Restoration pictures of "Old Henry"
Just takin' "Old Henry" out for a midnight spin.
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Here's my son Wallee working on the frame
The frame took about 100 hours to clean all of the grease and Michigan road sand off of.
This is a view of the cleaned up axle with the top location leaf spring hanger for the radius rod. Notice the under axle angle iron added for support.
This shot shows the one wooden wheel that I cleaned as an experiment. Also notice the stewart speedometer wheel that is missing all of the other parts.
This is the reinforce radius rod that was on the car when I started the restoration.
Here is where the angle iron bends under the steering mechanism
The coil on "Old Henry" had Kingston Kokomo stamped on the brass plates.
The one coil that refused to spark was the one with the Ford logo on the to contact.
Once the panels were removed from the doors, a well preserved interior was revealed.
The door latch still provides a strong gripping action when the door is slammed.
The "W" at the top of the panel below the front seat and a "W 8 15 524405" at the beginning of the body number means that the car body was produce by C. R. Wilson in Detroit, Michigan in August of 1915.