OT Model T Ford

Fun little e mail video I received if you like a Model T Ford.

John T
Model T Ford

Thanks for the great video.

Neat video!

I once owned a 1915 Model T. And I kick myself frequently for not still having it. It would be 100 years old this year.

The Archway over I-80 by Kearney, NE has on display what they claim is an "authentic 1914 Model T Ford". It's not, it's about a 1925. When I began enumerating to one of the Archway employees the difference between a 1914 and a 1925, he still insisted it was a 1914. They did evolve over the years, with the last ones having wire demountable wheels, electric starters, etc.

Thanks John, Mine is 98 years old and they were rated in Britain at 25 MPG at the time.
Richard in NW SC

Great video, John. Thanks for posting.

An 85 year-old close friend of mine has a 1927 (6?) depot hack that he built himself from parts saved over the decades when he bought/sold and traded Model T parts. He built several of these over the years and this is his last. It was built from the very best parts, many NOS, that he saved over the decades.

He rebuilt all of the used assemblies, e.g., engine, transmission, etc. himself using the very best parts in his once huge collection. He poured, scraped and fitted the babbit bearings himself.

He built the depot hack body starting with selecting and the oak trees, sawing, curing, planing, etc., the lumber. He did the same with the hickory for the new wheel spokes that he fabricated.

He farmed out the upholstery and paint to others but everything else was done by him. All 4 fenders are NOS.

The hack is essentially new and has all of the later model options including electric starter, high compression head, two speed rear axle, etc.

He finished it about two years just before his health failed. I believe he drove it around his place once.

He went into a nursing home about 2 months ago and will not come home. The world will loose a great deal of knowledge when he is gone.

Dean

Great video! Those would have been some tired employes at the end of a shift!

Those workers were moving fast and working hard. At that time there was over two hundred American mnotorcycle manufacturers . Almost all of them [but eventually one put out by Ford's T . I saw a picture of a football field sized yard with T chassis stacked 2 and 3 high.It was one mornings production ONE MORNING ! That's what killed motorcycles; ride by your self out in the wind and elements or [for the same money] buy a Ford and take the whole family to the lake. Most chose the car.

Before I was born parents had a model T, at some point a model T truck. I never saw either. Car was bought new. One of Daddy's bootlegging brothers came by wanting them to buy his Buick. Mama said he had worn the car out running from the law, and if the tires went bad they wouldn't be able to buy new ones. They bought the T. They kept the car until Daddy wanted a 32 Ford v 8.

KEH

Great video. Today I am riding with my friend in his Model T, to the tractor show in Vista Ca. Stan

We made it to the tractor show, and back. Those things don't have brakes. stan

Great video... Thank you!

I have always been an admirer of the simplicity- wasn't aware of their toughness. That was quite impressive to see those T's drop down that vertical !

could not open it because this computer is being ornery ,,.. at last auction , got busy helping a fella load up while auctioneer was rattling along selling what I thought were serveral old chevy 6 bangers from the 50s and sixties ,,. but one of the motors was a tranny and motor for a model t, ford ,. I noticed the 3 ft pedals as I walked over ,, it had just sold for about a hundred bux ,, and the guy was happy to get it ,,. I did not need it but I would a took it home if I was paying attention