In Antwerp, Belgium, my great-grandfather was a car builder in 1900 till his death in 1913. Then his sons continued the firm, maintaining cars and trucks in the 1920-30s. On the attached picture (between 1923 and 1930) this was their workplace. One person is working at a car. Now, I’ve been told this is a Ford model T, but I’m not 100% convinced, so I would like to ask for your help to identify the type of car and model. Many thanks for your help, Jørgen.
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The shape of the radiator shell and the contours of the front fender don’t look like a Model T to my eyes. I hope this helps.
Yes it does. thank you. I asked because someone was convinced, but the shock absorbers are different, two light bulbs are different and I wasn’t sure of the radiator shell compared to all Model T’s I could find. Then today i stumbled on a photo on a Dutch site showing a few Belgian legendary makes of the brand SAVA. The radiator follows the same curves and we see part of the logo resembling. Many thanks!
That photograph of your great grandfather at work is a treasure!
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Pretty sure not a Model T
Front springs on axle are not Ford Model T style as well.
Great picture
It’s a pity I couldn’t find any more of these.
Now I’m convinced as well this is not a Ford.
I found a similar front on prewarcars.nl, so I superimposed the front with the photo, and it looks like it is a 1926 Minerva AF town car.
A Minerva was a very expensive Belgian car back then. Very impressive.