Mystery body?

It is included in a parts deal I am working on, problem is the owner thinks he struck it rich and his selling price reflects that, best I can do is toss him an insulting offer (at least to him insulting) and in a few months he should be calling me.
 
Poor photo, can you post one that is brighter? A good shot of the 1/4 panel behind the door would help confirm what I think is a cut up Model T truck "C Cab". Bob
 
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It is a long ways from me for more photos, not a c-cab, I have one and the doors are different. I should post this on T site.
 
It is clearly one of the few surviving examples of the ill-fated Sears combo lawn-mower / carpet vacuum that was the rage for a couple of years, starting in 1929 and ending production in 1931 or '32. Wikipedia has about two pages devoted to this unique (some would say bizarre) brain-storm of Dr. Rubious Goldberg.

I have only seen three of these iconic inventions in person. One was in a bar in Dead Water, Arkansas; one was in a bar in Two Bits, Arizona; and the third was in a bar in Blind Drunk, Montana.
 
Ah yes, the infamous mower/vacuum, Sears advertised it as the "Cut and Suck Wonder". It was doomed from the start because no one had lawns in 1929, just dirt where the chickens scratched. There is still one in operation at a bar on Main street in Frog Jump, Tennessee.
 
Congrats ! Vonn Ditch -

It is a pure joy to see that some of us, as we continue the ageing process, have NOT forgot how to laugh ! It is the stuff of Life !

Which reminds me Vonn - are you the famous 'Son of a Ditch' , that we have all heard so much about ?

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