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Dennis Halpin, right, graciously offered Englewood Edge the use of his car for a morning. Lee Ann Struckman chose to ride in the back.

Den­nis Halpin, right, gra­ciously offered Engle­wood Edge the use of his car for a morn­ing. Lee Ann Struck­man chose to ride in the back.

The story Riding with Old Fart a fun adventure was also linked to the following pictures.

  • Smiling faces, a common sight on the parade route.
  • Englewood Edge was number 19 in the parade. By the time we came along these cute kids on Old Englewood Road already had souveniers and bags to put them in.
  • The "missus," Lee Ann Struckman, rode in the back seat.
  • The front window of the Model T is opened with knobs on either side. The person in the passenger seat is expected to operate the windshield wipers by hand.
  • Old Fart's family was sitting toward the end of the parade route.
  • Dennis Halpin, left, talks about his car Monday morning while waiting for the parade to get going.
  • Nancy Chapman had never gone for a ride in an antique car before. It was interesting.
  • Dennis Halpin drives his 1927 Model T in the Pioneer Days parade Monday.
  • The control panel of the Model T.
  • Spectators on Old Englewood Road.
  • A member of the Suncoast Worship Center hands out free bottles of water.
  • Spectators on Old Englewood Road.
  • Children react to the sight of a Model T.
  • An Old Englewood Road crowd.
  • Richard Blanchard, a psychic and a director at the Lemon Bay Playhouse, politely waves hello to the passing Model T.
  • Spectators in front of the Eagles club. The float made by the club won best in show.
  • Spectators in front of the Eagles.
  • Spectators on Old Englewood Road.
  • Sue and Rich Freeman, on Old Englewood Road.
  • The knob on the hood is a special accessory to the Model T. It is a water temperature gauge, something Henry Ford didn't think of.
  • Teenagers from the Suncoast Worship Center hand out water bottles. I gratefully accepted.
  • Kids watch the parade.
  • The Toyota pulls away.
  • Two parade spectators.
  • The woman at right wanted to know how old the Model T is. It's one of the last ones that was made, in February 1927.
  • The view from the Model T as it heads up West Dearborn Street.
  • Father and son: both of these men are named Don Platt.
  • In front of Pioneer Park.
  • Spectators on West Dearborn Street.
  • The view from a Model T as it gets close to the end of the parade route Monday.
  • The end of the parade route, almost.
  • A few waves and smiling faces.
  • The end of the parade route, almost.
  • The end of the parade route, almost.
  • The parade route turns to meet its end at Englewood Elementary School.
  • The end of the parade route, almost.
  • These people staked out a place on Elm Street.
  • Dennis Halpin's 1927 Model T, almost ready for the parade Monday morning.
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One response to “Pioneer fun 090610_2763”

  1. elaine miller

    9 / 9 / 2010
    7:06 pm

    that was a charm­ing lit­er­ary piece about an old car and an old fart. whowul­dathunk that would be any­thing but a stinker!

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