1927 Touring right and left fender are different, maybe

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1927 Touring right and left fender are different, maybe

Post by bmklawt » Sun Jan 16, 2022 8:15 pm

I took the headlights off my car today and noticed on the left fender where the headlight bracket mounts to the fender it is smooth and on the left fender it appears to be molded to the shape of the headlight bracket, do I have two different fender or is one maybe bent, don't know which side is correct.
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Re: 1927 Touring right and left fender are different, maybe

Post by Humblej » Sun Jan 16, 2022 9:14 pm

The fender with the formed headlight area is the only version I have seen. The smooth fender suggests bodywork.


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Re: 1927 Touring right and left fender are different, maybe

Post by TXGOAT2 » Sun Jan 16, 2022 9:16 pm

Bodywork may have eliminated the impression.


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Re: 1927 Touring right and left fender are different, maybe

Post by jab35 » Tue Jan 18, 2022 9:38 am

This discovery plus the mutilated frame in another thread suggests to me that your T is an accident survivor, and structural considerations aside, a pretty good looking one at that, jb


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Re: 1927 Touring right and left fender are different, maybe

Post by NY John T » Tue Jan 18, 2022 9:55 am

Both my 26-27 T's have those recesses for the lights. I "believe" that it helped the assemblers locate and hold the light bar a little better. A blueprint drawing from Ford archives would show the indents.
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Re: 1927 Touring right and left fender are different, maybe

Post by TMiller6 » Tue Jan 18, 2022 12:34 pm

Page 32 of the Rootlieb catalog notes that they will manufacture the fenders with or without the offset for the headlight mounting. Perhaps there were two versions from Ford?
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Re: 1927 Touring right and left fender are different, maybe

Post by Dropacent » Tue Jan 18, 2022 12:44 pm

the early 1926 used a stand alone headlight, so possibly that fender was from that. Checking with early 1926 owners would be a quick answer possibly.


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Re: 1927 Touring right and left fender are different, maybe

Post by Moxie26 » Tue Jan 18, 2022 12:46 pm

Early 1926 fenders did not have what the 27 fenders have to locate the headlight bar


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Re: 1927 Touring right and left fender are different, maybe

Post by Phillip » Tue Jan 18, 2022 12:59 pm

My 27 Roadster Pickup has the light bar but does not have the indentions and looks like it has never had any work on the finders except one bolt holding the light bar has been replaced years ago.


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Re: 1927 Touring right and left fender are different, maybe

Post by Dropacent » Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:07 pm

Donnie Brown has studied the early 1926 extensively


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Re: 1927 Touring right and left fender are different, maybe

Post by Chuck Regan » Tue Jan 18, 2022 4:26 pm

My ‘26 roadster pickup (Jan 1926) with light bar has the impression on the right fender - appears smooth on the left fender.


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Re: 1927 Touring right and left fender are different, maybe

Post by 130nav » Tue Jan 18, 2022 7:16 pm

I’ll check my 26 on Friday. The frame is March of 26, and the engine is September of 25, so I really have no idea if that’s helpful or not, but it will be interesting to check.

I have this picture of the passenger side headlight mount, so it has the bar, but does not appear to have the raised portion on the fender:
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Re: 1927 Touring right and left fender are different, maybe

Post by Bryant » Tue Jan 18, 2022 8:33 pm

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I have a early 26 Tudor #12987459 comes in as Dec 1925 it has a frame number. Both fenders are identical. It has the light bar. it appears to look like your drivers side. Raised at the top and a depression on the bottom.
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