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t-head · 05-07-2012, 06:02 AM

We found this neat photo which came out of an old photo album from the Rochester, NY. area. The plates on both cars are 1934. Help us ID the Childs Miller Car.

sturgis 39 · 05-07-2012, 06:23 AM

Cool-Soap Box Derby?

FL&WVMIKE · 05-07-2012, 08:12 AM

t-head ........................
You keep coming up with these great, over the top photographs !
How do you do it ?
MIKE

Terry, NJ · 05-07-2012, 08:44 AM

T-Head, You'll be surprised and pleased to know the old Mercer company building is still there at 600 Whitehead rd in Trenton. The state of NJ was leasing it for a while and I got to enter it a few times.
Terry

t-head · 05-07-2012, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by FL&WVMIKE

t-head ........................
You keep coming up with these great, over the top photographs !
How do you do it ?
MIKE

We have a big photo collection and also buy a lot of photos on Ebay. We spent over quite a bit in last year to keep The Old Motor in photos you will not see anywhere else. Now that we are established, many people are sending in their photos.

Our very first fund non-profit raiser is coming up next week and I hope you guys will help out. Stay tuned......

Seth Swoboda · 05-07-2012, 10:35 AM

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Is the guy in the soap box derby car wearing an eye patch?

Rich in Tucson · 05-07-2012, 11:44 AM

Note also the painted centers of the hub caps - bet they were painted red.

flatford39 · 05-07-2012, 12:09 PM

And the full bumper in the rear along with cowl lights and headlite shields. I do not see a second tailight though.

ericr · 05-07-2012, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Terry, NJ

T-Head, You'll be surprised and pleased to know the old Mercer company building is still there at 600 Whitehead rd in Trenton. The state of NJ was leasing it for a while and I got to enter it a few times.
Terry

Here where I am, Columbus Ohio, we have a building that was an assembly plant during the T, A and V-8 eras. Though multi-storied and large, still, it is hard to imagine cars being painted and assembled there. The old man said you would see the parking lot filling with completed cars as the day wore on, and the building had, of course, large windows on the ground floor with various cars being displayed.

ericr · 05-07-2012, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Rich in Tucson

Note also the painted centers of the hub caps - bet they were painted red.

do those look like some non-factory accessory to you?

t-head · 05-08-2012, 07:56 AM

Thanks for all of your input on this photo. Dick Stearns sent in this comment to the The Old Motor that tells about the dealer:

I can’t help with the little car, but Judge’s Ford was an old line Ford dealer on Lake Ave., just a couple of blocks from the Kodak State St. offices, in Rochester. They lasted into the 1980′s as I recall. I have seen Model T fords with their trade mark slogan “good morning Judge” cast into the retainer nut on the steering wheel. I think this photo was taken on Main St. just west ot the Genesee river. That looks like the old Security Trust bank building, now long gone, replaced by the Riverside Convention Center.

Does anyone have any Judge's Ford photos to share??

modelAtony · 05-08-2012, 03:25 PM

thin white walls on back of roadster

James Rogers · 05-08-2012, 04:43 PM

Actually, the car looks like a motorized go kart type. If you look close you can see a belt or chain running from a pulley at the rear wheel to the wheel itself.

t-head · 05-14-2012, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by James Rogers

Actually, the car looks like a motorized go kart type. If you look close you can see a belt or chain running from a pulley at the rear wheel to the wheel itself.

James....You are correct it is belived to have been driven by an engine. Readers of The Old Motor were even able to ID where it was from.

Earle · 05-14-2012, 03:10 PM

Thanks, t-head! Great historic photo of the best body style of all the Model A's!

And just to think that I could actually go to 600 Whitehead Rd in Trenton, NJ (right across the Delaware River from me) and stand - or park my own Roadster! - on the very spot where that gorgous Roadster once stood! What a moving experience that would be to commune with the spirit of my car's honored legacy on that hallowed piece of ground....

Aahhh...Never mind...non-roadster owners wouldn't understand....

