Model T in Petrified Forest

ultrazona · Post by **ultrazona** » Dec 08 2016 7:07 am

We are planning a trip to Pilot Rock, Onyx Bridge and hopefully the Model T. But I can't seem to track down a location of it. Anyone have any GPS coordinates for it, I would appreciate it.

azbackpackr · Post by **azbackpackr** » Dec 08 2016 7:52 am

PaleoRob might know. I'll see if I can get in touch with him. He doesn't post here often any more.

wallyfrack · Post by **wallyfrack** » Dec 08 2016 7:56 am

Is this the one?

https://hikearizona.com/photo.php?ZIP=104539

The model A is at 35.051126N, 109.805320W

CannondaleKid · Post by **CannondaleKid** » Dec 08 2016 8:03 am

wallyfrack wrote:Is this the one?

Definitely not a Model T... looks more like a Model A.
(Of course someone may have dubbed it a Model T sometime back and the story continues as is...)

PaleoRob · Post by **PaleoRob** » Dec 08 2016 8:04 am

That is the only readily accessible rusted out Ford I am aware of in the park. It is near the north entrance to the park right along the main park road.

azbackpackr · Post by **azbackpackr** » Dec 08 2016 8:05 am

@wallyfrack
@ultrazona

That's cool but that's not a Model T. Not sure what it is. This is the car:
https://www.nps.gov/media/photo/gallery ... A093A80805

CannondaleKid · Post by **CannondaleKid** » Dec 08 2016 8:08 am

@azbackpackr Yep, that one looks more like a Model T.

PaleoRob · Post by **PaleoRob** » Dec 08 2016 8:17 am

@azbackpackr
The park lists that as being in the Petrified Forest Wilderness. The northern wilderness with Pilot Rock is part of that of that wilderness and tends to have that reddish mudstone shown in the picture...but there is also wilderness at the southern end of the park too. The rocks tend to be a bit more "stripey" down that way, but still.

chumley · Post by **chumley** » Dec 08 2016 8:22 am

azbackpackr wrote:PaleoRob might know. He doesn't post here often any more.

Neither does ultrazona.

ultrazona · Post by **ultrazona** » Dec 09 2016 2:55 am

azbackpackr wrote:@wallyfrack
@ultrazona

That's cool but that's not a Model T. Not sure what it is. This is the car:
https://www.nps.gov/media/photo/gallery ... A093A80805

That is the one I am looking for.

@chumley you sound so sad

azbackpackr · Post by **azbackpackr** » Dec 09 2016 6:10 am

@ultrazona
Go there, and ask a ranger when you get your backpacking permit. That's the best I can suggest.

chumley · Post by **chumley** » Dec 09 2016 7:22 am

ultrazona wrote:@chumley you sound so sad

I miss hiking with you!

ultrazona · Post by **ultrazona** » Dec 09 2016 4:50 pm

chumley wrote:
ultrazona wrote:@chumley you sound so sad
I miss hiking with you!

You mean behind me. Far behind me.

ultrazona · Post by **ultrazona** » Dec 09 2016 4:51 pm

azbackpackr wrote:@ultrazona
Go there, and ask a ranger when you get your backpacking permit. That's the best I can suggest.

Awesome! Will do.

chumley · Post by **chumley** » Dec 09 2016 5:00 pm

ultrazona wrote: You mean behind me. Far behind me.

Very true!

Al_HikesAZ · Post by **Al_HikesAZ** » May 11 2023 9:49 am

That is a 1932 Studebaker. Not a Ford Model T or Model A.

This 1932 Studebaker commemorates a stretch of the original Route 66 that used to run through here. This is just north of the I-40 and the divide of the Park between the Painted Desert and the Petrified Forest.

I didn't realize this was such a bad neighborhood. Park your car outside overnight and they steal the tires right from under you.

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