1919 Ford Model T Roadster Converted to a Speedster in 1929

Interesting car at the Beavercreek, Ohio Cruise-In tonight.  this is a 1919 Ford Model T that the owner's grandfather purchased in 1927 and then home built a speedster from.   The speedster has been rebuilt but following the layout of the original version going back to the late 1920s.  There were plenty of these kind of modified cars around between WWI and WWII.  One might say that these cars were the first "hotrods."