Re: Postcard From Maine 20, Old Friends

Russo Loco Wrote:
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> Stewart Rhine Wrote:
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> > The Model T has it's original 20 horsepower 4-
> > cylinder engine so no need of chrome tailpipes
> > . . . . or even dual tailpipes.  
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> > As Henry designed it, there wasn't much chrome
> > on a 1923 Model T, everything is black!
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> Henry was a notorious party-pooper -
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> The hood and body should have been dark green, and
> the fenders, etc., black.  There's an old
> Ford painted that way here in Ventura,* and IMHO
> it looks VERY nice — sorta like #489 in
> 2010.    
>
> - Roosso
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> *  Sorry, but I don't remember the year - it
> may be a bit newer than '23 . . .

It probably is. From 1928 onward, Ford painted their trucks with a dark olive green body and black fenders like the 1929 seen below.
Of note is that this is the same year and model Ford that Nevada Central rail truck 107-C was built from.