Guest FordoFilez Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Hi, a New T owner and not sure about my new truck.. The Title say's 1924 for one. The wood looks very old but no doors. The dash looks rebuilt and just wondering if they made a open truck like this? The arm rests looks very old but did they have armrests like that? I'm sure the seat is out of an old school bus..lol.. The firewall is all wood. Thanks for any help.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlLaFong Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Ford did not build a factory pickup until 1925. Yours is home made from the firewall back. Ford did not build a car like yours. Have fun with it anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FordoFilez Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 So what you're saying is "I have the only one of its kind'"? lmao.. well.. I guess that's ok.. (I won't tell my wife)........lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FordoFilez Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 I guess I can say I made it and since my last name is Ford.. . it was still built by a Ford! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F&J Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 That body looks like it's above average in styling. It could be real old, made by a blacksmith..or could be from the 40s as a work truck...or even made in the last 40 years by an antique car owner.Take a real good look at the ironwork on all the brackets. You should be able to date it better, if they were done with a forge and anvil, or just cold bent parts.nice truck!Ooops ! I just re-read your last post...nice work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FordoFilez Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 I didn't build it but working on it... Thanks for your words.. Have a great Christmas and Holiday.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Schramm Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 It might be one of those cars that was converted to a truck during WWII so the owner would be able to get more gas during the war. There were quite a number of cars that were converted at that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FordoFilez Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 I still have questions about how much of mine is original when I see photos like this? <img src="http://www.valleairport.com/images/aircraft/40G_3-04%20(10).JPG"> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FordoFilez Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 here is a better shot of my truck for reference...<img src="http://www.fordotv.com/modelt/ModelT_FlatBlack.png"> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28 Chrysler Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 Looks like it would be a great parade truck. The seat looks like it is from a 50's, 60's school bus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlLaFong Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 Please give the truck a bit of it's dignity back and loose the yellow paint ASAP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1940_Buick Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 Your truck may have come from the factory as a chassis, to be fitted with an aftermarket commercial body. It's also possible that it was a sedan that had it's body cut off. Either way, T's are a bunch of FUN!The seat of course, isn't original. If you ever decide to re-do the body, Lang's Old Car Parts sells a variety of complete commercial wood bodies (pickup, station wagon, etc)Model T Body - Wooden Model T Bodies: Page 1 of 1You may be interested in the Model T Club of America forum:Topics - Model T Ford ForumAs you'll see from these 2 groups of photos, period correct wood bodies can be considered "correct"MTFCA Photo Gallery: HacksMTFCA Photo Gallery: TT & TrucksThe key to "correct" as one of the other fellows stated, is the details of the construction. That is... is it similar to other known original wood bodies.But correct or not, you'll have a lot of fun with it... and that's what is important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Joe Kieliszek Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 Hello,There were many body companies supplying wood bodies to Forddealerships up to 1925 when Ford produced its own sheet metalversion. Until that point, Ford produced a commercial chassis for thatpurpose which had wider front fenders and had a stamped steel firewallin the shape of the hood (the firewall being bolted to the aftermarketwood body at the dealership).Rear fenders with vertical sides were also produced by Ford for mountingon these bodies...There were usually 3 types of wood bodies availible- pickup (like thegreen one or with a cab), huckster truck (has a cab with an extendedroof over the back bed; my father has one), or a depot hack (an openroof with usually 3 seats for passengers, sort of an early van).Your body could have possibly been one produced for these Fordchassis installations or may have been made later on as mentionedabove. Try to dig up early advertising literature for clues...Thanks,Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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