Effective means of transportation

Topics Last Day Last Week Tree View    Getting Started Formatting Troubleshooting Program Credits    New Messages Keyword Search Contact Moderators Edit Profile Administration
Model T Ford Forum: Forum 2012: Effective means of transportation
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Matthew David Maiers on Wednesday, July 04, 2012 - 12:41 am:

So i just realized on the ride home tonight, i have been driving my Model T pretty much exclusively for the past few months. in so doing i have found that it gets about 22mpg and i havent had to stop on the side of road for quite some now. the Model T is a reliable, and efficient means of transport. Not bad for 89 years old.

btw the ride to work is 25 miles...


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Val Soupios on Wednesday, July 04, 2012 - 09:08 am:

I use mine almost every day to run around town for errands or just for the pleasure of doing it. I have a few cars so I rotate them but with a bit of regular maintenance they are just as reliable as the modern stuff and sometimes more so! Mileage varies but around 20mpg seems to be the norm.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Frank Harris from Long Beach & Big Bear on Wednesday, July 04, 2012 - 10:48 am:

Our light weight #22 flathead Speedster withe a T crank gets 25 m.p.g. with a Stromberg 97 dual throat downdraft carburetor just like clockwork. All of our stock bodied T's get about 20 m.p.g. Miles are counted with a G P S. On the other hand our new steam boat gets one mile on two pounds of charcoal briquettes and a pint of distilled water. The Dodge diesel that we tow them with gets 18.5 with its Banks kit and 34 pounds of boost.

My good friend Humble Howard Genrich has been using a big Winfield on his famous go-fast #7 Speedster and always gets 10 m.p.g.. He took it off and replaced it with another one that had been on the shelf for 20 years and now gets 25 m.p.g. I believe that it is the carburetor and not the driver that gets the gas mileage.

Humble Howard's engine has a C crank and a BBR crossflow twin spark RAJO cylinder head. Both cars have nasty cam shafts.

Howard has a ten gallon gas tank and was always running out of gas and had to stop every few miles to top it off. We were on an Arizona Speedster run three years ago with the new Winfield. We had gone 50 miles to the first check point and he insisted we stop to get gas because we were getting into open country with no more gas stations. I filled the tank and it only took two gallons. He could not believe it and stuck the tank with a stick because he thought I was fooling with him.

So two identical carburetors can get way different results.

22  7


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Cameron Whitaker on Wednesday, July 04, 2012 - 11:38 am:

I do a lot of volunteer work at the Old Kingsbury Aerodrome, www.pioneerflightmuseum.org There are a total of 8 running Ts there, including my '24 Touring Car, which is stored there. It sits for sometimes a month or at a time between start-ups, since I don't get to go there too often. However, after doing all the initial checks, it's always ready to start up and go. It's probably the most reliable T there, and it often goes on road trips, many times without a chase car.

I will say that I do have to pull over to the side of the road occasionally. Of course, it's always because I didn't put enough gas in it for it to make it up a hill!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John Stokes on Wednesday, July 04, 2012 - 08:41 pm:

Matthew,
Your Model T is doing exactly what Henry designed it to do.
You may be the proof that he was right in his ambition that the purchaser of a Model T would never have a need to buy another car!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By markc on Wednesday, July 04, 2012 - 09:26 pm:

Matthew
I have been using my 22 as a daily driver for the past 51/2 years in Sydney traffic. It is very reliable Don't have another car so no choice. Using wooden bands, hand signals, and hand crank start. average speed about 30mph to keep up with traffic. My motto is it's there to be driven and enjoy.
Mark


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By markc on Wednesday, July 04, 2012 - 09:36 pm:

This is my daily driver
Have added rocky mountain to help stop with the clowns that get in front and hit the brakes but I drive prepared for that.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Craig Anderson, central Wisconsin on Wednesday, July 04, 2012 - 11:33 pm:

Small town here (pop. 510) and I drive one or the other every day the weather permits which, lately, is EVERY day.
It's 2 miles out to my Mom's place so I take her mail to her and visit the BP convenience store two or times a day too.
Get the mail, go to the bank or wherever I need to go.
Lots of times I take one of the T's to the churches where I am organist as well.
Sometimes I don't use my pickup for a week or more....... :-)


Posting is currently disabled in this topic. Contact your discussion moderator for more information.
Topics Last Day Last Week Tree View    Getting Started Formatting Troubleshooting Program Credits    New Messages Keyword Search Contact Moderators Edit Profile Administration