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Need help identifying this old vehicle...
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06/17/15 03:19 AM
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Hello everyone - this is picture of my great grandfather, taken in Carrizo Springs at the family ranch. I'm writing a story about him and looking to try to identify the make/model/year of the vehicle in the photo. From some pics I've seen, it looks to maybe be a 1925 Model T Ford Touring edition. I figured someone here might have a better guess than I do. Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!
Last edited by George - w/ Map My Ranch; 06/17/15 03:29 AM.
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Re: Need help identifying this old vehicle...
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06/17/15 04:41 AM
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06/17/15 04:42 AM
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06/17/15 12:26 PM
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Wow...stxranchman, really impressed with your car knowledge! Very cool pic of your GGF George. Thanks for sharing it.
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06/17/15 12:37 PM
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Wow...stxranchman, really impressed with your car knowledge! Very cool pic of your GGF George. Thanks for sharing it. Very Nice Picture George!!!
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06/17/15 12:59 PM
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Wow...stxranchman, really impressed with your car knowledge! Very cool pic of your GGF George. Thanks for sharing it. Very Nice Picture George!!! Not really....I was there and took that pic!
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06/17/15 03:50 PM
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That pic is a piece of history.
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06/17/15 04:24 PM
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Going off the two models mentioned, it looks more like a Ford. Take a look at the rear door in George's pic, it doesn't follow the lines of the rear fender like the Carter touring does. The door hinges are also not visible on the Cartercar.
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06/17/15 04:28 PM
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My family seems to think it is a Model T - at least that is what they remember us having, but they aren't 100% sure. The pics I've seen of the Ford 1925 Model T Touring, appear very similar: Here's the pic of the Carter 15 touring: They are definitely similar - the curved section from the body to the step up, between the wheels makes we think it is a Ford Model T STX- thanks for your input and thanks everyone for you responses...this is a family treasure, indeed - we had 2 fires at the ranch house, one in the late 30's and one in the early 90's - both destroying most of our family pics/heirlooms. So, these few pics we have are treasures!!!
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06/17/15 04:45 PM
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Wow...stxranchman, really impressed with your car knowledge! Very cool pic of your GGF George. Thanks for sharing it. Very Nice Picture George!!! Not really....I was there and took that pic! I was waiting till you Teed it Up
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06/17/15 05:57 PM
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Try contacting a Model T club. I know there is a big one in Dallas. Or maybe the National Model T Club.
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06/17/15 09:34 PM
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Thanks Hunt Dog - Sent in the pic to a Model T collector's website and he thinks it's a 25 also... Will post some more pics soon - my GGFather pictured above was named Erskine Rhodes. We had some very interesting history on our ranch. A man named Bob Lemmons, who Frank Dobie wrote about, and was featured in the book Black Cowboys of Texas (along with many other books), was the 'original mustanger'. My GGF took care of him in his later years when Bob went blind. He lived in a one room house with a large chimney on our property for 10+ years. The chimney still stands and is home to a family of owls. Bob died on his 100th birthday on Christmas Eve 1947. Here's pic of Bob:
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06/17/15 09:39 PM
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06/17/15 11:55 PM
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Pretty cool photos. Glad someone took good care of them through the years. A real family treasure.
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06/18/15 10:29 AM
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Look at the seam on the cowl, absent from the Carter? Great post!
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06/18/15 10:39 AM
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Great to have that history
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06/18/15 10:57 AM
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06/18/15 02:01 PM
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I would say Model T as the Carter wasn't produced after 1916 and are VERY rare and were not as well known to the "common" man as the Model T's were back then. There is also not a box on the running board on the passenger side in the original pic and the Carter Touring editions had a box located behind the front fender. The doors are also different and look more like the Model T. More than likely it's a Model T as the production of them far exceeded most models available at this time. Harder part is identifying the year from the pic.
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06/18/15 02:02 PM
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Very Neat Sir
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06/23/15 08:48 PM
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another thumbs up for sharing some great history
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06/24/15 02:50 PM
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The story of Bob Lemmons is very interesting. J Frank is one of my favorite authors.
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06/24/15 03:02 PM
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Very Neat Sir
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06/24/15 03:15 PM
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Very cool pictures and story.
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