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Model T Ford Forum: Forum 2014: Show Off Your TT's :-)
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Burger in Spokane on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 01:25 pm:

I'll start with this wreck:


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jeff V on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 01:47 pm:

Aside from the '27 in my profile, there's also a '25 closed cab in pieces. Here it is in its current glory.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jeff V on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 01:54 pm:

Another shot of my '25. Note the slight front end modifications (no change in horsepower, oddly).


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bob on Texas Gulf Coast on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 03:46 pm:


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 04:06 pm:


1924 TT waiting for me to finish the cars and get around to it.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Kevin Fielding on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 04:11 pm:

Here is one of Thelma Tae, in her "Oakie" attire awaiting the beinging of the local parade.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Kevin Fielding on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 04:14 pm:

And one more puttin' away some hen scratch at the local fall harvest.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By mahlon hawker on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 04:21 pm:

OK. Come clean Kevin! How the heck was that PTO rigged up? My 27 TT wont do that!

Any pictures of the setup?

Tony


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bob on Texas Gulf Coast on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 04:36 pm:

For Steve:



Didn't help me any.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Hal Davis-SE Georgia on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 04:56 pm:




Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By James J Williams on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 05:44 pm:

Looks like Kevin's got an EZ power pto I have one but it's not
Hooked up no coupler nice TT and pto Kevin


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 05:51 pm:

Kevin: Gotta get some 48-star flags. :-)

Bob: I bought one of those at the Jot 'em Down Store. Anybody who knows about that is probably really old. :-)

Hal: That's what they're for.
:-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Henry Petrino in Modesto, CA on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 05:55 pm:



I've posted this photo a couple of times before, but here it is again on request.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ronnie wehba on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 06:24 pm:

My tt needs a little work but runs goodTt


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Tomaso - Milton,WA on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 06:29 pm:

My Gramps bought this 1924 new in Seattle in early 1925.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Henry Petrino in Modesto, CA on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 07:03 pm:

Not to hijack the thread, but Steve makes a great point. In addition to "Show Off Your TT's" it would be interesting to know how we each came to have our trucks.

I've mentioned this a number of times on the forum. Mine was my grandfathers who acquired it in 1946 as the orchard truck on a ranch he bought that year. It's the first vehicle I ever drove.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Justin Heim on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 07:34 pm:

The cab belonged to my Great Great Uncle and we pulled it out of the barn.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ronnie wehba on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 07:45 pm:

How do you guys get big pictures to show up


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John McGinnis in San Jose area, CA. on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 07:51 pm:

Thanks Burger,
John


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ronnie wehba on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 08:00 pm:

How we found ours ,I was working on a house out in a sub division and was backing out and looked to my right to slap a fly ,and next door under a tree was a tt ,checked it out needed lots of work, so got home told wife about and just started looking on internet and found ours about 80miles away called and went,looked,,brought home. The other one sold the other day for 3k good buy at 3k


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John McGinnis in San Jose area, CA. on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 08:02 pm:

Thanks Burger,
I should have picked a better title for the thread.
John


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John McGinnis in San Jose area, CA. on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 08:16 pm:

The TT I am currently building will have a John Bean spray rig as the back end. This rig was originally on a TT frame. It will be driven by the Warford PTO ....if I can ever find one. I may need other gearing to get the TT slow enough to get through the orchard while spraying.

Bean sprayer


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Hap Tucker in Sumter SC on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 08:19 pm:

Ronnie,

The picture of your TT is less than a 9 kb file size. It could be about 20 times larger than that and still be 180 kb file which is less than the 196 or so upper limit. When you resized/compressed your photo you don't need to make it that small to post. I usually look at the photo when I “preview” my posting and if it is too large I make it smaller or if it is too small – I try to find a larger version. I normally try to keep several sizes of the same photo so I can zoom in on details if I want to at a later date. Please see a few of the posting below on how to resize the photos:

Some threads on resizing. I’m sure one of the ways they suggest will work for you also.

This one sounds easy: http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/179374/239351.html

Some additional choices:

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/179374/223627.html

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/179374/216043.html

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/179374/237500.html

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/179374/222068.html

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/179374/235391.html

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/179374/209570.html

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/411944/441325.html?1398679643

Also shoot for 195 kb or less even though it says 200kb or less is allowed.

