The Ford Barn

Chuck Dempsey · 03-16-2025, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Marshall V. Daut

Life as a rural mail carrier would have been easier for Elmer if he'd had a right-hand drive Model A. Then he could just lean out of the passenger's window and put the mail into the mailboxes without the need to slide across the two seats to do so. 'Course, he could just drive on the wrong side of the road and put the mail into the mailboxes from the driver's side. Back in those days, country roads probably weren't traversed heavily enough to cause problems. You could see way off in a distance if a car was coming at you on the wrong side of the road. Besides, people in that farming community would have most likely been used to seeing Elmer delivering mail on the wrong side of the road.
I wonder how it all ended for Elmer and that workhorse Tudor??? Both look like they had a LOT of miles on them!
Marshall

I can't find any thing on Elmer, Sr, but it looks like Elmer, Jr died a couple of years ago. Born in 1940, I suspect he took many a ride in that Tudor....

https://www.hartquistfuneral.com/obituaries/elmer-ehde

ThirstyThirty · 03-16-2025, 10:00 AM

"not too shabby!", if you ask me! seems just has a lil road dust on it... driver seems happy enough!

Synchro909 · 03-16-2025, 06:42 PM

It looks to be quite an early car. I see no bolt through the LH end of the bumper.

Chuck Dempsey · 03-16-2025, 06:58 PM

The RH bumper bolt is a little easier to see...

old31 · 03-17-2025, 10:02 AM

I don't think those are cracks in the windshield. They look like wires from the other side.

Marshall V. Daut · 03-17-2025, 10:33 AM

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The parallel hood louvers vis-a-vis the line between the lower and upper hood panels eliminates this as an early car, as do the closed-end bumpers missing the bolt that ties the two ends together. Early Model A hood louvers sloped downwards at the rear, following the angle of the side splash shields. They looked kind of odd, as if the panel had shifted inside the stamping die and the louvers ended up at an angle. Mid-1928 Model A hood louvers were changed to run parallel to the break between the upper and lower hood panels, which looked a lot better. The teacup taillight makes this a mid-to-late 1929 Tudor.
Marshall

03-16-2025, 10:00 AM	#22
ThirstyThirty Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2024 Location: College Station,Texas Posts: 343	Re: Shabby tudor "not too shabby!", if you ask me! seems just has a lil road dust on it... driver seems happy enough! __________________ "My Model A... work never ends, only the day ends!"

03-16-2025, 06:42 PM	#23
Synchro909 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 8,043	Re: Shabby tudor It looks to be quite an early car. I see no bolt through the LH end of the bumper. __________________ I sometimes wonder what happened to the people who asked me for directions. Even at my age, I still like to look at a young, attractive woman but I can't really remember why.

03-17-2025, 10:02 AM	#25
old31 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Posts: 2,460	Re: Shabby tudor I don't think those are cracks in the windshield. They look like wires from the other side.

03-17-2025, 10:33 AM	#26
Marshall V. Daut Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Davenport, Iowa Posts: 2,627	Re: Shabby tudor Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) The parallel hood louvers vis-a-vis the line between the lower and upper hood panels eliminates this as an early car, as do the closed-end bumpers missing the bolt that ties the two ends together. Early Model A hood louvers sloped downwards at the rear, following the angle of the side splash shields. They looked kind of odd, as if the panel had shifted inside the stamping die and the louvers ended up at an angle. Mid-1928 Model A hood louvers were changed to run parallel to the break between the upper and lower hood panels, which looked a lot better. The teacup taillight makes this a mid-to-late 1929 Tudor. Marshall