Rare?? Unused Portion Cutoff Touring
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Rare?? Unused Portion Cutoff Touring
Sat out in woods for who knows how long. Looks like a yard art project.
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Yesterday, I would have been BEGGING you to somehow ship the side panels and back panel to me. But I think I am ok with what I have.
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You DID save those doors, right?
Those panels are a LOT better than some I've seen as "yard art"... worth the time and space to bring 'em home!
Those panels are a LOT better than some I've seen as "yard art"... worth the time and space to bring 'em home!
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You could make a model T sofa for the man-cave out of it.
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I wonder how many countless Touring back-halves laid around fields over the years.
It looks like someone had the forethought to place this one on a pallet.
It looks like someone had the forethought to place this one on a pallet.
1924 Touring
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I have one, I believe it is from a 1918 Touring car, rusty.
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Re: Rare?? Unused Portion Cutoff Touring
This one was buried out in woods for many years. The bottom 3 inches or so are rotted. About three years ago my neighbor put on pallet on his farm. Yesterday finally picked it up. It was a what I call the 23/25 variety touring.
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Re: Rare?? Unused Portion Cutoff Touring
Yeah... I had one of those ‘23-‘25 rear touring seat + 2 back doors for years. Tried, I thought very aggressively to sell it for $150. Two years at Chickasha and MTFCA Classifieds. Incorporating it into a cutoff would require a wood kit and a lot of work. I just figured everybody was content with their jury-rigged pickups.
I don’t know why I turned out this way. My parents were decent people
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The cut-off Tourings are certainly cool. They represent a specific window into the past when T’s were just used cars that were repurposed.
My dad once bought a similarly repurposed Model A coupe that had a homemade pickup box inserted in place of the rumble seat. He immediately put a rumble seat back in it. I thought it was neater with the old farmer box.
My dad once bought a similarly repurposed Model A coupe that had a homemade pickup box inserted in place of the rumble seat. He immediately put a rumble seat back in it. I thought it was neater with the old farmer box.
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Re: Rare?? Unused Portion Cutoff Touring
I've posted this a time or two before, and this is probably something everybody know anyway, but I always thing that it's an interesting little piece of Model T Ford history:
Perhaps a bit of conjecture on my part, but one reason I think there were (and still are) many "cut-off tourings" is because, as a pickup truck, they not only made a very handy farm vehicle, but due to gasoline rationing as a result of WW2, when the Model T Touring was "cut-off" and became a pickup, it was then considered a farm vehicle/implement, and was accordingly reclassified as such and pursuant to gasoline rationing guidelines, was allowed a larger amount of gasoline.
Again, for what it's worth, a bit of Model T Ford "trivia",......harold
Perhaps a bit of conjecture on my part, but one reason I think there were (and still are) many "cut-off tourings" is because, as a pickup truck, they not only made a very handy farm vehicle, but due to gasoline rationing as a result of WW2, when the Model T Touring was "cut-off" and became a pickup, it was then considered a farm vehicle/implement, and was accordingly reclassified as such and pursuant to gasoline rationing guidelines, was allowed a larger amount of gasoline.
Again, for what it's worth, a bit of Model T Ford "trivia",......harold