Respectfully submitted,

Hap l9l5 cut off


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By G.R.Cheshire on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 08:28 pm:

Jeff V I just gotta ask did the front end modifications on your 25 have any effect on the top end?:-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Tim Morsher on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 08:41 pm:

I really love TT trucks. I love accesssories too. Just finishing up one of the wackiest out there, Hassler shocks for the rear of a TT. Very hard to find. Why anyone would manufacture them or put them on a TT is anyone's guess. Thanks to John Danuser, finally have a set. As soon as the brass tags from Jack Daron arrive, they will be ready to mount.( this winter). Still looking for a usable pair of rear shackles. I would like to find a pair of fabricated ones, not the forged type. Have cash/and or the forged pair to trade. TtTT


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dave Wells on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 08:47 pm:

Hal, I assume that '22 is yours? That's a really nice one and is exactly how I'd want it.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Hal Davis-SE Georgia on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 09:00 pm:

Dave,

Thanks. Yes, it's mine. The engineer in me came out and made me calculate the weight of that load of lumber. Using average densities I found in a book, that load came to almost exactly 1 ton. The other shot is a load of sugar cane. It was getting dark when I shot that. We were up early the next morning grinding that and making syrup.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Tim Wrenn on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 09:01 pm:

Here's my TT/Pirsch firetruck. Finally got it in two parades and two car shows. Becoming quite a hit. Sorry not the clearest pic, had to re-size it to make it fit.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mack Cole ---- Earth on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 09:19 pm:

Here is mine with the Mayberry Tribute group on the back. The lady that actually played Sharleen is riding shotgun. The others are just folks that act the part at festivals.
The bed latch was secured by nylon strap and a rope to make sure I didnt dump them. I think Odis had allready hit his head enough :-).


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jeff V on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 09:43 pm:

G.R., didn't really add any speed, but the hydrostatic drive is nice in heavy traffic.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Pat Kelly on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 09:47 pm:


Dressed up for the Fourth.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Stan Howe Helena, Montana on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 09:52 pm:

One of mine


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Brian Streblow on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 09:58 pm:

My "24 TTMy "24 TT


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Justin Heim on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 10:04 pm:

Brian, what is hanging on the side of the C? Is it a turn signal?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Brian Streblow on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 10:10 pm:

Justin, Yes, it is a "Wiggler" turn signal.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Brian Streblow on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 10:21 pm:

In addition to the "Wiggler" It has the spotlite, "Cop Spotter" rear view mirror, an odometer where the front left hubcap should be, Hassler's, Ruxtell and Muncie trans. The truck is an import from Canada and unfortunately no history.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Herb Iffrig on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 10:44 pm:



This thanksgiving will be forty years I've had this 1918 TT truck.
That's me driving, Tim Wonsowetz in the passenger seat and Sterling Olsen in the back. Just putting around the farm.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John P Noonan on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 11:30 pm:

Great thread guys!, always loved the pick-ups but i can now see and appreciate these TT's as well. Its great to see how everyone interprets their own vision of a truck, and they all look great just the way they are, stock or home-built. Add one of these to the long list of T's i would love to own before i croak. :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Burger in Spokane on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 12:17 am:

Never heard the term "wiggler" for those before. Always knew them as "semaphores". I have a real cool one set aside for my truck. Little glass "bullets" facing fore and aft, one green, one red.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Tom Lovejoy, So Cal on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 12:21 am:

Here's mine, still not on the road - but I still hoping for this year :-)Got mine from the Bay area, story I was told is it was used by a Church group for hay rides and such. It was painted yellow with a brush, kept it from rusting :-)Guy I bought it from painted most of it black, again with a brush. I laugh when I still find yellow to this day :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Wes Nelson ........Bucyrus, MO on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 12:30 am:

OT Not a TT but a later version. This last week I replaced the rear main seal and painted the cab, still no brakes, but I will get her ready for sale. This F600 shows only 3000 miles on the odometer and an old title from 2002 shows 2200 miles, both questionable sources, however she runs like a sewing machine and has original paint found all over her, and a solid body so...




Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Peter Martin, Sydney Australia on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 04:36 am:

This is a photograph of Dad's 1918 "TT", restored in time for the 2008 centenary rally in Echuca. The body is mostly original with a few rotted timbers replaced.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Seth from NC on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 07:06 am:

Oh man!! My favorite thread in a while. I want a TT SOOOOOO bad! I think I've about decided I like the metal enclosed cabs the best, but Bob on Texas Gulf Coast that '24 C-Cab is gorgeous! Mine (one day . . .) will definitely need to be a wrecker like that.

