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apraizr · 06-20-2014, 06:14 PM

Hello, I'm new here. Could someone assist me with due diligence on a car presented as a 1925 Model T Frontenac Speedster? Never seen one of these with semi-elliptic front springs. Six photos as attachments for viewing. Thank you.

gz · 06-20-2014, 07:29 PM

Looks like a modern built, homemade speedster. Since the photos can't be enlarged, it looks like a Frontenac head with a modern valve cover but better photos of each side would help to positively id it. It looks to have a homemade distributor and obvious late model oil system and alternator. The body looks to be homemade and the radiator shell looks like a 1920s era Whippet. With better photos, we could also tell what the front end from and the wheels. Appears to have hydraulic brake lines going to the front. At first glance, the wheels look like Model A, but maybe they are a T era accessory wheel, again, hard to tell from these photos. Cars like this were often built for hill climbs, etc and were typically assembled from parts. This one looks to have been assembled in relatively recent years.

redmodelt · 06-20-2014, 09:41 PM

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To enlarge the photos hold the "CTRL" key down and press the "+" key, to return to normal size hold the "CTRL" and press "0" (zero).
My first guess it might be very loosely based on a T style type car. The only thing I see that might be T is the block and head. Without seeing the rear end, everything else on the chassis looks non Ford Model T.

06-20-2014, 07:29 PM	#2
gz Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1,727	Re: Help with a 25 Frontenac Speedster Looks like a modern built, homemade speedster. Since the photos can't be enlarged, it looks like a Frontenac head with a modern valve cover but better photos of each side would help to positively id it. It looks to have a homemade distributor and obvious late model oil system and alternator. The body looks to be homemade and the radiator shell looks like a 1920s era Whippet. With better photos, we could also tell what the front end from and the wheels. Appears to have hydraulic brake lines going to the front. At first glance, the wheels look like Model A, but maybe they are a T era accessory wheel, again, hard to tell from these photos. Cars like this were often built for hill climbs, etc and were typically assembled from parts. This one looks to have been assembled in relatively recent years. Last edited by gz; 06-20-2014 at 07:34 PM.

06-20-2014, 09:41 PM	#3
redmodelt Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Portland OR Posts: 6,410	Re: Help with a 25 Frontenac Speedster Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) To enlarge the photos hold the "CTRL" key down and press the "+" key, to return to normal size hold the "CTRL" and press "0" (zero). My first guess it might be very loosely based on a T style type car. The only thing I see that might be T is the block and head. Without seeing the rear end, everything else on the chassis looks non Ford Model T.