05-07-2012, 06:02 AM	#1
t-head Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: In my machine shop. Posts: 1,047	Neat 1934 Photo of a Model A Roadster and a Childs Racing Car We found this neat photo which came out of an old photo album from the Rochester, NY. area. The plates on both cars are 1934. Help us ID the Childs Miller Car.

05-07-2012, 06:23 AM	#2
sturgis 39 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Lead. South Dakota Posts: 963	Re: Neat 1934 Photo of a Model A Roadster and a Childs Racing Car Cool-Soap Box Derby? __________________ IF IT CAN NOT BE FIXED WITH BLASTING WIRE, JB WELD OR DUCT TAPE ---IT CAN NOT BE FIXED Do not get me started on the stupidity of ethanol. I think one of the monitors is from Iowa and he will delete the thread.

05-07-2012, 08:12 AM	#3
FL&WVMIKE Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Daytona Beach, Fl & Spencer, W. Va, Posts: 4,442	Re: Neat 1934 Photo of a Model A Roadster and a Childs Racing Car t-head ........................ You keep coming up with these great, over the top photographs ! How do you do it ? MIKE

05-07-2012, 08:44 AM	#4
Terry, NJ Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Bucks Co, Pa Posts: 3,740	Re: Neat 1934 Photo of a Model A Roadster and a Childs Racing Car T-Head, You'll be surprised and pleased to know the old Mercer company building is still there at 600 Whitehead rd in Trenton. The state of NJ was leasing it for a while and I got to enter it a few times. Terry

05-07-2012, 10:35 AM	#6
Seth Swoboda Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 3,795	Re: Neat 1934 Photo of a Model A Roadster and a Childs Racing Car Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Is the guy in the soap box derby car wearing an eye patch?

05-07-2012, 11:44 AM	#7
Rich in Tucson Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Tucson, Arizona Posts: 374	Re: Neat 1934 Photo of a Model A Roadster and a Childs Racing Car Note also the painted centers of the hub caps - bet they were painted red.

05-07-2012, 12:09 PM	#8
flatford39 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: NE Illinois Posts: 499	Re: Neat 1934 Photo of a Model A Roadster and a Childs Racing Car And the full bumper in the rear along with cowl lights and headlite shields. I do not see a second tailight though.

05-08-2012, 07:56 AM	#11
t-head Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: In my machine shop. Posts: 1,047	Re: Neat 1934 Photo of a Model A Roadster and a Childs Racing Car Thanks for all of your input on this photo. Dick Stearns sent in this comment to the The Old Motor that tells about the dealer: I can’t help with the little car, but Judge’s Ford was an old line Ford dealer on Lake Ave., just a couple of blocks from the Kodak State St. offices, in Rochester. They lasted into the 1980′s as I recall. I have seen Model T fords with their trade mark slogan “good morning Judge” cast into the retainer nut on the steering wheel. I think this photo was taken on Main St. just west ot the Genesee river. That looks like the old Security Trust bank building, now long gone, replaced by the Riverside Convention Center. Does anyone have any Judge's Ford photos to share??

05-08-2012, 03:25 PM	#12
modelAtony Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: lafayette,la Posts: 459	Re: Neat 1934 Photo of a Model A Roadster and a Childs Racing Car thin white walls on back of roadster

05-08-2012, 04:43 PM	#13
James Rogers Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Asheville,NC Posts: 3,104	Re: Neat 1934 Photo of a Model A Roadster and a Childs Racing Car Actually, the car looks like a motorized go kart type. If you look close you can see a belt or chain running from a pulley at the rear wheel to the wheel itself. __________________ http://www.model-a-ford-4bangers.com/

05-14-2012, 03:10 PM	#15
Earle Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Wilmington, Delaware Posts: 240	Re: Neat 1934 Photo of a Model A Roadster and a Childs Racing Car Thanks, t-head! Great historic photo of the best body style of all the Model A's! And just to think that I could actually go to 600 Whitehead Rd in Trenton, NJ (right across the Delaware River from me) and stand - or park my own Roadster! - on the very spot where that gorgous Roadster once stood! What a moving experience that would be to commune with the spirit of my car's honored legacy on that hallowed piece of ground.... Aahhh...Never mind...non-roadster owners wouldn't understand....