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If you really WANT to sell a car, this guy just gave the definitive tutorial. Tons of pictures, many videos.

Sure beats the pants off of: "Great T for sale. Ask me for pictures and I may send some blurry ones from my phone, or not"

WOW! What a neat car! And as Dan T. mentioned, probably the best written and photographic presentation of a car for sale that I've ever seen!

A couple questions:

The "U"-shaped sheet metal pieces, one each, located near the bottom of the rear doors inside, and screwed to both sides of each door frame, and screwed to the body frame or maybe better described as what would be the "threshold" area if it was a house door instead of a Model T car door;....are those two sheet metal parts the official "Ford Factory Fix" for the weak touring body that was unique to the "13 touring car? Anybody,..???

Also, a couple of the excellent photos show an odd shaped rod (appears to be a casting) laying on the back seat floor boards, next to the tire pump,...??? Looks familiar to me like I've seen one before someplace, but can't place what that is,...???

Anybody care to 'splain,...???

The "fix" is a pretty heavy plate that is either cast or forged (I'd go with forged) and bolts through the body, leaving a carriage bolt-style head on the outside of the body. I own a '13 and it is flexible, to say the least. Structurally it is "all there" but with more than one person in the back, turning from one crowned brick residential street to another, makes the car feel like it is slithering over the surface and often results in a self-opening door. I do not drive it on our rock roads now that we're in WY...if it gets out, it's trailered. Too much nice stuff to try to keep clean on anything but paved roads...my other cars...well, that's another story. This is our '15 on it's first spin around the "neighborhood"

HaroldRJr wrote: ↑

Sat May 11, 2019 2:36 pm

Also, a couple of the excellent photos show an odd shaped rod (appears to be a casting) laying on the back seat floor boards, next to the tire pump,...??? Looks familiar to me like I've seen one before someplace, but can't place what that is,...???

Anybody care to 'splain,...???

That is a clincher tire plow tool, acts like a 'third hand' for you to change the tube easy with tire on the clincher rim, prior to demountable rims.

Thank you Scott and Dan! Always more to learn, right? Pretty "neat" that just about anything you want to know about a Model T, all you have to do is ask on the forum and invariably, somebody knows!

I was always under the impression that that added reinforcement for the '13 touring body was some sort of plate that bolted on underneath,....thanks again Scott.

And Dan, I thought I was pretty familiar with most of the aftermarket accessories, but that's sure a new one to me! If it really does what that advertisement claims, I'd sure like to watch somebody use one! Sure does sound pretty "slick", and a lot better (and safer) than tire irons! Thanks Dan,.....harold