Tom Lovejoy - how about a status update on your TT? What needs to happen for it to be on the road? I like the pinstriping on your fenders and the highlighted Ford on the radiator.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By paul griesse--Granville,Ohio on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 09:34 am:

heres mine--- `23 TT Paul


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Paul Grohsmeyer on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 10:14 am:

Our '17 TT w/ Holmes 285 Wrecker

17 Model TT w/ Holmes 285 Wrecker


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Anthony J Marino on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 10:28 am:

Wow Brian, we need some close up pics of that cage, especially the wire.

Thanks in advance

Tony :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By mike kolsrud on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 10:31 am:

this is my 1925 tt

start of the next one . need a c cab


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By David A. Siver on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 10:37 am:

'19 TT Fire truck, scheduled for tear down this fall to start the restoration.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Seth from NC on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 10:38 am:

OOOHhhhhh nice Mike! Ruckstell and another aux trans (what kind is it?).

If I could do anything at all I'd put Mark Chaffin's Gemsa rocket engine in a TT with a Ruckstell and some kind of 3 speed diff-mounted trans. Haha, it'd be a TT Speedster.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Lance Sorenson, Hector, Minnesota on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 10:40 am:

How do you operate without a TT and a good women?




Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jim Thode Chehalis Washington on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 10:49 am:

A nice gentleman in Seattle called me up a couple months ago and gave me this 25 TT. About half rebuilt, professionally rebuilt short block, mag plate, front axle, radiator, frame and some small parts. Needs rear axle cleaned up (turns and shifts smoothly), wheels/tires, glass, interior plus smaller things.













Few more pics at:
http://www.pbase.com/jimthode/1925tt

Jim


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Kyle Pierce on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 11:00 am:

Hauling brush

Hauling some brush this July. I have it listed in the for sale section. More pictures here...

http://s624.photobucket.com/user/KBJPIERCE/library/1926%20Ford%20Model%20TT?sort=3&page=1


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Anthony J Marino on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 01:39 pm:

Here is Big Liz and Betty:

liz

My TT came out of a friend's barn in PA. I used to sit on it and pretend driving it about 55 years ago! It has been in the family since the early 70's.

You are invited to the Texas T Party on Oct 8 thru 12, in San Angelo, Texas to see Big Liz. I want to see if you can pass me!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By jeff cordes on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 01:51 pm:

semi-truck with trailer


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Henry Petrino in Modesto, CA on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 01:51 pm:

Anthony,

"I want to see if you can pass me!" just can't be left alone. :-)

Is that an auxiliary transmission I see the outline of? What rear end gears? A second aux trans mounted at the rear end? Stock engine?

Inquiring minds what to know why you think you can go faster than everybody else!!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Seth from NC on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 01:58 pm:

Henry if I remember right Big Liz keeps up on tours with the regular T's without a whole lot of trouble. I think he's got a high speed rear diff ratio, Ruckstell, and a Muncie (I think?) transmission all getting spun off of an engine with plenty of grunt. =)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Henry Petrino in Modesto, CA on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 02:09 pm:

Well Seth, A Muncie, high speed rear end gears, and a strong engine would do it!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ryan Glowacki on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 03:33 pm:



This is Mr. T. He is a 1925 TT wooden cab with original flatbed and stakes. I needed something to haul stuff around the farm with and his 15mph top speed and small size is perfect for squeezing into the woods to get firewood on the old roads. He does great in mud, on ice and snow, and on hills. I just bought it last winter as my first 1920's vehicle. I'm the third owner. The original owner was from Coon Valley Wisconsin, was sold sometime last year, and the guy quickly sold to me. The other truck is my great-grandfather's Dodge B1B, which has the name of my farm on it and lots of other cool advertising. It is non-running at the moment. Both trucks will be with me for a long while. I've begun painting the cab of Mr. T. away from this really green color to something a little more 1920-ish. I'm also stripping all the paint off the stakes to get them back to their original wood, and will then linseed oil them.
The second picture was taken yesterday. The flat bed is an awesome mobile work station.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Paul Booth on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 04:50 pm:

Here is mine.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By george house on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 06:12 pm:

The only pic I have of my C Cab is in my profile and I haven't had the nerve to start to begin to commence to try and post pictures on the Forum. Sure wish someone would repop the stakes for a Ford Truck stake bed, tho. I have 1 need 7.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jim Weir on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 06:35 pm:

I went to Texas to get this one. The body and bed are the way I bought it.Had to go thru the engine and transmission and the Warford and The rear axle. It's now got 5.16 :1 rear-end, SCAT crank and a 'Z' head. I put in a 280 Stipe cam running 1 tooth retarded which makes it a torkey rascal,

The picture was taken at a threshing party about 3years ago.





