Wednesday, June 23, 2010

WOOD THAT YOU COULD

I'll bet many of you have never seen this before;a car with wooden spoke wheels. These were on a very old, very well preserved Model"T" Ford. They sure don't make them like that anymore.
Posted by B SQUARED
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18 comments:

  1. cieldequimperJune 23, 2010 at 2:07 AM

    Amazing. How fast does a Model T go?

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  2. magiceyeJune 23, 2010 at 2:12 AM

    wow! a vintage treasure!

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  3. PatJune 23, 2010 at 6:39 AM

    Only seen by yours truly in museums. I hear the first Yugos had them, too..... :)

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  4. brattcatJune 23, 2010 at 6:39 AM

    A thing of beauty.

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  5. SRQJune 23, 2010 at 6:48 AM

    Where did you find this? Greenfield Village?

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  6. BirdmanJune 23, 2010 at 6:54 AM

    Thank goodness! hahahahaha

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  7. Jim KlenkeJune 23, 2010 at 7:19 AM

    Boy they sure dont make'em like that. If they did, they would probably use bad wood and be recalled.

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  8. VPJune 23, 2010 at 7:21 AM

    Never seen anything like this, I vaguely knew that these wheels existed, but to see a real one is completely different. Great catch!

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  9. UnknownJune 23, 2010 at 8:06 AM

    It's beautiful and I don't remember seeing one before.

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  10. Lisa WilsonJune 23, 2010 at 10:37 AM

    Can you imagine the maintenance we would have if we still had wheels like that? They were very pretty, though.

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  11. LoisJune 23, 2010 at 12:04 PM

    That's amazing! I'm reminded of stories my grandmother used to tell me about her Model T Roadster.

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  12. DarylJune 23, 2010 at 12:10 PM

    I knew someone who owned a Morgan and apparently its frame is made of wood ... of course it was long ago and I cant recall if the spokes were wood or not ...

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  13. Leslie D.June 23, 2010 at 1:12 PM

    Interesting since wooden spokes were also used on Roman chariots. Love stuff like that.

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  14. Small City ScenesJune 23, 2010 at 1:14 PM

    Very cool. I wonder how soon they would be splinters on the cars of today---going 80 miles an hour. MB

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  15. Louis la VacheJune 23, 2010 at 9:56 PM

    Your Yugo will be jealous of a car that has lived as long as that Model T. Your Yugo is exceptionally long-lived as it is, the typical life expectancy of a Yugo being less than 2 weeks...

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  16. Mary Stebbins TaittJune 23, 2010 at 10:21 PM

    I've seen 'em! Love them! We were at the car show on Sunday. Yay!

    We're going to the porcupine MTs the first week after we leave Blue lake, we just decided that tonight--and then--

    Maybe Canada?

    I'll blow you guys some kisses when we drive through! If yr there.

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  17. KateJune 23, 2010 at 10:40 PM

    Hope you took photos of the car, too, with an intent to post it. It is something that most of us probably have never seen.

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  18. KaoriJune 24, 2010 at 2:47 AM

    They make them to last ;D

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