The Ford Barn

Dave Mellor NJ · 02-27-2025, 12:56 AM

Crooked horns

Bruce of MN · 02-27-2025, 05:15 AM

What is that bracket on the front bumper for?

katy · 02-27-2025, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Bruce of MN

What is that bracket on the front bumper for?

Lifting hook?

51504bat · 02-27-2025, 12:04 PM

ModelA29 · 02-27-2025, 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Bruce of MN

What is that bracket on the front bumper for?

It folds down when she's driving - kinda like a cattle guard on a train only for pedestrians. It's in case they don't hear the horns her dad installed to warn people she's coming.......

Chuck Dempsey · 02-27-2025, 07:53 AM

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The woman's dress, and gas rationing sticker on the windshield, indicate this might be an early '40s pic. If so, the car is in great shape... Note spotlight and lower-hinge outside mirror. I think the bracket on the bumper is an 'override' in case you bump a car with a higher bumper. Not sure how useful it would be.

Canton_Model_A's · 02-27-2025, 08:11 AM

don't forget 2 horns

Chuck Dempsey · 02-27-2025, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Canton_Model_A's

don't forget 2 horns

Check that, and also something is hanging down from under the running board... A mud flap of some sort?

Canton_Model_A's · 02-27-2025, 09:38 AM

looks like a block of wood

duke36 · 02-27-2025, 04:55 PM

That was a radiator "protector common" in the 1930's. Yes, open toe shoes, etc, 1940's.

rich40701 · 02-27-2025, 09:35 PM

The radiator protector reminds me of a story that a friend told me years ago. He was a veteran of WWII and stationed in Europe. He said the Germans would string wire across the roads at just about neck high if you were riding in a Jeep. The Americans started welding a piece of steel to the bumper that stood straight up at about windshield height with a sharpened edge to cut the wire and prevent the alternative.

stickshift · 02-28-2025, 04:39 AM

I’m not sure what that emblem is on the upper radiator. It gets too grainy when I zoom in.

nkaminar · 02-28-2025, 06:18 AM

A golfer or baseball player with a bat.

Tinbasher · 03-02-2025, 10:43 AM

That one is all dressed up.

02-27-2025, 05:15 AM	#2
Bruce of MN Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: VA Posts: 1,807	Re: Girl and a cabriolet What is that bracket on the front bumper for?

02-27-2025, 12:04 PM	#4
51504bat Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: SoCal-Redlands Posts: 3,413	Re: Girl and a cabriolet __________________ Making the simple complicated for over 30 years.

02-27-2025, 07:53 AM	#6
Chuck Dempsey Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Waynesville, NC Posts: 962	Re: Girl and a cabriolet Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) The woman's dress, and gas rationing sticker on the windshield, indicate this might be an early '40s pic. If so, the car is in great shape... Note spotlight and lower-hinge outside mirror. I think the bracket on the bumper is an 'override' in case you bump a car with a higher bumper. Not sure how useful it would be.

02-27-2025, 08:11 AM	#7
Canton_Model_A's Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2022 Location: Canton, Michigan Posts: 321	Re: Girl and a cabriolet don't forget 2 horns __________________ --------------------------------------- 1929 Model A Tudor - "Darla" '29 Model A: Old enough to start with a crank, young enough to steal the show! "Stay away from negative people, they have a problem for every solution" Model A Ford Club of America Model A Restorers Club Motor City A's Club

02-27-2025, 09:38 AM	#9
Canton_Model_A's Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2022 Location: Canton, Michigan Posts: 321	Re: Girl and a cabriolet looks like a block of wood __________________ --------------------------------------- 1929 Model A Tudor - "Darla" '29 Model A: Old enough to start with a crank, young enough to steal the show! "Stay away from negative people, they have a problem for every solution" Model A Ford Club of America Model A Restorers Club Motor City A's Club

02-27-2025, 04:55 PM	#10
duke36 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 1,425	Re: Girl and a cabriolet That was a radiator "protector common" in the 1930's. Yes, open toe shoes, etc, 1940's.

02-27-2025, 09:35 PM	#11
rich40701 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2022 Location: Corbin, KY Posts: 112	Re: Girl and a cabriolet The radiator protector reminds me of a story that a friend told me years ago. He was a veteran of WWII and stationed in Europe. He said the Germans would string wire across the roads at just about neck high if you were riding in a Jeep. The Americans started welding a piece of steel to the bumper that stood straight up at about windshield height with a sharpened edge to cut the wire and prevent the alternative.

02-28-2025, 04:39 AM	#12
stickshift Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2023 Location: Grass Valley, Ca Posts: 281	Re: Girl and a cabriolet I’m not sure what that emblem is on the upper radiator. It gets too grainy when I zoom in. __________________ Stickshift 1915 Model T touring 1931 Ford Model AA Flatbed

02-28-2025, 06:18 AM	#13
nkaminar Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Western North Carolina Posts: 5,846	Re: Girl and a cabriolet A golfer or baseball player with a bat. __________________ A is for apple, green as the sky. Step on the gas, for tomorrow I die. Forget the brakes, they really don't work. The clutch always sticks, and starts with a jerk. My car grows red hair, and flies through the air. Driving's a blast, a blast from the past.

03-02-2025, 10:43 AM	#14
Tinbasher Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Innisfil, Ontario Canada Posts: 1,205	Re: Girl and a cabriolet That one is all dressed up.