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As you know, we missed Car Craft because the Model T tour came to Rochester... thought you guys might enjoy some pics.

Getting the car ready... making sure the front axle is tight (it wasn't)

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Had to clean it too... glad I had help.

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Monday's tour went to Red Wing... put some seatbelts in the back seat of Mom's 1914 touring car for the boys, and strapped them in for the day's tour.

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We deviated from the tour a bit for the low-gear climb up to Memorial Park, which I knew about from fall cruises with the Chevelle club...

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All this driving around is hard work...

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Kids enjoyed the pool back at the hotel...

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And some wrestling before bed...

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Tuesday we went to Mantorville.

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Model T's lined the streets.

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Cale rode with in the Roadster in part of the day.

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Wednesday we went to Lanesboro... forgot to take the camera with, but when we got back, we decided to check out the Chassis-Dyno that was running each night all week long...

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Looks stock, right?

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Didn't sound stock... this car's a "sleeper"

Vintage (very rare) Fronty OHV head on it!!! Also note the distributor and pressurized oil system, among other things...

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Bottom one on the board... 54.84 horsepower to the rear wheels, out of a car that originally made 20 at the crank. Note the one marked "bone stock" with 9.63hp.

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Thursday morning on the road to Austin...

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Stopped at the SPAM Museum.

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Then off to the fairgrounds for dinner...

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My favorite car on the tour... Model TT semi tractor/trailer rig. The Model TTs were very slow, but not this one... had a '20s Chevy OHV head (with an adapter plate onto the stock Ford block) and a vintage Warford overdrive transmission. He made around 33hp on the dyno, in overdrive, through a worm-gear rear axle!!!

It's also equipped with air-conditioning.

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Kids checking out a steam locomotive...

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Looking for the steering wheel... hahaha

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Tired again...

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Friday's tour to Elba, MN... no tour is complete without "Fording a creek"

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Some people had to go through it more than once... he let his wife out then went back to make a big splash. It was over the windsheild on the return trip...

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At the closing banquet, here's some characters I drank beer with while they helped me diagnose some carb issues... these guys were a riot, and really know their stuff when it comes to Model T's. They brought 4 Model T's all in one rig up from Texas, including the TT semi posted above.

Those sharp suits used to be curtains.

Nothing wrong with the camera, the guy on the left is just hard to photograph clearly, much like Bigfoot.

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Derek Kiefer - Mantorville, MN

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Cool pics, thanks for sharing. That looks like a lot of fun to participate in.

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Thanks for sharing; what a piece of history you were able to share with your family. Those pictures will become family treasures.

What’s next for the Model T summer?


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It looks like Car Craft with Model T's.



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dashboard wrote:

What’s next for the Model T summer?

 Probably not much... maybe a couple trips for ice-cream or A&W with the kids. I have the '66 wagon and the '69 Chevelle taking up my whole 2-car garage, so the "T" is stored at Dad's. I know I'd use it a lot more if I had room to keep it at home. The kids love to ride in it, even if it is just for short trips around town.



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Very cool pictures. Looks like the boys were having a blast. How many in your family have T's?

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That's super cool stuff. We missed you, but obviously you were having a great time with the family! Can't beat that.

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It was a great time... fun re-connecting with people I've known since my first tour in 1994. Did 10 in a row from '94 to '03, then met my wife, bought a house, got married, etc... we have only been on '06 and '11 tours since then, because they were so close that we had no excuse for missing them.
This tour re-ignited my love for these cars... won't let it collect dust for 5 years again this time.
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How many in your family have T's?

Mom's '14 touring, My '23 roadster pickup, Dad's '26 "snowmobile", and enough extra parts to build at least one more complete car.

Mom's car started it for us... it's a 1914 Touring car that was bought brand new by her grandparents. Tracked it down in 1990 (didn't go far, same guy that bought it from the family in the late-40s in Austin still had it) and Dad restored it. My younger brother and I were hooked, older brother and sister were teenagers, and thought it was uncool and boring...

My younger brother and I bought the '23 together when I was 17, and he was 14... I bought out his share a couple years later when I got a real job. Carl doesn't own one now, but says he will get one "someday"... I think he's lost the love for them kind of like I did for the past 5 years. 

Dad's "snowmobile" is a very rough "junker" pieced together from parts that he collected over the years... It runs and drives, but not very well. It's more or less just something he trailers to an occasional show because the snowmobile kit is so rare.



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