Jim Weir


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Anthony J Marino on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 06:54 pm:

Jeff, post a photo of your "super cab"


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Anthony J Marino on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 07:07 pm:

Henry, Seth go most of it right.

Gotta add a Stipe 250 cam, high dome aluminum pistons, no coil ring nor magnets, balanced, TrueFire and oil slingers. Most important is a very stupid owner/driver! She breaks something every time I pass somebody!

Y'all come down to the San Angelo Texas T Party the first week of October and we'll have a TT tour of our own.

Maybe we could have a TT class in the Montana 500 next year?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By jeff cordes on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 07:07 pm:

this truck is always fun

Tony I will dig up a couple other truck pics of ours including the crew cab


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Anthony J Marino on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 07:17 pm:

Hauling beer:

beer


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Paul Booth on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 07:26 pm:

Nice plate!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Anthony J Marino on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 07:27 pm:

Fought and lost at the Alamo with a broken Muncie front U-joint after passing a Touring on Hwy 90 going into Bracketville, Texas

alamo


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Anthony J Marino on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 07:37 pm:

I don't even remember what I broke on this T Party. Jeff may remember since his TT was the vulture wagon.

vulture


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By jeff cordes on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 07:40 pm:

crew


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Anthony J Marino on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 07:46 pm:

Nice 'crew cab' Jeff, bringing it to San Angelo?

I heard you took it to North Carolina?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Anthony J Marino on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 07:57 pm:

Originally Big Liz had a a stock 7 to 1 Ruckstell, and solid rubber tires. 18 mph was the top speed. She had fresh paint job here:

solid


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By jeff cordes on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 08:04 pm:

That picture was taken in north carolina, don't know about san angelo yet, I am registered and will be there but don't know what I will be driving.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ronnie wehba on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 08:06 pm:

Where is the info on the t party in San Angelo,tx we live north about 70miles,like to bring ours


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Anthony J Marino on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 08:22 pm:

Contact

Marshall Huling
5811 Pecan Valley Lane
San Angelo, TX 76904

dmhul@suddenlink.net

Phone: 325-651-7132

The host hotel is the Clarion Hotel at 325-486-3300. Mention Texas T Party for the $99/day rate.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Harold R Carpenter - Fair Grove, MO on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 09:34 pm:

Here are before and after photos of my 26 TT.Before - in my father-in-law's barnAfter - two years later at my farm


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Tom Lovejoy, So Cal on Friday, August 15, 2014 - 12:40 am:

Seth, here's my delays - so far :-) trying to fix cracked drum and other issues - none working mag. Engine stand adapter I copied from Steve's on this forum, thanks Steve! :-)So far everything I have taken apart as needed a rebuild, but I am hoping for the best with my engine - it runs good. Great trucks guys, a fun thread.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Keith Townsend ; ^ ) Gresham, Orygun on Friday, August 15, 2014 - 02:11 am:

Ralph???


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Stefan Schaller on Friday, August 15, 2014 - 02:43 am:

Towing with TT25


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Hal Davis-SE Georgia on Friday, August 15, 2014 - 07:34 am:

Just a few comments:

I love the pics of the trucks actually being used to haul something. I haven't seen Adrian Whitman post in a while, but he had a pic of his hauling more hay than one could imagine.

I also LOVE the semi truck that Jeff Cordes posted.

Ryan, that green may well have been a 20's color. Mine has some green on it inside that is about that color. I have my doubts about it being original paint, but on doing some research into aftermarket cabs, I found at least one manufacturer (Martin Parry, I think) indeed painted their cabs green, so who knows? Maybe it was original or at least made to match what was original?

Last but not least....You gotta love those solid tires on Anthony Marino's truck.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John McGinnis in San Jose area, CA. on Friday, August 15, 2014 - 07:53 am:

I robbed this photo from the forum some time ago because it is the image of what mine should be whenever I *get it together*....even with the incorrect upper windshield. Don't know who this belongs to.

