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Yes it is! Here is a similar 1916 model "25"

Making a dizzying array of accessories to fit Ford Model Ts was probably THE cottage industry in the 'teens and '20s., with installing them a close second. Old Henry was selling his "T"s as fast as his workers could churn them out and thought his baby was perfect as is, so there werent any FACTORY accessories or options besides an engine-mounted electric starter and gear-driven generator starting in 1919 (Closed cars only! Open cars had to wait a year). All model "T"s had the once innovative, self contained flywheel magneto ignition, but electric starter cars had an additional 6 volt storage battery in the system that you could use to energize the coils to theoretically start it a bit easier, then you switched your ignition from "BATT" over to "MAG" to drive. I think hes mangling those details a bit but he's on the right path! All the accessories pictured are aftermarket, either installed by the owner, an independent garage, or on the sly by an authorized Ford dealership

Theyre too late....

This model T has some interesting accessories on it! Besides the bumper and the de rigueur aftermarket shock absorbers or spring dampeners, it also has electric cowl lights and some sort of electric start gizmo below the radiator to replace the starting handle.

You could sell them, but before you do pick a dozen of the best ones, wire them to a nicely finished board labeled "Dad's Tools" and hang them in your garage. Hopefully, your kids (?) will treasure them someday!

Heres a 1914 Packard for comparison:

He's a better fit than this guy!

Yep. Just try and find a picture of any "deuce coupe" from this angle that isnt sporting '39 Ford or early '50s Pontiac tail lights! heres one that leads off with the identical rear view https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiPXFRDDWw8

Needs some work!

The Father should have chosen a Marquette!

Yes, who would have gone to the trouble of casting such an intricate piece of plumbing when two separate rolled metal tubes would have sufficed? Maybe the application was too tight-spaced to have two individual pipes

It looks like a combo oil fill and road draft tube. What is in that chamber below the screw-on cap?

60FlatTop writes Maybe that is what I'm misremembering, the machine guns' friction motor grinding away and spraying sparks. Like I said, just like a 2CV..... I do clearly remember though that after a few weeks of me having this toy, anytime my dad heard me playing secret agent 007 he would yell : "PUT THOSE GODDAMN BATTERIES BACK IN MY FLASHLIGHT!"

I had a similar Aston Martin for a few years, that my mother and Santa surprised me with one Christmas. My surprise was magnified because I had asked for a jack knife and ice skates, and up until that point I had never even heard of this "James Bond" fellow, or his pal Aston Martin. Like the OPs Aston, mine was fully equipped with tire shredding extendable knock-offs, back light bullet shield, ejector seat, grille guns, every option "Q" could think of, including a horrible metal-on-metal grinding noise that I assume was meant to convey the mellow tone of the 4.0L six and 5 speed , but the ensuing mechanical racket seemed more suited to a 2CV than a DB5! It was also in the days before "Radio-Controlled" toys, so you had to trail along, shuffling behind it tethered to the wundercar with a little control box on a 4 ft. cord - something never pictured on the box, nor featured in the commercials.... Unfortunately, later that summer it was found to be no match for my S.P.E.C.T.R.E. inspired big brother's roadside M-80 firecracker I.E.D.s .

Essex?

Rolls Royce most certainly, Packard occasionally (at least one), surely there were others.........

is this..... this? ........from this?? 1929 DuPont

PAREIDOLIA par·ei·do·lia | \ ˌper-ˌī-ˈdō-lē-ə , -ˈdōl-yə \ Definition of pareidolia : the tendency to perceive a specific, often meaningful image in a random or ambiguous visual patternThe scientific explanation for some people is pareidolia, or the human ability to see shapes or make pictures out of randomness. Think of the Rorschach inkblot test. Also--The tendency for humans to see patterns or shapes that may or may not exist after staring repeatedly at grainy old car photographs, trying to discern identifying coachwork details or features............. 1929 Dupont

I think your chance of getting a ticket if you do show up- loud exhaust, improper YOM plate use, reckless driving, etc.- just increased 1000%(at least in Royal Oak....)!

yup, late teens Maxwell

Oh boy, that photograph is JUST beyond the point of detailed resolution, and seeing as how nobody else has taken the bait, here's my GUESS: Based mostly on that high-riding taillight, I think it is a late 1920's Packard. I also believe the apparent "boat tail" is an artifact of the poor resolution and is merely an interplay of reflections and shadow between the rear inner fender and the curvature of the body. The rear step plate is usually mounted to the trailing side of the rear fender (in most of the cars so equipped that I've seen) but there are examples with it mounted on the forward-most side as well. Not being an expert on Packard podiataric platform placement policy, I dont know what factors determined which side of the rear fender got drilled. As near as my interpretation of the image can tell, the wheelbase seems to fit for a Packard roadster as well as the low profile of the body in relation to the crown of the fenders, the sweep of the front fender to the running board, and I think I can almost see the gap in the body for the little "golf bag" door just above the rumble seat step? Or maybe its a LaSalle/ Cadillac.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU_Gd623HJo

I agree- I dont see it either!