I noticed that you can get rubber floor mats, or actual wool carpet for 26 T coupes. Was the wool an option in 1926?

If I'm wrong, please correct me, but I remember that in 1926-27, carpet was installed in closed cars and rubber mats were installed in open cars. I believe this is substantiated in the Snyder's and Langs Parts catalogs in the descriptions for those two items. Jim

My 26 coupe had snaps on each side on the floorboard riserto attach the carpet.
I bought indoor/outdoor carpet and glued it to the floorboards and then trimmed it with a exacto knife and it looks good, it doesn't bunch up and its easy to clean.
Rick

Matthew,

Closed car's had carpets standard from the get go, one thing they're alot easier to get off when you have to remove the floorboards.

Alex

Did the 26 heavy weather all black coupe, with wood wheels and radiator cover, have carpet of rubber? I think that phrase was used in one of the Model T books I have.

Mark,

Never heard of an all weather coupe, was this after market, like the California top for tourings, steel top to replace the regular with removable glass side panels to replace the curtains? Out here it's either wet or dry, right now it's a drought, during WWII people claimed they saw Japanese subs in their Victory Gardens it rained so hard. When it rains hard here we get it for a month, we call it an Oregon Mist, missed Oregon & hit us.

Alex

Thanks for the info guys. Synder's seems to sell "original replicas" made from wool. Has anyone purchased this?

Thanks!!

Oh yeah. Is the carpet suppose to match the seat for the head liner?

Matthew,
It would be the seats, when I was growing up in 50' most headliners were Nicotine brown, no matter what the original color was.

Alex

Matthew,

The carpet would be a gray square weave carpet. It should match the headliner as the headliner should be a solid gray while the seats are gray with a stripe.

The 24 - 25 coupes came with a brown carpet (to match the brown interior) but it was possible to get a rubber mat from the dealer. These were sold to be installed in the "Commercial Coupe" which was really just a standard coupe being used by a salesman or such. The rubber mat was cheaper to replace when the carpet wore out. I have the part number for the 24-25 rubber mat, but I was unable to find a part number for one for the 26-27. That doesn't mean that it doesn't exist.

I've never heard of the Heavy Weather All Black Coupe. Could you shed some more light on that?

Dave S.

Yes page 94 of Henry's Wonderful Model T 1908 - 1927 by Floyd Clymer.

Just because Floyd Clymer called them that, it doesn't mean Ford did. Clymer's books were a wealth of information for us layfolks back when they were published, but a lot of information has come to light since then showing that some of what Floyd was telling us wasn't accurate.

Agree with Mike it's just a Coupe without the accent grave over the E. We used to joke "That's a Chevrolet coupe, sil vous plais"

Alex