Would This Be a Model A?
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fintail Member Posts: 57,720Yes, a Model T, and kind of interesting. Plate indicates 1916, which matches some details, but I think the car was also modified. The car has 1916 style fenders, but 1917 style hood and modified looking radiator shell. 1917 was the year the car changed from a brass radiator to steel.
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I wonder if it was changed to look newer, or if someone wanted the prior style fenders.
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I also notice the car in the old pic has a radiator shell that appears modified in the top section - this was common at the time, as although the Model T was a durable useful car, it was cheap, and eventually had an image as kind of an unrefined car, so people would try to disguise it - there were plenty of accessories to dress up these cars.
Before antifreeze adding water was common.