TT


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ryan Glowacki on Friday, August 15, 2014 - 08:32 am:

Hal,

I found bits of the original green on the edge of the inside of the cab. It was more of an "Apple green". I think it was reprinted in the 80s or so with the "forest green". I made sure to leave plenty of spots around the inside where the original paint shows for any future owner (hopefully at least 40 years from now!). I just didn't care for the color. Now I need to get to work dirtying this truck up. It doesn't look right all shiny new.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Anthony J Marino on Friday, August 15, 2014 - 09:34 am:

I can only imagine the solid rubber tires all around only being used on a farm or dirt roads?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Burger in Spokane on Friday, August 15, 2014 - 10:03 am:

What is the story on the big "Ford" script I keep seeing on radiators ?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By jeff cordes on Friday, August 15, 2014 - 10:36 am:

Tony, when I hauled you that time, you had a rebuilt simmons carb with a sticking flapper. I just may have to pass you on the T party.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By jeff cordes on Friday, August 15, 2014 - 10:42 am:

This is another fellow T member I brought in.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dave Barker - Dayton, OH on Friday, August 15, 2014 - 03:57 pm:

Burger - It seems that's for the benefit of people who don't know that it's a "Ford". Thought about getting one for my Speedster, as I get asked all the time "What is it?" On the other hand, that seems to be a great conversation starter.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Henry Petrino in Modesto, CA on Friday, August 15, 2014 - 04:13 pm:

It might be fun to get one that says, "Chevy" and see what happens! :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Anthony J Marino on Saturday, August 16, 2014 - 08:12 am:

I put together another Simmons Wizard. Hopefully it will keep you behind me.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By greg ragland on Saturday, August 16, 2014 - 08:44 am:

Here is one of my future projects. It is a 1926 non starter from the factory. Someone has added a starter and generator, but no place for the battery. If anyone has an original seat bottom spring for the drivers side for sale I am very interested.tt


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Burger in Spokane on Saturday, August 16, 2014 - 10:29 am:

DB wrote:

"Burger - It seems that's for the benefit of people who don't know that it's a "Ford". Thought about getting one for my Speedster, as I get asked all the time "What is it?" On the other hand, that seems to be a great conversation starter."

=========================================

Hmmm .... and here I was thinking it was perhaps a period dealer accessory or option ...

I have been scouring the old photos looking for an example in 1922, but wasn't seeing any.

Seems a bit of gratuitous overkill for either the lazy people who can't be bothered to look at the radiator shell, or the owners to blast it in everyone's face that this ain't no Chevy ... a concept I thought was only active amongst the post-1960 muscle car and chest pounder crowd. We see this all the time today in the form of window decals loudly letting even the dimmest observer that this 1994 is indeed a Ford or Chevy when it is obvious to anyone who has not spent their life in the darkest jungles of Africa.

Personally, I'm gonna pass. I'd rather keep the look "clean" and force the observer to make an effort, and I sure as heck have no interest in broadcasting the make. I'll let the truck speak for itself. :-)

Good intel. Thanks. :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Derek Kiefer - Mantorville, MN on Saturday, August 16, 2014 - 10:46 am:

Early 1909s did have a "Ford" script on the radiator from the factory similar to those, but brass.

Here's a good example:
http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/80257/106359.html?1253415641

I imagine that people liking the look of the 1909 scripts are the reason why those scripts are a popular addition to many later T's.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Anthony J Marino on Saturday, August 16, 2014 - 01:53 pm:

Took her out to test the new (old) Simmons Wizard. Got her up to 43 but it's too hot today in south Texas. 93 with a heat index of 100!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dave Barker - Dayton, OH on Saturday, August 16, 2014 - 02:20 pm:

Burger - Agreed. Besides, with the Rajo and the 85 year old honeycomb radiator, I need all the cooling I can get!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Shawn Hayward on Saturday, August 16, 2014 - 04:53 pm:

Heres ours,,,still has original decals on doors


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By george house on Monday, August 18, 2014 - 05:38 pm:

Now thats the most interesting TT body I've ever seen! Are the front corner windows curved? How are the side canvasses held up with the 4 straps? What was it used for? . .. more pics, please!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jack Leonhardt on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 12:07 am:

'26 Model TT Closed Cab Stakebed ----- a resurrected workhorse.'26 Ford Closed Cab TT Stakebed


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Hal Davis-SE Georgia on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 07:27 am:

I think Derek is right. I bought one of those Ford logos. I'm gonna put it on the cover for my HCCT so I can tell which way to put it back on. It fits one way better than the other.:-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Robert Skingley on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 08:30 am:

