Where is everyone #5

Good morning y’all….

 

Horrific. I’d rather die quickly.

 

Beautiful pic

 

Happy Sunday from Richmond.

 

That’s one of those pics they use for a thousand piece jigsaw puzzle.

 

Personally won't do fire engine red, but except for that rock box, & mismatched 24.5 steer 22.5 drives that's a sharp FLD..




https://www.auctiontime.com/listing..._amktSYjm4xcM8wS6trBCs3gReDIhc8YaAuRkEALw_wcB

 

This 1912 C-T electric truck is a heavy-
duty four-wheel drive Model A 10 that was
produced by the Commercial Truck
Company of Philadelphia.

All 22 of these trucks were originally open-
air with a simple folding top. However, at
some point the Charles Wacker Company
built and installed the more modern
closed cab on 20. Red oak was used for
the construction of the cab and it matches
the rest of the vehicle. The truck bed
however is two sections of 1/4″ thick steel
plate over 2″ thick red oak, and it is
secured by over 500 bolts–this kind of
incredible over-building is likely a large
contributor to so many surviving 100+
years later. The yellow area below the bed
is the battery compartment, and while
pneumatic tires were available, solid
rubber items were specced from new here.

The steering and throttle are both
combined on the single vertical shaft seen
here. The spokes can be seen, but the rims
for both wheels are missing. The top
wheel was for steering, and the lower
wheel controlled the throttle which
handled both forward and reverse.
Turning it clockwise accelerated the truck
forward, an opposite movement slowed or
reversed the truck–a foot brake was also
provided.

Each wheel is backed by one 85-volt, 10-
amp General Electric motor. The each
produced 16 HP when new, and give the
truck true four wheel drive.

In the battery compartment, nine trays
were used to hold a 500 pound, five-foot-
long lead-acid battery pack that produced
10 volts. Today five modern 12-volt
batteries can replace the 45 originals for
full power, but according to the seller just
one 12-volt will suffice to move it.
Interestingly, the seller says each truck
could operate for 22 hours (unladen) on a
single charge. A full recharge took two
hours, battery units could be swapped
(technology the Curtis Publishing
Company employed), and ten years of
service was possible before needing to
rebuild the batteries.

 

At one time the tractor was a jigsaw puzzle lol, I took it apart and built it to start the tractor & engine show in 2007…

 

C12 430/1650tq. That would feel like big power compared to pinky

 

I don't know, the guy in the video says he hasn't seen any rust on the frame at all.....well, that's because it's been covered in a thick paint coating, but I can see all kinds of rust and metal rot under that paint, especially in the areas with the 'rippled' effect. Did a blow up of the under driver door tank connect, that shows where they couldn't be bothered to paint or shine away the area.


I like a good paint job, but if it's so bad that you can see the cellulite dimpling in the metal, it would have been better to at least do a better prep job, before putting those coats on. A little sanding and priming would have gone a long way to believe it really was rust free, rather than painted over rust At least the interior is somewhat decent for its age. My first OTR truck was a 2000 KW 900, so the rattling doesn't bother me. I'd have to see it in person, though, as those areas with the rust in the frame would have me concerned with how bad it was eaten at by all the apparent in the above screenshot, organic compounds that were eating away at it before it got it's paint coat.