1929 Model T
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2020 8:25 pm
My friend Bob recently bought a 26 touring from the estate of a friend who had passed away a few months ago. The previous owner bought it off ebay a few years ago and he always had trouble with the transmission and the hogshead was off it as he had never got it back together because something was in a bind. Bob found that the upper hogshead bolts did not even line up with block holes. We also determined that there was no mag coil ring or magnets in the engine, and it was running a distributor ignition system. As part of the deal Bob got a second "improved" engine that had reportedly been used to run a sawmill and it was mounted in the front half of a T frame with an earlier firewall and steering column for controls. We could tell that it had a coil ignition system, so it might be a good donor transmission for Bob's incomplete transmission since he wanted to go back to a coil ignition system. When he got to taking it apart we found that there were no bands in it and the drums looked to be in perfect condition; perhaps it had always been a sawmill engine. In checking the engine number we found that it had been built in September 1929, more than two years after car production stopped. The pictures show the side of the engine with late style manifolds, but the manifolds are attached with domed bolts over the clamps rather than the normal studs and nuts. Cast on the side of the block is 22 F. The valve cover does not have a hole for the carb rod, but there is a hole in the block for the rod as seen from the other side.
The pan and hogshead are not from this engine as Bob is keeping the originals for his other engine with the car. Makes me wonder if a lot of these post production engines could have only used as industrial type engines.
Ralph
The pan and hogshead are not from this engine as Bob is keeping the originals for his other engine with the car. Makes me wonder if a lot of these post production engines could have only used as industrial type engines.
Ralph