I am needing a few snapshots of the PROCESS of piecing the rear section together of a 1924 touring. I know WHAT it's supposed to look like, but I'd like shots of it being done. I have two original quarters, a repro middle section, two original T moldings, and the original brace that bolts to the wood sills but should be riveted to the bottom of the middle section, sandwiched between the middle section and the T molding. Actually it should be riveted in three places: along the bottom, and two rivets each on the sides going up the quarters.

With the exception of riveting the bottom edge, my intent is to use bolts for the remainder.

Can someone help?

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Will,

There is a good explanation by Keith Townsend of how he installed the rear panel in his 1919 touring at: http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/80257/112720.html?1257034179 Scroll dwon to his entry at: Friday, October 30, 2009 - 11:55 pm: and read down to his last entry. I think that will be helpful to you. Note – those three vertical uprights off the back of Keith’s seat frame are metal channels and are NOT wood. Some other bodies used by Ford may have had a wooden seat frame for example some of the 1915 and all the earlier cars as well as some of the 1918-1919 bodies and also the Canadian touring bodies up to the 1920s had the seat frames made from wood. But I think by the 1924 the USA car would have had metal and not wood. If anyone knows of wood seat frame examples on the 1924-1925 cars please let us know.

Also check out the “technical corner” at: http://www.modelt.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=101 especially the part on the left hand side under “Open Cars.”

See the wood and metal framing view of a low cowl but the rear section should be the same as your high cowl touring – scroll down to Dan Treace’s posting at: http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/118802/155244.html


Some 1926 info but has 1924 comment in the thread at: http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/50893/72399.html ref the T-molding and what was spot welded etc.

And just 1926 -27 comment:
http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/50893/74876.html


If others could please comment on how close or not the information above is for a 1924-1925 high cowl touring that would be great.

I looked for but I did not find the photos of the front seat section of a touring that showed a mixture of the wide arm rest sheet metal sides from 1915-1920 or so with the narrow arm rest 1921-1925 front seat sheet metal back panel. The molding lines don’t line up when you use that combination and I wondered if the rear panels have any similar issues? t

Respectfully submitted,

Hap l9l5 Model T Ford touring cut off and made into a pickup truck and l907 Model S Runabout. Sumter. SC

Appreciate the information.