Unidentified ( Newcastle?) car in picture

[Tino]

I searched my reference book and googled the name but can’t find any information on a Newcastle automobile. Was there ever such a maker?

[Randy in ca]

Looks like a Model T Ford.  No idea what the Newcastle might represent - dealer? 

[drwatson]

It's a post 1917 Model T Ford. "Newcastle" must refer to Newcastle Township, Fulton County, Indiana.

 

[nzcarnerd]

I think those town name badges were quite a common accessory in that era.

 

I see the T has extra front springs. I wonder how many other accessories it has.

[Tino]

Makes perfect sense, I appreciate all the help! Thanks again Tino

[joelj]

 There is also  a Newcastle  Pennsylvania and a Newcastle Delaware. There are probably others. But I think the Indiana license plate narrows it down.

Edited October 19, 2022 by joelj (see edit history)

[intimeold]

3 hours ago, drwatson said:

It's a post 1917 Model T Ford. "Newcastle" must refer to Newcastle Township, Fulton County, Indiana.

 

I think You got it

[lump]

Newcastle could even be the name of the car dealer who sold the car last. Definitely a Model T Ford. 

[wayne sheldon]

Car is a couple years old. I can see the right side oil sidelamp behind the lady's elbow. Oil sidelamps were only installed on non-starter model Ts. Beginning early in 1919, all coupes and sedans were sold with the starter (and generator, battery, etc) as standard equipment.

The car is a coupe, one with suicide doors. However, which version of the coupe I am not certain. Pre-starter makes it almost certainly built before January 1919. That series of coupes began about September of 1918 as the new 1919 model. They were supposed to have the starters from the beginning of the 1919 model year, but production delays (seems that happened a lot!) had the first four months of 1919s without starters (although some of them did get upgraded later!). Latter half of 1917 and 1918 model T coupes were called "couplet", and had removeable pillars in the body and doors so that with the windows lowered, one had an open sided fixed roof car. The 1917 and 1918 removeable pillar couplets came in at least four significant variations. The last couple (and most common) couplet variations look enough like the later (1919 to 1923) coupes that without seeing certain specific details, they are difficult to tell them apart from the later coupes. So, whether it is one of the removeable pillar couplets?Or one of the few four month nonstarter 1919coupes? I can't tell.

 

The shock absorbers (extra springs) are Hassler brand. And the car has a nice dogbone radiator cap with larger MotoMeter.

[DFeeney]

I'm thinking that they still have a big  hill climb in New Castle  In,  the week end before Hershey.  I have never been there but it is on my "Bucket List"