Here is Jim & Tina Weymouth of Grass Lake, Michigan.........truck has a Warford and a Manely crane that is yet to be restored. Still need a vintage block and tackle with hook for the chain.1925  TT


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By James J Williams on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 09:05 am:

This is my 1921 TT Wrecker:

FrontInteriorRearInterior


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Shawn Hayward on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 12:48 pm:

Hello George if it was mine you are asking about ,
this truck was purchased new by a farmer in Edwards , Ontario ,Canada
It was used to deliver produce from his farm to the Byward market (downtown Ottawa) until 1929 (the depression)
It was then disassembled and stored in the barn
we purchased it from the estate


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jason DeGooyer on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 03:07 pm:

Bought this wreak a few months ago. Engine number lines up with Feb 1926 but I dont think the cab/frame is 26. Trying to pin down the cab maker and frame year is tough.



Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Roger Gooding, Crystal, MI on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 - 03:41 am:

My 1925 at the 2011 OCF.

ocf 1

And at last years OCF after the spokes were put in by Stutzman's Wheel Shop.

ocf 2

It also has what I have been told is a fairly rare conversion that made it into a 1 1/2 or 2 ton truck with frame extensions and heavy duty springs. That explained why the Ton Truck bed i bought for it didn't fit on the frame very well!

extensions

sprins

I picked it up about 10 years ago in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area from a pole barn where it had been stored for over 20 years.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Michael R Beary on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 - 08:49 am:

Neat truck Roger. Good info!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Keith Gumbinger, Kenosha, WI on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 - 10:40 am:

Roger - Nice truck! Will you be at the OCF this year with it?

Keith


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Roger Gooding, Crystal, MI on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 - 11:49 am:

Yes, I am planning on being at the OCF this year. That is where I was told about the conversion kit it has. I happened to come back to the truck and the judges were looking around and under it. I told them it wasn't supposed to be judged and they said we know, we just like looking at these and seeing what is here. I believe the one it was Dave that works at THF that told me about it. When I bought it, I didn't know there was a difference and thought all TT's came this way. This is my first one, and so far still my only one (after about 10 years). Maybe mine is defective in the reproducing department......


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By kent sumner on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 - 12:55 pm:

my before and after


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Keith Gumbinger, Kenosha, WI on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 - 02:12 pm:

Roger - I'll be sure to look you up and check out your TT too. Don't be surprised if you see me crawling around under it to see it better! :-)

I'm curious if the rear axle (it looks stock) was moved back, did they install a Warford or other aux. transmission, or do something else to extend it? Just wondering.

Keith


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By george house on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 - 06:07 pm:

Yeah, it was your truck on which I commented, Shawn. Most truck bodies -Ford and aftermarket - seemed to take a great deal of wear and tear but yours appears to have fared much better. And it is of a higher class design. You know how much curved glass cost to replace nowadays?? Treat it gently . . . . and bring it to Texas sometime :o)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Harold Schwendeman - Sumner,WA on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 - 06:59 pm:

George - A "TT" of very unique design for sure, but I'm not sure that it has been established that it is curved glass in that cab. I think it is just flat glass, mounted at an angle between the windshield and side windows,.....???

Very interesting truck though, and judging by the apparent length, it looks to me like the added length is probably because of installation of an auxiliary transmission without the expense and trouble of shortening the drive shaft and torque tube.

Could you elaborate a bit Shawn?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Shawn Hayward on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 - 07:21 pm:

Harold and George

this one is the same body type
(Brantford Carrage)
but this one is extended (about 22 ")
it was sold about 2 years ago and is being restored
I think the spare frame , also extended went with it

you are correct the glass is flat , recessed into the curve in the cab
I don't have anymore pics of this one



Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Burger in Spokane on Thursday, August 21, 2014 - 01:11 am:

What is OCF ???

And what is the story behind that locomotive ?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Roger Gooding, Crystal, MI on Thursday, August 21, 2014 - 02:14 am:

Burger: OCF is Old Car Festival at The Henry Ford in Dearborn, MI. It is held the weekend after labor day every year. The locomotives (they are 2 different ones) are ones they run around a track surrounding the village, and you can ride the train. The Village just finished restoring the second one, Number 7, last year. I have been told it was Henry's personal engine at one time.

