The Ford Barn

chrisabes · 10-11-2015, 02:53 PM

Is there anyone able to help identify the following vehicles. They belonged to my wife's Grandparents in Zimbabwe (formally Rhodesia ) we think in the early 1920's. They may not have even been Fords but we have had to start somewhere.

Thanks.

15max · 10-11-2015, 05:52 PM

In the center photo, the car on the right is a 1924 or '25 Model T Ford. The car on the left looks like a Moon. Maybe 1924 or so. The radiator was shaped a lot like a Rolls Royce. By 1927 it had changed to a rounder style. Only a guess. The bottom photo could be the same car. The car behind the tent in the top photo looks a little like a '30 or '31 Model A Fordor but I doubt that it is.

chrisabes · 10-28-2015, 03:17 PM

Hi 15max. Many thanks for your comments. I have since been investigating the identity of the vehicle on the left in the middle photo. A couple of weeks ago we went to a swap meet and to our astonishment saw this early Essex Six. I took a couple of photo's of it and on my return home, compared it to the old photo we have. I am in no doubt it is the same make of vehicle. Mystery solved??

chrisabes · 10-28-2015, 03:20 PM

Sorry, here is the photo.

15max · 10-29-2015, 10:34 AM

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It is nice that you were able to match it. Those early cars are tricky as there are so many different ones.

10-11-2015, 05:52 PM	#2
15max Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 327	Re: Please help identify these cars. In the center photo, the car on the right is a 1924 or '25 Model T Ford. The car on the left looks like a Moon. Maybe 1924 or so. The radiator was shaped a lot like a Rolls Royce. By 1927 it had changed to a rounder style. Only a guess. The bottom photo could be the same car. The car behind the tent in the top photo looks a little like a '30 or '31 Model A Fordor but I doubt that it is.

10-28-2015, 03:17 PM	#3
chrisabes Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Tamborine Mountain,Queensland, Australia Posts: 85	Re: Please help identify these cars. Hi 15max. Many thanks for your comments. I have since been investigating the identity of the vehicle on the left in the middle photo. A couple of weeks ago we went to a swap meet and to our astonishment saw this early Essex Six. I took a couple of photo's of it and on my return home, compared it to the old photo we have. I am in no doubt it is the same make of vehicle. Mystery solved??

10-29-2015, 10:34 AM	#5
15max Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 327	Re: Please help identify these cars. Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) It is nice that you were able to match it. Those early cars are tricky as there are so many different ones.