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Luke swapped out the Holly carb for this unique Rayfield (Pat. 1911) and intake manifold. We don’t know much about it. The needle tip needed repaired. Lots of adjustment options but it’s running and driving well with it.

The speedster has been racking up miles. While interning at a Ford dealership, Luke took the car for show & tell.

Oh and yes great to meet too. We are returning in May for the CARS events. Looking forward to it and saying hello again.

Yes it does connect to the throttle too. It has a slide feature so you can drive with either the peddle or stock throttle (ignore the stacked nuts for spacing😆). It also came with tabs that once mounted touch to other peddles and act to disengage foot throttle if you press the other peddles. Luke ha...

Luke has lots of plans in 2025 for the speedster. One included testing out a “speederator”.

Luke and I really enjoyed the clinic! We learned a lot, saw a couple folks we knew, met a few new folks, and were reminded why the T hobby is so great.

I’d love a set if possible. Willing to pay printing / shipping.

Flying in from North Carolina and looking forward to it.

The summer goal for Luke was to build and drive the speedster to his high school auto club car show this Fall. It’s got about 100 miles on it so far.

Action shot

Maiden voyage of around 15 miles. Stopped by our local hardware shop where lots of the small hardware pieces were sourced. Then lunch. Ran great.

Progress continues. The firewall has since been lowered and moved back and steering column lowered.

It’s finally a roller. Major components installed. Still planning to “z” the rear frame to align with the drop axle.

Not sure it’s best, but we made a simple angle iron bracket with welded tabs to bolt onto the Muncie. It won’t flex. We might need some springs on the frame mount based upon your image. Thanks for posting.

Here is a pic from last weekend. It got a lot of looks. In looking at the pics of the other kitchens here, I’m apparently missing the inner lids for the ice box and water tank. I’d love a set of lettering or the source file (I can laser cut them out of vinyl). We drove 100 miles on Saturday. The kit...

And more pics.

Weekend progress pics

A few random progress pictures.

First wheel mounted. Decided on black color. Three more to go then we will have a roller.

The biggest new purchase so far is the birch firewall. Stain and polyurethane added before it gets bolted up to the chassis this weekend.

Driveline assembled tonight. Luke got the shortened drive shaft bolted up to the Muncie and the rear end. Added new 600W in the process. Fun to see the axles spin with the turn of the hand crank.

The speedster will get a set of wires to accompany its later model running axles. We are ready to make it a roller. But before mounting the new tires, we need to pick a wheel color. Unfortunately these two shades of green aren’t it (left side vs right side).

The engine - a ‘13 - will get an aluminum head upgrade. Machine shop cleaned it up before install. New copper head gasket ready too.

Luke & Alex if you have not planned to put auxiliary brakes on your speedster, I strongly recommend you do so since you are putting in an auxiliary transmission. Using period auxiliary transmissions or rear axles make it imperative to do so. If they jump out of gear or your locked out from shifting...

More gears! The speedster will have a Muncie aux transmission. Luke cut, welded, and painted a support bracket.

Great looking build. Will check out your thread!

We mounted one of our on our 1915 touring. We used a donor running board to avoid drilling holes into our original running board. Fairly sturdy.

Front spindles coming together. Sanded, primed, painted, clear coated, and new bushings installed.

Speedster build. Looking for a drop front axle. Have donor axle(s) if required.

Rough mock up continues. Aux transmission will get a custom bracket and married to an already shortened drive shaft. Lowering steering column angle next priority.

Parts arrived home and work is ongoing (at least until school starts in 3 weeks). Follow along here or on Instagram @diyluke

Step 2 was driving all the parts & pieces 19 hours to North Carolina. There, the parts will get the usual prep, paint, and assembly.

But not before the method of dropping the frame a few inches is determined and fabricated.

Starting a build thread to track the progress of a “new” speedster build by an enthusiastic 16 y/o, his dad who will document the process (me), and his Model T part supplier & MTFCA past prez grandfather (@tmdltim). First step was a trip to Texas and home of Cast Iron Automotive where 95% of the par...