Mark Wetherbee

One of Gator Gould’s favorite lines... must be in the water.

I think it’s an aftermarket body on a Model T Ford with aftermarket disc wheels. I’m thinking Mercury body but several were similar. If you look underneath, there’s the bottom of the oil pan with a spring loaded wishbone mounting just about where it is on a T similar to this picture:

Maxwell Mascotte.... maybe 1912?

Too early, it’s an 11...

The emblem looks like a Cole, around 1910 Cole 30 is my guess

I think you found the grave of a Dodge going by the high hump on the fender...

I can’t say whether it’s factory made or not, but if homemade it was well done in that post war utilitarian look... I would guess it was an early attempt at a flasher to replace smudge pots that didn’t have enough battery life to catch on.

The bands are part of a slide lock arrangement for holding a font on the bottom of a sidelight. Early T Ford had a similar ring but in a smaller diameter. You put the font up onto the pins, then the ring was turned rotating the pins to pull the font tight, the thumb nut would be tightened to keep it there. I can only think it’s for a larger lamp...

Joining a specific club is fantastic advice, I bought my car first then joined only to see how many vehicles are sold exclusively through the club. I am sure I missed out on several great opportunities because of this.

The very best advice is to fall in love with what you buy and enjoy the hunt for it. My adventures in finding my car took a few years and was without the outside advantage of advice... I still would have bought it even now I wouldn’t hesitate even after all the repairs I have been doing. And don’t think about the resale market too much, every friend I know has a hobby that can get expensive without any chance of recouped monies but it’s what they enjoy... compared to boating or golfing, these cars are no where near as good at losing money... Ignore the “Chicken Little’s” that keep saying the sky is falling!

Thank you Wayne, but it appears you found a buyer! I was afraid that changes would be difficult but thought I would ask since you had such a fair price!

Ed is the right person to talk with on the subject, he has played with the best and has knowledge of the downfalls of certain parts in those cars that can and will cause heartache (as well as wallet drain). Hopefully he will be able to steer you to something you might love... You and I have a few commons in there, I’m of a similar age and have toyed with several different cars from the teens to the 60’s but had always thought of purchasing a large late 20’s early 30’s classic. I looked at pretty much everything for a few years, then decided I was interested in a Pierce Arrow and after a couple fits and offers wound up taking a chance by buying a solid looking car from eBay. When I got it I was already happy as it truly drove great. I’ve been working on straightening it out for long distance touring since a couple weeks after that time but I will know what’s what in the engine when it is done and will be well below the budget you mentioned. There’s been several others for sale lately that might have been a better investment, so once you figure out what you like go for it! Good luck hunting!

Can you please put a closeup picture of the mounting between the mounting and the pull for me, mine are a bit ratty compared to the rest but the brackets are far different and I don’t know if they would be able to change to my brackets. Thank you

Check your personal message. Thank you

I think it’s great that you have your family connections and found a switch to purchase. I don’t think it’s a very common item especially with the lack of information found here as this site has a large following of very knowledgeable people and prior to the information you supplied there was but speculation... You can run a parts wanted add here to possibly find another, and I would suggest keeping a saved search on eBay as it covers such a large Audience. Good luck!

A great way not to get too close when setting the timing - I wish I had thought about it before having needed it once... Mid 20’s Studebaker had the distributor high on the front of the block very close to the fan, luckily it only took a little flesh off my finger, from then on I pulled off the belt for the few minutes it took to time. Stude

I am glad that it found it’s way to someone who really appreciates it! Regards, Mark

My wife tried driving my T once, and she could move it if desperately needed but she was much better with the A’s since the transmission seems to be more like a modern car even though it wasn’t synchromesh. She said she didn’t want to try the Pierce because of its size but she’ll fall in love with its shifting, Seems a little weird at first and I wouldn’t leave it in free-wheeling but way easier than the A...

Nice vases, these were a gift to my wife from a dear friend when I bought the Pierce... I have been very lucky with the cars but when she asked for a greenhouse for Christmas I never said anything but you pick it out and I will put it together! It’s a give and take when you get married and that’s life, it’s also a heck of a lot cheaper than a divorce!

I once saw a billboard that had a single rose on one side, a massive bouquet on the other and “How much trouble are you in?” was the message in the middle... My wife on the other hand can embrace some of my sickness, and even went along with me turning one carousel item into a car related subject... but flowers make her mention that billboard every time.

A little extra bling for the original owner would be my guess... maybe he ordered it rather than buy one off the lot?

Most every dog I have had would hear an old car start and come running, of course the place we went put milk bones on top of the dog cups which they enjoyed. Im in the any excuses category when it comes for a ride...

I could go for one of those too... I would play with it for hours!

Thank you Bill, I was happy to have them and pleased with the results thus far.

Part 2, the rims... Here are the repairs that were done on the rims. Wherever there is a crack just started there’s a piece of rolled brass wire snuck in behind the lip and soldered in place to keep it from propagating. And wherever they traveled up the edge I made a patch from some soft copper flashing that fit the inside contour and held the cracks shut with a hose clamp while I soldered it in place along with a wire snuck in. Both before and after soldering I also quenched the brass to anneal it and hopefully remove the internal stresses that caused the cracks in the first place. The last picture is showing the outside which still looks cracked but again it is going on an unrestored car and that is the look I’m after.