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26/27 patent plate

Post by dmdeaton » Sun Feb 14, 2021 9:08 am

Cannot find any pics and can’t go anywhere to look. Which side of the firewall is it attached? It is so low I cannot imagine it goes behind the head on the engine side?

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Re: 26/27 patent plate

Post by DanTreace » Sun Feb 14, 2021 9:35 am

Center low on the cowl panel, inside compartment, you will find two small holes punched there for the rivets to secure the patent plate.






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Re: 26/27 patent plate

Post by Original Smith » Sun Feb 14, 2021 11:05 am

Not commonly known, the same patent plate is used in 1925 on the inside right side of firewall. It is held on by two cowl lacing rivets.


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Re: 26/27 patent plate

Post by dmdeaton » Sun Feb 14, 2021 3:02 pm

Thanks guys, perfect!

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Re: 26/27 patent plate

Post by FundyTides » Mon Feb 15, 2021 7:26 am

Does anybody know of a source for the Canadian version of the 26-27 Patent Plate? Mine is so corroded it is unreadable.

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Re: 26/27 patent plate

Post by DanTreace » Mon Feb 15, 2021 9:47 am

Original Smith wrote:
Sun Feb 14, 2021 11:05 am
Not commonly known, the same patent plate is used in 1925 on the inside right side of firewall. It is held on by two cowl lacing rivets.
Larry

All the later original patent plates are held with 'drive screws' or else a type of std. rivet.

Have not seen 'tangs' of a split cowl type lacing rivet against the engine side of the firewall. Here are some originals, 1924, 1925 and 1926, all use the same rivet with a blunt flatten or slightly rounded rivet end, never split rivet tangs folded into the metal firewall.


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Re: 26/27 patent plate

Post by Scott Kramer » Tue Feb 16, 2021 1:27 pm

David Wilson. The Canadian patent plate is available from upholsteries by Dixie, Kitchener, Ontario. Email helper@dixies.ca
They sell Model A & T parts. Good people to deal with. If you Google it , they have a website.
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