Keith, it is a stock axle with what I presume are high speed gears as it will do a bit over 30 with no auxiliary transmission. At some point, the rear axle was farther back than it is now as the rivets are still in the frame at the previous location and when it was moved it was bolted in place. To me, it looks like the regular frame is as built, and the extension runs along and outside it, making it wider. If you look at the picture above the springs, you can see where the extension is clamped to the regular frame and then angles to the outside of the box. If you would like, I can give you my cell number so we can be sure to meet up.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Keith Gumbinger, Kenosha, WI on Thursday, August 21, 2014 - 05:30 pm:

Hi Roger - I think I'll find you with out the phone number ok.

I'll be easy to spot - just look for the guy with the big grin driving a black Ford! :-)

We'll have our '14 Touring, and will be parked in the '14 cars area, not the judging area. Look for 1914 Wisconsin license plate #27444W. It's black letters on a white backround.

I'll look forward to meeting you.

Keith


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Roger Gooding, Crystal, MI on Thursday, August 21, 2014 - 10:45 pm:

Keith,

Ok, I will be sure to look for you. I park across the road from Edison's lab, usually closer to the boarding house than the doctors office.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Marty Bufalini on Thursday, August 21, 2014 - 10:59 pm:

Burger, OCF is a unique car show taking in cars from 1932 to the oldest that can enter. The cool thing about OCF is that the owners are encouraged to drive their vehicles around Greenfield Village in Dearborn, MI, next to The Henry Ford. This is far from a static show. On Saturday night, there is a Gaslight Parade, where the cars light their electric, kerosene and, gas lights and drive around the Village while a ragtime band plays on the stage, followed by fireworks. This year there are somewhere between 700 -- 800 vehicles registered.

Roger, there are three different trains (not counting the little orange diesel that sometimes fills in), the Edison, The Torch Lake and, the one you mentioned that they finished restoring recently.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Roger Gooding, Crystal, MI on Thursday, August 21, 2014 - 11:11 pm:

Marty

Yes, I know there are three. I only had pictures of the two with my truck. I like the trains about as much as I like the vehicles, maybe even more than the vehicles. It is just easier to have a car....

And by the way, I love your fire truck. I'm the one that helped your kids out a couple of years ago when they forgot to check the gas BEFORE they started pumping with it :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dave Hjortnaes, Men Falls, WI on Friday, August 22, 2014 - 12:14 am:

What fire truck. Maybe Marty can add a picture to his profile so we can see the fire truck.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Anthony J Marino on Friday, August 22, 2014 - 08:17 am:

Shawn, are those solid rubber tires on the front? They look like they have a lot of rubber left?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Keith Gumbinger, Kenosha, WI on Friday, August 22, 2014 - 11:50 am:

Roger - Sounds good. I'm sure we'll have a great time at the OCF.

For everyone else, if you haven't been to OCF at lease once, it should be on your bucket list.

I can virtually promise that you will enjoy it, whether as a participant or as a spectator.

Keith


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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By mike_black on Tuesday, August 26, 2014 - 11:48 pm:


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Erick Keenan on Thursday, August 28, 2014 - 09:36 am:

I got this 1925 TT in 1980, just the frame and boxes. It took seven years to restore and have been "in love" with it since then. 1925 TT


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Willie K Cordes on Thursday, August 28, 2014 - 12:28 pm:

This truck was bought new in 1924 by my dad and his brothers to replace the horses and wagon used to operate the family cotton gin.
The truck come from the local Ford dealer with only the running gear and front end, no bed, cab, or seats. They set on the gas tank to drive it home.
They built a bed with three ft high boards all the way around to hall cotton seed and cotton bales. Boards were removable to haul cord wood for the wood fed boiler for the steam engines. A cab was never added.
I claimed it as mine in 1958 and with some repairs to the rotted bed and different seats, it was good to go.
Anthony, I will NOT take it to the Texas T Party, I would come in dead last as it is stock with no added transmissions.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By G.R.Cheshire on Thursday, August 28, 2014 - 12:34 pm:

Willie Is it hay ride time already I guess I better get ready :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mark Strange on Thursday, August 28, 2014 - 12:48 pm:

Possibly a silly question: Those purple tinted headlight lenses - do they start out purple, or were they originally clear and just turned purple over time?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Willie K Cordes on Thursday, August 28, 2014 - 12:53 pm:

G.R. I was long winded enough on my original message, but yes, we have a family reunion coming up soon and other events where I do some hay rides trying to get at least one adult on back to keep the kids from going crazy.
Have fun with those Model T's


