Jeff Perkins / Mn

Yes HW, they were usually in stock or available special order at “Midnight Auto”!

1919 Model T Ford Touring

There was one F/S in similar condition like this in southern MN last fall asking $ 8,000. I called on the second day of the C/L ad and it was spoken for. A subsequent call Days later confirmed the sale went through.

During my search for a car project/recommission I have noted that asking prices are very soft and sellers are very negotiable. Often I am the only one to inquire about certain cars. Last week I purchased a very nice stalled restoration project for 1/2 of asking price. The asking price was reasonable to begin with but the seller was more interested in moving this out rather that maximizing $$. Strange times.....there are lots of potential bargains out there!

This car was advertised at 8K on FB Marketplace, had a pending sale which came off. Seems like lots of reasonably priced interesting cars popping up f/s now.......

Gil, I have always told my friends you are one of my old car heros, now having shown us the light (the trifecta + 1) you are at the top of the heap! I like to drive my T through a local nature preserve also. There are plenty of “lava-trees” there also.😀😀😀

This YOM plate as received on my 1930 Ford Phaeton was transferred to my 1930 Tudor when I sold the Phaeton.

I received my copy last Monday......I absolutely love the ‘42 Chrysler pictured on the cover.

Here are two pics, first is a demountable wheel, second in non demountable. The third picture is my 1913 Runabout, another green ‘13. I have never seen any evidence of green being the factory color for 1913. I run the demountables on my ‘13 as it is my driver, making any flat tires a quick change.

There ya go Keith.....pick up the radio, install it, turn it up good and loud and those noises you now can hear will certainly go away!😀😀😀!

I had an interesting YOM plate on my 1948 Packard I sold last year.....

Al, this is all I have for my striping: Also a small sample of the stripe I did on my Ford Cabriolet:, Encourage your son.......

Just yesterday I bought/brought home a stalled restoration project that was already licensed YOM in Minnesota.

Yep, my father-in-law got caught up in the cow magnet craze back years ago.....he bought a handful and passed them along to all the kids. I never bought into the theory and just left them in my toolbox. Still there. They do come in handy quite often as I have “sausage fingers” and often drop nuts, washers etc into nooks and crannies on the old cars.

I think red stripe on green is one of the prettiest combinations, yours looks fantastic. I love your green color. Yes, the wheels on my 1913 Ford are from a later car, demountable from the rim. Best for me as I do a lot of driving. Never have had a flat tire though. I do have the original wheels.

OR, do you have some other sort of interesting plate.....let’s see a picture of them! Here are mine, both on Fords......

I admire your skills in pin-striping. It is a real art, one needs the skill, the right touch and feel, and an artists’ eye......none of which I possess! Using just two different brushes I did stripe one car, my 1929 Ford Cabriolet. Pictured below is the product I used. It was OK. I also striped the wheels on my Model T years ago, can’t remember what paint I used. Also pictured below.

I don’t know the production #’s but there can’t be very many with “three on the tree”.

Here is one for sale in our area.......makes me want to turn and run the other way! Beauty is of course in the eye of the beholder.

Out for a morning cruise..... unfortunately the ice cream shop was not open at 6:30 ayem! However later this morning I will park this car downtown by the ice cream shop and leave it for the day. Surprising how many people are stopping by for a cone these days, the car creates a lot of conversation for them.

Congrats Keith!........”first comes love, then comes marriage, then comes seatbelts in Grandpa’s collector car”.....believe me, it happens fast!

Today I drove my Model T to the local bait store for some leeches for fishing. It was so busy I had to park across the street. The Walleye fishing opener is today on the St. Croix River which is the border water between Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Just yesterday I spotted a late 20’s Packard Cabriolet that was a cream yellow with whitewall tires......the wire wheels were a very deep maroon and looked great on that car! Very stunning......

A tremendous loss for the antique automobile community, especially the Model T world. Herm was truly an engineering genius and had so much to offer on the forums he participated in. Experts like him are sadly disappearing .

On 4/15/2020 at 11:48 PM, auburnseeker said: “From what I have seen I would say probably 85-90 Percent of the woody market has had a pretty big price correction in the last couple of years. That was all before the latest Kung Flu was thrown into the equation.” I think what Auburnseeker stated two weeks ago applies in this case too. I have seen a precipitous drop in most Woodie prices.