Flivverking

Very neat! Excuse my ignorance, but I guess I'm missing something. Now why couldn't someone get the Model T's running and drive them to a ample loading location for a longer trip haul ? They don't look in to bad of shape.

After speaking with the ever pleasent Roy Martin"Temperature Gauge Guy" in Burlington VT. about sending him the temp gauge set out of the '27 Chrysler 70, he told me, he is NOT taking on anymore work, has plenty to do for a while and is looking to sell the business after 20 some odd years .He is slowly writing up the needed info for some future transfer. The gent he took the business over from did it for 50 years. His decision is a combination of conditions that hit many, if not all of us eventually ,which contribute to the winding down of one part of our life and to move on to other things. Hell,I gave up skate boarding at 55 for no reason other then my knees started to complain. Getting side- swiped by a texting mom swilling gin while driving had nothing to do with it.😜 So who is the next highly regarded temp gauge repair man? Cuz..I'm looking. I am also looking into fuel gauge and sending unit repairs or replacement(sending unit) and 2 companies I spoke with are in the 10 to 12 and 12 to 14 weeks of work back log. Maybe 3 weeks just for a quote on the dash gauge.. And I really need a proper working dash gauge before the sending unit work is to begin .Gurrrr.

It's not a Ford for sure or any car in the low priced field, as it appears to be of decent size and most likely a touring car .

That actual roadster used in the Hardy movies was auctioned off from MGM in 1970 about May. It brought 6,000 bucks. It was professionally restored in 1976 to the tune of $27,000 plus. ..WOW and at a $16.pr hr rate (in the 70's) it stated.. But who knows what shape it was really in..could have been really beat up . It was offered at auction around 2009 while still in great shape after restoration .Est to bring 40.000 to 60,000, and sported newer then model" A" wheels and oversized www rubber on the rears which could have been from a later movie reworking of the car..Notice they kept the same bumpers from the Hardy movies but restored the rest pretty stock .

Another variant of Andy's A

Crazy paint

I do recall seeing a late 40s movie were kids in the country where bounding about in a 1930 or 31 model A ,2 door deluxe phaeton.. It had the complete 33-34 Chevy nose on the car..The grill.the hood.the front fenders ,non Ford bumpers and large hubcap wire wheels like a 33/34 Ford... The same car showed up in another B picture. They do stand out if you know cars a bit. Here is your car with Mickey Hardy

I find it hard believe a 1928 Chrysler anything is so limited to 30 MPH from the factory. Even a Model T in only fair condition can grunt along at 35 pretty well and one in fine stock mechanical shape on good wheels can clip along closer to 40 ..some in to the high 40s if the engine balance and trans are trued up. .

Well you mention "accessorizing" . I'm surprized you didn't put 2 and 2 together with the Model A hood. Like the Model T Ford, the Model A had plenty of accessories not limited to widgets ,and trunk racks . The door louver hood is a well know accessory for the 1930 and 1931 Model A. It would not be unusual that another make car hood was trimed to fit a jalpoy car in the movies of the day . Lights, grills,wheels and bumpers were often changed out on old Fords in movies and TV ,plus in real life. There were also plenty of after market accessory wheels that freak guys out, not just different wires but some with ballon airplane type tires on disk rims and the best of them all,wood spoke wheels for the "A" Many a guy will get so thrown by some of these" unusual to them" items and have junked these things as not correct and the accessories are rare and desirable to the knowledgeable .

Your right about the upsweep cowl..I was coming at it too much the wrong perspective as compare to other cars .... For a Locomobile...it's a hill climb cowl on Dragone' s red bus.LOL!

The Dragone Locomobile is a 1923.. Excuse me Alex.😱 It is a model 48. What I find interesting in new and old photos of late teens to mid 20's Locomobiles I find on the web is the short sweep or long sweep front fenders seen through all years . The Dragone Loco does have the low hood line cowl.. Depending on the angle of the picture the windshield frame thickness,along with the side crown of the cowling and body widening ,plus the shine highlights makes the cowl seem or appear to up-sweep..

Original photo 1920

I think it's a 1920.?

Well ,one would think after the usual work week of dealing with antique,vintage and classic motorcars,the buying of,repair/restoration ,the consignments and selling of these old heaps , not to mention the people and their personalities involved ,the weekend comes one would think "enough is enough"and take a break from it all. Not so for young Alex Dragone and his girlfriend.. Spotted out this Father's day, at a little meet in Shelton Connecticut being held at the Shelton Hysterical,oops! I mean,Shelton Historical Society,an anual anything and everything cars event,is there with what must be his his favorite ride,the huge stately, dark red LOCOMOBILE touring car. And we must say too! It's our favorite .. A detailed older restoration ,kept up in excellent condition and used quite often as far as this level of collector cars go. We love the fact that even a grand luxury car of this period has nothing on a Model T Ford for starting convenience as seen when Alex and his girl ready to leave and Alex takes about 35 seconds plus,just pumping up fuel tank pressure with the dash pump before hitting the starter,which leads to ,2 very quiet 1/4 revolutions of the Loco's motor and it comes to life with a deep power low pitch growl ,all while any good tuned Model T is already down the street ! LOL . Here are a few Loco pics of the day (some with sun glare)

I didn't read all this so maybe I'm repeating. A stud more or less broken flush we extracted by welding a flat washer through the center hole to the stud and then welded a nut to the flat washer ..Then unscrewed the stud. Easy Peasy. We used a hight strength welding rod which I can't recall right now and a arch welder.. Learned it a a seminar 38 years ago..came in handy many times and never failed.!

A not so unusual, ignorant view that was first brought to my attention 40 plus years ago and more then several times from there on is, Antique and vintage car owners and colllectors are all gay.. Gay people are the ones who apparently appreciate collect things that others(others?) don't. WRONG! They are just as idiotic as straight folks(and others) in this regard, ha! Even in some gay circles the veiw is held that vintage car owners are gay. How do I know? Ask Reggie, who tried to pick me up at a Mobile station while I filling up a Model T in New Haven a fews years back. A Yale kid with daddy issues I guess ,or was it the narrow waist and broad shoulders I still had back then? Naw, It was the car..it was the car, I'm sure of it.😀

There is nothing unusual to the Ajax as an automobile other then it's short lived presentation and soon conversion over to a full name Nash model. I think 1/2 the asking price it would start to get attention, if subject to offers. Personally I only think a tried and true Nash enthusiast ,historian collector would be interested ,and those are few. I'd hold out for the short lived Jeffery(Rambler) for limited existing cars of a historical nature.. I wonder if any Ajax logo parts are still with the car..? It appears the radiator badge has already been purloined.

What a great car, I love it. ...There is buyer out there for the right price, once the dust settles over the excitment they might get 20 grand is over and find out movie history as a prop has absolutely no value. It's not like is was Rudolph Valentino's undertaker's father's car. That would really be something..

Found this in, American Car Spotters Guide 1920-1930 from 1975 by Tad Burness

Sung to"Those Magnificent Men and Their Flying Machines" "He can drive upside down with his feet the air, He don't think of danger,he really don't care!" 😱😱😱😓