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Willie K Cordes on Thursday, August 28, 2014 - 12:58 pm:

Mark, exposure to sunlight causes this purple tint. I have heard that magnesium (miss-spell?) in the glass causes this. New glass is not supposed to have this material in them and will not turn purple.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John McGinnis in San Jose area, CA. on Thursday, August 28, 2014 - 01:14 pm:

This thread has evolved into what I had originally intended when I initiated the thought that TTs were becoming more interesting and that there were more threads that included TTs. Burger took my thread and made it into what we are enjoying here:

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/411944/470039.html?1407950863


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Anthony J Marino on Thursday, August 28, 2014 - 06:02 pm:

It may be manganese that turns purple, rather than magnesium? It's on this forum somewhere?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Willie K Cordes on Saturday, August 30, 2014 - 03:34 pm:

Yes Anthony, that is the correct spelling for the material in old glass that causes it to turn purple in sunlight.
I looked it up on my "puter"


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Burger in Spokane on Saturday, August 30, 2014 - 04:24 pm:

Manganese is a "decolorizer" in glass production. It neutralizes iron oxides that create the green and aqua tints. If perfectly balanced (chemically), the glass will turn out and remain a bright and crystal clear. However, as the iron oxide content of the raw materials is often an unknown, getting a prefect balance is rare. What manufacturers did not realize at first was that manganese reacts with the UV of the sun to turn what is often called "sun colored amethyst". More manganese causes deeper purple shades. Many think this is the result of longer exposure to the sun, but most s.c.a. glass will purple up to its full potential within a year of being exposed. As manganese was an added cost ingredient in the glass making process, using more than what was needed was wasteful and costly and most mfr's. tried to find a close balance.

Other decolorizers were found to be cheaper and more effective and manganese was consigned to use in producing alloy steels, hence the hit-and-miss nature of the T lenses being s.c.a. or not.

More than you ever needed to know on this subject, eh ? :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bob Scherzer on Sunday, August 31, 2014 - 12:20 pm:

Here's my two. Both have been in storage for over 20 years now. Just don't have the time to work on or drive the restored one.

1922 nonstarter.

tt truck

Unrestored but complete 1926 also a nonstarter.Bob

tt truck




tt truck


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Erick Keenan on Sunday, August 31, 2014 - 07:03 pm:

How many of the above TTs have T parts in the bed?
Mine has some for my current project. Erick


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Anthony J Marino on Monday, September 01, 2014 - 07:49 am:

Mine came out of the barn with a Stewart Warner vacuum operated gas pump/tank laying under the seat. It may have been intended for the PA mountains? It was not installed.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John McGinnis in San Jose area, CA. on Monday, September 01, 2014 - 08:02 am:

Anthony,
I assume you are describing a vacuum tank for the fuel system. Perhaps you should install it...they work well for mountains...if you have any. I have one installed in my '25 TT C-Cab...been working for 30 years.

engine


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Anthony J Marino on Monday, September 01, 2014 - 09:16 am:

That's the one John. Your photo is much better than the original instructions I downloaded. I hid a 6 volt pump under the chassis. I have a vapor lock problem in hot Texas vs a mountain problem in PA.

It just so happens I'm in PA for a wedding. I will post a photo of the barn that kept my TT out of the elements for so long. I hope it's still standing!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Willie K Cordes on Monday, September 01, 2014 - 11:19 am:

Anthony, this is not TT but my Coupe Deluxe aftermarket coupe had a vacuum pump as shown in John's photo. Gas tank is low in the trunk so I decided to sneak an electric pump under the car.
Vacuum needed rebuilding and the electric was easier and probably more dependable?? I left the vacuum pump under the hood for show.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Tim Wrenn on Monday, September 01, 2014 - 11:40 am:

This thread is getting kinda long!, but here's my '25 TT/Pirsch anyway. "Sparky"s sitting there waiting patiently for the Melon Festival Parade in Milan Ohio to begin. The ol' flat tube radiator performed very well under a slow, hot parade. These folks really take their parade seriously! I bet there was a good 20,000 people lining the streets. It got a second place. Had to shrink the pic, so don't know how clear it'll be. trophy!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Anthony J Marino on Wednesday, September 03, 2014 - 02:44 pm:

Willie, I saw your Peerless coupe vacuum tank on a TTT tour a couple of years ago. It looked functional. I am afraid to take mine apart fearing I would ruin a thin gasket and ruin the vacuum function.


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