A follow up on the thread from last year
http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/257047/314864.html
We've now welded the left and right side panels to the remainder of the (original) metal and undercoated both.
Its taken a while to get back to this vehicle, as we were putting our effort into the rebuild of a 1953 Austin Champ -
http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?28539-The-Restoration-of-Austin-Champ-1824
... but that's now finished and we're back to the T.
This is where we are, at the moment -
We have just finished trial fitting all the outer panels/fenders etc and have made what adjustments needed to be made, to get a decent fit. Ignore the Peerless radiator shell - that's to be replaced with the correct one. I do find that shell intriguing though - there don't seem to be many of these which have survived.
Jack
I have always liked the Peerless Shells. They have a rather attractive shape to them. If you are not keeping a car factory door stock, they look good.
That looks like a nice project. It may be better with a standard T shell. I did, by the way, notice a few special things about your panels. Very nice work!
Thanks for the update!
Drive carefully, and enjoy, W2
Nice work on the panels Jack! I wouldn't worry about the Peerless shell as much as the incorrect front fenders though<g>. They are for a '24-'25 high radiator car. Dave
David is correct. The earlier 17-22 fenders didn't have the lower lip on them next to the radiator like the later 23-25 fenders did.
They will work and most people wont notice it in a parade.
Thanks for the correction. I looked at the 1917 front guards vis a vis the later type, in Bruce's book and now see what you mean.
I'll convert these later guards into 1917 types, as soon as can get behind my angle grinder again.
Jack
Jack, surely you can find someone to trade with. Might save some original parts and you some work. Just a thought. Dave
David,
Not that easy to swap items here. These guards are in reasonably good shape, though some sections of the metal have been replaced before I got them - no doubt rust had taken hold.
We've also spent a good deal of time and effort on fashioning them to fit this T as well as panel beating the metal to the point where it is suitable for a film of body filler.
The conversion to 1917 guards would seem to be a simple task.
Jack
Both front guards have been 1917-ed.
We're also working on the rear guards - I'll post up some pics shortly.
Jack
They look good from here! But what can I tell from about 8000 miles away?
Drive carefully, and enjoy, W2
Mmmmmm I can almost sneeze looking at all the Rage on those fenders. Nice work!
Back in the day it wasn't uncommon to use the later fenders and apron to up grade the appearance of the car to look like you were still in style, I probably wouldn't change a thing, especially if it was that way when you bought it. MHO, KB
Probably true Keith, but I am re-creating this vehicle ..
...and if I can, I want to present it externally as accurately as I can. The beginning of the Great War centenary, is only a year away.
I simply didn't identify the issue whilst I had these guards - it was only those folk here, more familiar with the changes Henry made through the years, who alerted me. This was only a minor mod and easy to accomplish.
Is that a Lewis?
Yup - invented by an American. A weapon that the US Army saw no reason to acquire - though it became possibly the best Allied light machine gun of the Great War.
I'm sure you know the story.
Jack
The weather here hasn't been conducive to open air spraying recently, but yesterday was promising, so we got stuck into the guards, door and various other bits.
We had a little paint left over at the end, so the rear tub got a partial coat and that, with a bit of luck, will be completed next week.
The LH door was also coated ...
Windscreen frames are all done as are the brackets holding the frame to the body, cowl/scuttle and the many securing bolts.
I expect that I'll be able to start re-assembly shortly and the sequence I've got in mind, will be left and right door metal, splash guards then the mudguards.
Nice! Thanks for the update.
Drive carefully, and enjoy, W2
I'd love to find just the left side panel with door to put on my snow bird. I have a Bennett hogs head with removable side for band replacement, it would make it a lot easier to do. I've an accessary one but it will not fit correctly.
Any one have one they'll part with.
Bob
This is great. A lot of reproductions of extinct model T bodies are coming to light now. This gun car, my brigade car, ambulances, pie wagons, paddy wagons, airplane starter cars, Steve's fire car. If this keeps up it would be fun to have some sort of get together of reproduced historical vehicles... perhaps at the annual meeting of one of the T clubs.
TH