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Russ Furstnow and I are working on running boards for all years. If you have a car with KNOWN factory running boards, please submit a photo and the year to Russ. Thank you in advance!

Glad to hear you and Russ working together on these kind of things. I'm looking forward to the next update of the judging standards whenever it comes out.

This is a 1913 running board.

That is a great idea Larry and Russ! Running boards are an area that need more research and information. I have two NOS running boards for a 26-27 that were never installed. They were stored in a Ford dealers' warehouse in St. Paul, MN. I will get the pictures to you guys when I get back to my shop.

I owned a 1926 a very long time ago, and I recall there were two different styles of running boards for that year.

These NOS boards have two different sizes of scripts on them, maybe that is the difference. Third picture is the underside of the boards, still has the shiny Ford paint.

Yes... I broached this information on the ‘New and Improved’ runningboards years ago. My research indicated the larger script was for 1926. I look for this topic on tours and often find a mix of script runningboards on Model T s.

Those two pictures above are what I remember. Thanks for posting. That should settle it for 1926 & 1927.

My '26-7 car has small script on the driver side and the larger script on the other side.

I’m 2nd owner of a ‘26 roadster with the larger script both r/b and 3rd owner of a ‘26 Tudor also with the larger script both r/b.

At the factory they probably grabbed them off the running board pile and picked one for the right and one for the left. I don’t think the script difference was a big no no.The new owner didn’t notice the difference. But that’s my opinion.

Our '26 , built in the third week of August of 1926, has the large script stamped running boards

A photo we need for our research is a photo of a pre 2500 running board that still has the original covering on it. Please help!

1914 right side running board.

Specifically, what pictures is he looking for?
My 1911 has original running boards and splash shields.

Specifically, Original is looking for pics of a “pre 2500” ORIGINAL running board. We may assume 1909.

There were three styles of 26-7 running boards. A whole heap of them were stamped "Made in Canada".

Allan from down under.

And...one more piece of information regarding 26-7 Running Boards; the Ford script is pressed into the running board on both edges of the board making the boards interchangeable.

Larry/Russ, do you need pictures of "Canadian" 27 runningboards? I have 2 sets, one on a car bought in the 1960's from the original owner, the other set is from a 27 that had been sitting in my father's yard since the late 50's and I finally scrapped it about 10 years ago. Let me know.

I think we would certainly welcome photos of Canadian running boards, since the guidelines has a Canadian section. What we are looking for here is known original running boards for all years, and wish to show photos of each year from 1909-27. Contrary to popular belief all running boards from 1913-1925 are NOT the same. The only thing that is, is the Ford script goes in the same direction. Also around 1920 or 21, the fender to running board holes were changed from 1/4" to 5/16". I'm assuming the dies used were changed often due to wear, and were upgraded as needed.

Old thread from 2009, hope it helps.

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/80 ... 1253415641

Another thread from 2017 with some good period pics:

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/70 ... 1485016546

Pictures emailed.

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Keith

August 1923 Canadian Center Door engine C432112:

Here's some pictures of a set of runningboards on my 27 Touring (Canadian)

Here's some pictures of runningboards from another another 27 Touring (Canadian) that I salvaged several years ago

What a shame.

Something I discovered recently is the script of a 1911 running board is the same as a 1913, just rotated 90 degrees! Thanks Keith Townsend.

A shame? Canada's not so bad, just don't feed the meese.