Don Lang's T Tour with One 1927 Model A

[Steve Ciccalone]

Yesterday, Don Lang, Model T guru, had an open house at his shop in Winchendon, MA. I went down in A566, Ron Rude's former sport coupe (engine to the line 11/19/27). Some of the folks came up to my place for a Model A and motorcycle tour. A very nice day. The coolest car was a 1911 Maxwell big touring. I've seen the smaller "Jack Benny" Max's but never a large touring. Thought I'd post a few photos.

Hunt from the "Barn" came over but was driving a "T" roadster in lieu of his nice '28 Leatherback.

 

[Pilotdave]

What a great "collection"! Thanks for the pictures.

 

[BRENT in 10-uh-C]

Steve, ...Model T folks are also a great bunch to hang out with!! Don & Pat are really nice people and along with their kids too. Below is a picture of my son chatting with Don (who always has time to talk with kids) and we were able to stop & help him get an ailing Model T up one of those steep South Dakota mountains last summer by pulling the car up the mtn. with my son's '16 Touring. Sounds like y'all had a great time and thanks for the photos.

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[Great Lakes Greg]

That Maxwell is a Model EA. My dad had one and it was a bear to drive. It has a progressive sliding gear ****** with notches for the shift lever to fall into. Whenever the lever is not in a notch it is neutral and won't allow the clutch pedal (which is also the brake when it's pushed down further) to release. This makes it mechanicaly impossible to double clutch the unsyncronized trans, resulting in a real "touch" to select gears without severe grinding.

 

[james hitchcock]

Looking at the Model T panel made me think of the T that was on all the commercials for Guaranty Savings. A buddy of mine in Tulare Ca. was the one that restored it. He got to work on it twice. First time was a quicky resto so it could just look pretty for the commercials. Next time was after it was in a parade it was being trailered home. A semi hit the trailer and yanked the chassis from the body. Chassis went East and the body went West and ended up in a field. The second resto was done correctly and he was able to take his time. I wonder where that T ended up. They don't use it on commercials anymore.

 

[Roadster62]

I always enjoy posts like this with photos, there are a lot of private events like this, and it is good to share the event with us.