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Is it a T?

Post by Dollisdad » Wed Jul 29, 2020 2:20 pm

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Re: Is it a T?

Post by HPetrino » Wed Jul 29, 2020 2:23 pm

The radius rod and the transmission pan say yes, it's a T. I wonder how she got in and out of that thing in those clothes?


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Re: Is it a T?

Post by Rich Bingham » Wed Jul 29, 2020 2:39 pm

Carefully ?

Interesting frame extension swells to the width of the body. Looks like parallel elliptical springs on the front end. Neat speedster with a lot of style !
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Re: Is it a T?

Post by John kuehn » Wed Jul 29, 2020 2:46 pm

T radiator too.

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Re: Is it a T?

Post by RustyFords » Wed Jul 29, 2020 3:05 pm

Neat. My first thought is always...."is that thing sitting in an old barn somewhere?"
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Re: Is it a T?

Post by Don Lyon » Wed Jul 29, 2020 3:11 pm

I'm not a speedster guy but I'd take that in a hearbeat!! Too damn cool.
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Re: Is it a T?

Post by Kevin Pharis » Wed Jul 29, 2020 5:36 pm

I wanna know how she reached the pedals...?😳. Look at where the hogs head is... she musta had legs longer than the lamp in the Christmas story!!!😉

Lots of neat little tidbits...
• Hand brake lever bent around to reach back a foot
• The front axle might be pushed out... suicide, or maybe Laurel brackets
• I thought it was a body skirt at first... but you can see the 3 running board bracket rivet holes in the flared frame rails
• Frame truss rod bridges over the hand brake pivot bracket, then disappears to some unknown attachment in the rear
• High mounted, single headlight. Wasn’t it FIAT that did that...?
• And one realllllllly long hood

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Re: Is it a T?

Post by Susanne » Wed Jul 29, 2020 6:26 pm

T lower pan. This settles it. It's T based.

Why would anyone run that second flywheel of a transmission if they didn't have to says it all... to me, at least. Look under the car (like everyone up until 1950 at least) for the answer...

T lower engine pan = Ford T.


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Re: Is it a T?

Post by Rich Bingham » Wed Jul 29, 2020 6:47 pm

Kevin Pharis wrote:
Wed Jul 29, 2020 5:36 pm
• High mounted, single headlight. Wasn’t it FIAT that did that ?
Briscoe ?
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Re: Is it a T?

Post by Allan » Thu Jul 30, 2020 4:25 am

Kevin, I had the same thought. Perhaps the pedals had the same foot long extensions. If that's the case, they went to a lot of trouble to make that long hood look like it was covering a 6 cylinder motor. Sort of reverse 'sleeper?'

Allan from down under.

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Re: Is it a T?

Post by Quickm007 » Thu Jul 30, 2020 9:22 am

Dam cool speedster, I love the style!
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Re: Is it a T?

Post by old_charley » Thu Jul 30, 2020 11:25 am

Changing the bands had to have been fun!

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Re: Is it a T?

Post by RajoRacer » Thu Jul 30, 2020 12:07 pm

I changed the bands out in a Mercury body T w/no door - good thing I was 25 years younger - couldn't do that now !

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Re: Is it a T?

Post by Susanne » Thu Jul 30, 2020 12:20 pm

Either they're under the hood in back, or take the body off. Probably was pretty light.


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Re: Is it a T?

Post by Dan McEachern » Thu Jul 30, 2020 12:46 pm

Bryan- changing the bands on that thing would be easy- just take the hood off! Thanks for posting that Tom.

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