I have restored many different T's but this is my first 26 touring, I am lost!! Some time back a guy posted a series of post on restore ing one of these, but I can not find these. Any onbe remember his name or where the post are?

Hello Jim. What specifically are you looking for help with? Is it '26 touring specific? My brother restored a '26 roadster a number of years ago so he may be able to help?

Mike

PS- why are you bothering with the touring? Now that you've got your tudor sedan, what more could you want??

He needs the open car for nice weather, of course.

Jim,
Here are a few pictures of my restoration of the 26 touring.
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The body on this car was in pretty condition. Most of the rust was on the surface which I sandblasted. I fitted all the parts together and did the body work first before sandblasting, and then primed as soon as the sandblasting was done so it wouldn't rust. Used epoxy primer followed by sanding primer and used enough primer to fill all rust pits and minor blemishes in the body and fenders.

The only wood in a 26 touring is used for tack strips for the upholstery and top and the floorboards and the center of the top bows. I did the wood the easy way. I purchased it from Macks as a kit. I also purchased the upholstery and top as kits. They had all the sewing done and I just installed it. I also purchased new springs for the seats. If you follow exactly the directions on installation of the top and upholstery it is easy to install. The hardest part of the top is fitting the front top bow so it fits exactly to the windshield posts. The only other hard part of the top (not really hard, but needs to be exact) is the height of the rear top bow from the top of the body. This is measured from the metal, not from the floor. This will make the top look straight. If you measure from the floor and the body is not exactly level, your top will look crooked. If you get the top bow the correct height, all the other parts will fit correctly.
I put on the tires last, because I wanted new rubber, and did not know how long the restoration would take.
Norm

Jim, I think it's Jack Bodenmann's postings you are searching for. Something has happened to the forum - All the great picture post showing sheet metal repairs to his 1926 Touring seems to be lost?
Maybe they can be reached if someone has a direct link? (I think someone said that in a similar situation - the post was still there on the server, just not searchable and no, I don't know anything about internet forum maintenance)

A few of Jack's newer posts are still to be found, just not his earlier threads with body work..

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/50893/61181.html?1217192204
http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/50893/74876.html?1228787012