Early Ford brass sill plates. What year ?

[Gary in MN]

Early Ford sill plates.  14 7/8"  long, 1 5/16" wide and tapers to 1".     These are cast.   Pre "T"  or reproduction I don't know.  Any ideas.  Gary

[JACK M]

Not familiar with  Ford stuff, but I see plenty of comments about repro stuff.

Making small changes to original.

I am thinking that these may fall into that category as the script looks just a bit off.

[Layden B]

Ford script wasn't always what we expect!

[41 Su8]

Early Model Td sill plates were stamped. These are earlier.                   John

[Mark Gregush]

You might try asking over on The Ford Model T Club of America site. Did a quick search on line looking at the Ford script over the years, these just seem off. The "F" looks like what was used later in T production. From the size, could be Model K. (?)

[Gary in MN]

I have posted the same pictures on that web site.  No clear cut answer.     Here is a picture of the back side.       Gary

[Mark Gregush]

Link to Gary's post on the MTFCA forum:

Help to ID these sill plates - MTFCA Forum

Edited December 19, 2022 by Mark Gregush (see edit history)

[CHuDWah]

Ford script evolved over the years and I'm no expert, especially not on pre-Model A.  But I agree these sill plates may be repro - I've never seen a script with the loop on the "r".

[JFranklin]

The question I would have is why not make the logo correct if you are making a reproduction? It isn't different enough to fool a lawyer.

 

PS does anyone know why my typing jumps to italics in the middle of a post?

[zipdang]

It's a warning sign that you're almost out of digital ink.

[JFranklin]

So where do I get more?

[zipdang]

Now that is a more interesting question...

[CHuDWah]

23 hours ago, JFranklin said:

The question I would have is why not make the logo correct if you are making a reproduction? It isn't different enough to fool a lawyer.

 

PS does anyone know why my typing jumps to italics in the middle of a post?

 

But it may be different enough to mount a defense against a patent/copyright infringement suit.  Since Ford doesn't sell antique car sill plates, it could be difficult to prove significant damages especially since the plates aren't an exact copy.  Even if the defense wouldn't be successful, it might convince a lawyer the suit wasn't worth prosecuting.  This likely is why Ford started licensing antique parts - no legal hassles for either side, they get some license fees, and hopefully customers get more accurate parts.

 

No clue on the italics.

 

[Ben Popadak]

The screw holes look too nice.  No wear, no marring from the screw head when it's installed.  

 

When I see a nice brass serial number plate and the screw holes are perfect, I generally assume the brass serial number plate is a reproduction.

 

Nice quality pieces but I have to go with repro.

[Oregon Desert model 45]

If these were original, there should be scratches and scuff marks crossing the plates from somebody climbing into the car with dirt and rocks stuck to their shoes.   Photo below is original door threshold plates from my 1925 Buick clearly showing wear from use, and as noted above, marring and rust stains from screw heads.