A Real Honey............

Goose · Jul 8, 2011

This 1906 Ford Model N was in the antique auto show in my home town, Seward, NE, on the 4th.

I believe they said it was one of 3 survivors.

Nancy Howell · Jul 8, 2011

Lovely!

GVSII · Jul 8, 2011

In the 2nd photo it appears to have marked it's teratory. Beautiful little car.

Steve in VA · Jul 8, 2011

Trivia question. Do you know why the tires are white?

Ken-in-Ky · Jul 8, 2011

No one can deny the excellence and determination of the US auto industry , and yet I see every day the sheer numbers of foreign vehicles sold in this country ,ie where the money goes !!!!!! .

Lloyd In South Carolina · Jul 8, 2011

I think it is because rubber is naturaly white.... later years they added carbon to strenghten them,,,,,, and they became black?????

Steve in VA · Jul 8, 2011

Loyd,
You're correct.

BCnT · Jul 8, 2011

shame they didnt look that good back in 1906
natural gum rubber is white.

Brad Buchanan · Jul 8, 2011

Don't know if it is the same stuff but when I was workin in a rubber plant 30 so ago we used to get a product from Indonesia called block crepe.

Came in 250lb. sorta squares and was kinda translucent brown. Memorable because you heated it up by running it through an 8ft. mill and if you wearn't careful when you cut it off it would whip around under the mill and crack you in the nads. Ahh memories!

Brad

Old Roy · Jul 8, 2011

LOL Been there done that -- LOL even worse sore nads and trying to get it off the back roll in a hurry before the next batch was ruined, in an Opps !

Jerry Coulter · Jul 8, 2011

That one really looks sharp! I bought one in pieces in 1954, never got around to working on it, sold it to a collector in Oblong, IL in 1973. And I saw one in the transportation museum in St. Louis, MO a few years ago.

Jerry Coulter · Jul 8, 2011

The model N, R & S shared the same chassis. The model N had buggy steps for entry. The one pictured has a running board so must be the R or S.

Tramway Guy · Jul 8, 2011

I saw somewhere that Carbon black helps to block sunlight which tends to degrade rubber.

oldironman · Jul 8, 2011

Now you got my attention. I love old cars as well as old tractors. Those must have been some happy days when somebody bought one of them. I wonder if anybody will collect any of cars that are made today. LOL

Goose · Jul 8, 2011

Actually, a sheet on the car said the running boards and fenders were aftermarket.

730 virgil · Jul 8, 2011

i know of a man that has a model r and a s
he is taking them to some kind of car show drive in michigan in early sept.
i think the drive either starts or ends at the henry ford museum.

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