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  1. WWII era Fords:
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  2. Looking north toward Alpena MI, about 1954
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  3. This was on US23, across from the Paul Bunyan Lookout (see next/last pic), south of Alpena, Michigan - pic is from about 1938

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  4. About 1940, US23 looking south from Paul Bunyan Lookout (Lake Huron in the far background):
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  5. Paul and Babe, at the Lookout on US23 South of Alpena Michigan, about 1950
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  6. Another shot of the Lookout Inn on US23 across from Paul Bunyan Lookout, from about 1941:
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  7. My mom & pop, about 1938:
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    Car is still around, now white and green in Buffalo NY
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    Back end looked different originally than it does now.
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    Car has been around and changed a few times
     
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    Love this thread but was really excited to see this here! Ford Tri-Motor NC7121 was flown by my great uncle Gilbert Minick. It was purchased in 1929 (I think) by Cap Goodsell and several businessmen partners from Canton, OH. Gil was a pilot and mechanic and worked for Goodsell. Tri-Motored Air Tours barnstormed around the country giving many folks their first ride in an airplane. As far as I know they didn't operate as a true airline with scheduled flights. Eventually Gil purchased NC7121 from Goodsell, then sold it to Frank Tallman and Paul Mantz of Tallmantz Aviation in SoCal who used it in the movies, including some of the few actual flying sequences in "Only Angels Have Wings" with Cary Grant. It was eventually scrapped by Tallmantz. Family legend has it that Uncle Gil taught Paul Mantz how to spin the Tri-Motor.

    NC7121 was updated throughout its career with Tri-Motored Air Tours, the most obvious being the later-style windscreen shown in yellerspirit's post. Here she is in her early state shortly after purchase with the owners (Cap Goodsell on left) posing proudly in front. (There's a larger version of this image in the thumbnails link below)....
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    Gil with the Model A pickup support vehicle (and a Hudson Super Six (I think) in the background) on the road in Virginia...
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    A with Gil(?) in background...
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    Gil fitting a new radio to NC7121...
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    There is one in operation at a local indoor flea market in slatington pa on route 873
     
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    sorry this os what i miss
     
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