about show cars that win trophies at sanctioned Antique Automobile Club of America competitions. Prices for those rolling works of art—whether brass or steel—are astronomical and you wouldn't dare drive one in traffic).
The "improved cars" enjoy upgrades like balloon tires, geared-down steering and slightly better brakes. In terms of price, they're worth about the same as the black cars, but look so similar to the Model A Ford that you almost might as well get one of those and enjoy its greater cruising speed and highway capability.
As originally manufactured, the earlier Model T's were lighter and had slightly more power. They do perform better than the later cars, but that isn't really saying very much. The Model T is not a highway car. Its best cruising speed is about 35 mph — 40, if you don't mind abusing the engine. That means most of your afternoon drives will pretty much be limited to a forty or fifty-mile radius. Taking a Model T beyond that distance involves either getting out of bed earlier or towing the car on a trailer. That having been said, in the summer of 2009, fifty-four Model T Fords drove from New York to Seattle. Traveling in caravan is much easier, safer and more fun than going it alone.
For reasons of simplicity (and perhaps a reluctance on the part of Mr. Ford to pay royalties to those who held patents on more conventional accessories), the Model T had some basic equipment unique unto itself. This included a flywheel-mounted, low-voltage magneto; 4-coil ignition and a 2-speed planetary transmission featuring a brake that transmitted the braking impulse down the drive-shaft, through the differential, to that rear wheel which had the least traction. The most important thing to understand about driving Model T is that it was designed to have the same braking capability as the Titanic. It will take time and patience to learn to drive a Model T. In fact, it's best to have someone teach you.
People think of the Model T as being tough to the point of being indestructible. That's a myth. In some ways, it is far more delicate than any modern car—yet many thousand examples of this century-old design are on the road today. The car's obstinate longevity is mostly due to its having been produced in ridiculously large numbers, its go-kart simplicity and a super-availability of parts (not to mention the best technical advice forum on the internet). Aside from powerplant overhauls, you can pretty much do all of your own maintenance. The car always needs tinkering and a little at a time, you'll learn what you need to know about twirling screwdrivers and bending cotterpins.
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Now, what can we say about the plastic era, definitely smooth like a worn bar of soap. Often with pushed in bumper corners as if they thought they were dimples. About as exciting as looking at pizza dough before it was flattened and formed. But, it never rusts, surely cheaper and lighter than chrome or stainless, and it won't reflect the photographer when he's shooting a shot of the car! And you won't have to polish it with Brasso once a month to keep it looking pretty...well, it really wasn't very pretty in the first place!
While driving along Lake Koocanusa in Montana, I stopped at the parking area next to the bridge. There, I discovered a group of classic cars that had also stopped.
From what I can tell, the car closest to the camera is a Ford Model A, most likely produced between 1928 and 1931, identified by its distinctive front grille, body styling, split windshield, and overall proportions typical of this era. The adjacent cars further down the line are also Ford vehicles from the 1910s to 1930s era, including multiple Ford Model T variants, recognizable by their more angular styling, brass radiators, and thinner wheels, some with wooden spokes.
I wish I had gotten the name of this club or group. I gave my card to a couple who were from Canada... perhaps they will see this and fill in the missing information for me.
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