Like the potato chips I can't just have one. I thought when I bought my 1st Model T I would have it the rest of my life, it was so cool. Well
1. 1923 Model T Touring.
2. 1922 Model T TT Truck.
3. 1917 Model T Touring
and for the last 10 years a 1914 Model T Runabout.
I feel the fever coming back. I am looking for a pre 1913 T now. Someone Help me Please!
Mark
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Mark, I think that you need to go on a 12 step program ;-)
Many people and or have to! PS send your extra money to me, I would be happy to get a 2ed T!
Except Nellybell might not like a sister.
Mark,
My wife keeps threatening to send me to the Betty "FORD" Clinic
-Don
My speedster Eliza has been whispering about how lonely she is and how she wants a big manly TT to park beside her.
Mark,
You're still missing a roadster, a hack, and a speedster.
Model T's are like sex... You can't "Do It" just once.
Be_Zero_Be
I think it is a "pre-'12 step program". I think those are the steps you take to get a 1912 or earlier brass era model T which means you are very seriously afflicted.
Because there is no way I will ever have the money required to buy a decent 1912 (or earlier), the steps I have taken so far are to sort out some early extra parts I have had that are acceptable for a late '12. Then, at Bakersfield, about seven weeks ago, I bought most of a nicely built Mother-in-Law roadster body (older reproduction, but nicely made) along with a bunch of other early parts. Then, early today, at the Auburn swap meet, I bought several more early T parts. I believe I have nearly half the parts necessary to assemble a fairly correct late '12.
Hello, my name is Wayne. And I just can't seem to have enough model T Fords.
Drive carefully, and enjoy, W2
I'm happy with just one but, everytime my wife complains about cold weather in my Runabout, I suggest we should get a closed car as well to solve the problem. One day maybe.
In talks right now to obtain a running chassis .... oh no,no,no not with the owner he is willing to sell it I'm in negotiations with the wife!
Mark & Seth..sure have to agree with you there! I've used the same "can't have just one" slogan pretty much since I bought my first T two years ago.
Here's a pic of 3 of my "pets", the red '12 on the right is my favorite of course, absent from the pic is the '15 which at the time was still in the barn minus it's now re-built engine. And yes, Seth, they needed a "manly" TT to keep 'em in line!! Trouble is, they can sure outrun him when he starts bossing them around. LOL
I was happy with one T but when I got the A my WIFE said that I needed to keep both of them.
I get the idea that she wants one to drive
One is for driving.
Two is for a spare when one is down.
Three is for spare parts.
Now what does one do when all 3 are running?
Norm
Norm if all three are running count your blessings and teach the Wife/Kids/Grandkids how to drive them. eventually you will have one to work on!
I Feel the Need.... The Need for Slow Speed!
I am not even finished with one yet and Im already thinking about how I could get the garage find touring Im getting running for a friend. The wife said she was going to call that intervention show, and have the guy get all the people that I have neglected in one room. And also call langs and have them stop selling me stuff. Apparently I have a problem?
My kids have learned to drive them and one grandson has driven.The great-grandchildren aren't old enough yet. The wife will ride in them but she won't drive them. She used to drive a Model A as a daily driver. I told her the T is even easier to drive, you don't need to shift gears. Just push the right pedal, but she won't. She won't even drive my pickup which has automatic shift, so if we are out and I am incapacited, I will have to get someone else to take me home or wherever I need to go.
Norm
The night I bought mine I heard about another one available in town, probably for next to nothing. Thing is, I only have a single car garage and don't need to be learning on two at once... still, I can't stop thinking about how I bet I could fit it in the basement if I brought it down piece by piece then put it back together just to confuse guests.
Norman: In humble thoughts it would be like this:
Pick a vehicle and drive it
Pick another and drive it the next day
Pick still another vehicle THEN
Go in reverse-the one you drove on the third day drive it again the the 2nd day vehicle and then the First day and just keep repeating the way till one break down then you have to make a decision to change or just go and buy another vehicle and adjust the way you make your daily selection
Try it and keep us posted!!!!!!!!!!!
Billd
The ideal number is four. You need a runabout for running about, a touring car for touring, a closed car for cold weather, and a TT for hauling stuff.
Steve... you mean 5... you forgot the one used as a stationary power unit....
Why can't nobody just own one?
I ain't nobody, and I just own one!
But then I have a couple of Nashes, an MGB, an F-1 besides my '26 touring. Oh and I'm building another speedster.
Three Ts, some newer Fords and a flying machine.
Also picked up a T tractor conversion a while back.
Might be a little over-kill...have a hard time keeping up with maintenance, oil changes and stuff.
Three Ts, some newer Fords and a flying machine.
Also picked up a T tractor conversion a while back.
Might be a little over-kill...have a hard time keeping up with maintenance, oil changes and stuff.
I can make a T run, but still not sure about them 'puters.
Steve's right...when I bought my first T, I quickly realized one wouldn't be enough, so set myself a goal of 4 to go along with my Model A which is of course for "enclosed use" and to haul the dog in. Met that goal in just over a year! Crazy or what?
Tim E., I like your idea of doing one in the basement! I could do that easily, have those Bilco doors to drag the parts down from the outside.
The other Tim
My buddy and I restored one in his basement, got it all done and DUH, he didn't have any door out except a walk in regular door, so we disassembled it and packed it out pc by pc and had to do it over again outside.
You need a different one for each day of the week and a couple of spares if you have the room. I rotate them so they each get out at least one day a week even if it's just to run a few errands. I would also like a TT for hauling however. Trouble is the garage door isn't tall enough!
Val - before 1924 Ford didn't make any cabs for the TT's, so if you find a 1918-23 TT you can make an open cab in period style that fits your garage - or do like the previous owners of Henry Petrino's grandfather's orchard did ;)
Hey Bob that plane is really cool. It looks about like the one they fly around in the aerial circus act in "The Rocketeer" (one of my favorite movies ever).
I've got two, a 26 gow job runabout and a 25/26 primitive pick up, both built from parts from all over the world - but the extra T parts keeps on piling up for what I think will be a garden tractor with snow plowing capacity - haven't decided on what rear axle or rear wheels to use yet, though.
Then there's a rotten '26 touring body in the corner of the garage.. Got fun stuff to tinker with for years to come
Thanks Seth...I built it from scratch using a set of blueprints. Took 15 years.
Well holy smokes Bob! The cool factor just went through the roof. I looked it up and it wasn't the plane I was thinking of in the Rocketeer. It looks like the plane from The Blue Yonder - just minus the cowl and wheel covers.
Is that a Starduster Too? Looks awesome with that huge radial and the three piece windscreens.
Compare that to Bob's. This is what I was thinking of.
Bob,
That's something I always wanted to do is build a plane from a kit. But it would take me 15 years just to build the yellow wind indicator that is in the photo just behind your airplane. Beautiful airplane.
Thanks guys...Tim, you're right. It's mostly Starduster Too. With some mods to take the bigger engine.
I always wanted a plane with a round engine but couldn't afford a factory-made one so I built this one.
I also have the Cessna 170 hat was used in 25 episodes of Northern Exposure. (Maggie's plane)
Dang Roger - I was scrolling through this thread and came to your post. I thought, "Wow! That sure looks like my truck."
I didn't expect it. You got me....
Would like a third T,just need to build another shed!
I only have one but am not happy about it. It is a blessing of course, but there are only about 20 others I would like to have.