George Albright Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Dear Friends I just bought this circa 1920 Ford Model T aftermarket speedster body made by The Equipto Co. of Aurora Illinois. Very little is known on them. They made factory bodies for Ford pre and post Model T. In the 1930s they got into the metal shop and office furniture business,and still are. I got the Equipto tag with the body. Info, copies of brochures,other owners of cars with this body,etc. appreciated. Thanks,George Albright,Ocala,Fla. email: gnalbright@gmail.com cell 352 843 1624 <!-- / message --><!-- attachments --> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gruberv8 Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 That's pretty neat. I wish someone would reproduce some of these bodies for people to make their own speedsters. Hopefully some day I'll build one. Thing is it seems cheaper to build one already done. The ones available now don't really look that authentic. Had that been in someone's collection as an unfinished project? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RU22 Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Hi Geo.The photos are not enlarging properlty :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Albright Posted September 16, 2011 Author Share Posted September 16, 2011 I think its your internet service. They enlarge when I click them George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Albright Posted September 16, 2011 Author Share Posted September 16, 2011 PS No the body had been on a speedster decades ago and was removed and put in storage about 30 years ago. Sorry no photos or info other than that. I am going to mount it on my 1917 Kelsey friction drive factory prototype chassis. 100 inch wb hand built chassis and running gear and fenders. Body removed and scrapped in the 1920s by Carl Kelsey himself. Stored in the Rototiller factory in Troy NY till 1970. Search 1917 Kelsey under this website for photos of it. George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_OToole Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Would it be possible to make drawings or blueprints while it is still off the chassis? Not for me but it appears some may want to make duplicates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Albright Posted September 17, 2011 Author Share Posted September 17, 2011 Possibly,but someone would have to come to Ocala Fla. in late Oct or Nov to photo and measure it. Geo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Wolk Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 You find the best stuff, George. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Albright Posted September 21, 2011 Author Share Posted September 21, 2011 THANKS for the nice note! Its like everything else in life: The more you work at something the luckier you get! George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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