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Ford T racer, tuned by Frontenac in 1923
« on: January 21, 2014, 02:03:10 PM »
Who knows this car?
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Re: grob 2014.01.21 (03)
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2014, 10:10:41 AM »
There is something strange about that car, especially the bonnet and windscreen...

To me it looks like an old car made to look like a veteran car. Maybe a rebodied Austin Seven?

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Re: grob 2014.01.21 (03)
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2014, 06:16:17 PM »
Itīs original, not a replica.

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Re: grob 2014.01.21 (03)
« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2014, 01:36:57 PM »
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Re: grob 2014.01.21 (03)
« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2014, 05:36:59 AM »
US made?

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Re: grob 2014.01.21 (03)
« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2014, 06:09:17 AM »
Yes.

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Re: grob 2014.01.21 (03)
« Reply #6 on: February 04, 2014, 11:09:08 AM »
Stutz??

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Re: grob 2014.01.21 (03)
« Reply #7 on: February 04, 2014, 11:59:45 AM »
No - this is by far smaller than a Stutz...

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Re: grob 2014.01.21 (03)
« Reply #8 on: March 01, 2014, 07:32:31 AM »
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Re: grob 2014.01.21 (03)
« Reply #9 on: March 14, 2014, 05:20:18 PM »
1915/16 Ford Model T Speedster?  The uncommon right hand drive indicates that it was likely produced at the Manchester, UK facility.

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Re: grob 2014.01.21 (03)
« Reply #10 on: March 14, 2014, 06:36:23 PM »
Iīm not sure if it is RHD at all.

But Iīm sure it wasnīt built in the UK.

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Re: grob 2014.01.21 (03)
« Reply #11 on: March 14, 2014, 11:39:36 PM »
Was this car built in 1916, or before?

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Re: grob 2014.01.21 (03)
« Reply #12 on: March 15, 2014, 02:20:03 AM »
My source said it was built in 1923.

And you would have 12 hits for the company at Autopuzzles...

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Re: grob 2014.01.21 (03)
« Reply #13 on: March 15, 2014, 03:50:57 AM »
1923 Bryan, made in Peru, Indiana?

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Re: grob 2014.01.21 (03)
« Reply #14 on: March 15, 2014, 07:21:02 AM »
From the USA.

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Re: grob 2014.01.21 (03)
« Reply #15 on: March 15, 2014, 12:01:14 PM »
East Coast?
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http://magyarjarmu.hu - detailed Hungarian motoring history (Hungarian language)
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Re: grob 2014.01.21 (03)
« Reply #16 on: March 15, 2014, 12:22:36 PM »
Letīs better say ths state lies in the north-west of the eastern states of the USA.

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Re: grob 2014.01.21 (03)
« Reply #17 on: March 15, 2014, 12:32:41 PM »
Michigan?
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Re: grob 2014.01.21 (03)
« Reply #18 on: March 15, 2014, 01:51:52 PM »
1923 Frontenac, made in Indianapolis, Indiana?

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Re: grob 2014.01.21 (03)
« Reply #19 on: March 16, 2014, 11:28:00 AM »
Thatīs it!