Posted by greenbeanman in Kansas on December 12, 2010 at 15:11:05 from (99.60.132.175):
In Reply to: Just Stuff posted by Allan In NE on December 12, 2010 at 06:22:56:
Allan in NE I have a photo of pre-deliver prep work on Model T Fords that I"m including a link to. I don"t care to resize the image because of the album it is in or I"d simply embed it.
Decades ago at least some of the Model T Fords were shipped to rural areas via railroad box cars. To conserve shipping space they were partially disassembled and stood on their nose so to speak.
Upon arrival to their destination they would be removed from the box car taken to the dealership and assembled.
This photo is for the Ford dealership at Utica, Kansas owned by Bill Whitney. Shown assembling a Model T are mechanic Roy Crabtree and Whitney"s son Herbert (in the western hat) who eventually took over the dealership. Roy remained the mechanic for decades under the long bonds of friendship.
On the back wall over the bed of the Model T truck are what appears to be boxes of some sort. They were in fact a part of the Edison Light Plant electrical distribution system for the town. The agency housed the Light Plant until grid power was eventually brought to the small town.
I haven"t been in the building since the 1980s but the objects were still present at that time. Perhaps fuse box covers for individual line circuits? I don"t know or at least don"t remember.
The hot link for the photo. This link shows the exterior of the building. http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t298/growerguy/Utica%20Kansas/scan0151.jpg
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