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- Sun Mar 09, 2025 10:15 am
- Forum: Classifieds - Parts
- Topic: WANTED TO PURCHASE - REAR WHEEL HUB PULLER
- Replies: 6
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Re: WANTED TO PURCHASE - REAR WHEEL HUB PULLER
WANTED TO BUY: Reaching out in event anyone has an extra rear wheel Hub Puller they want to sell - Wood wheels. 1926 T Coupe. Must have a pinch bolt to tighten on the threads. Lisa I have several for wood wheels with the pinch bolts. Email me via the Forum & I'll send you some pictures. I emailed y...
- Sun Mar 09, 2025 10:13 am
- Forum: Classifieds - Parts
- Topic: WANTED TO PURCHASE - REAR WHEEL HUB PULLER
- Replies: 6
- Views: 755
Re: WANTED TO PURCHASE - REAR WHEEL HUB PULLER
I corrected it yesterday thanks to Allan. Please let me know that you see the clarification on wood wheels? THX john
- Sat Mar 08, 2025 9:31 pm
- Forum: Classifieds - Parts
- Topic: WANTED TO PURCHASE - REAR WHEEL HUB PULLER
- Replies: 6
- Views: 755
- Sat Mar 08, 2025 7:58 pm
- Forum: Classifieds - Parts
- Topic: WANTED TO PURCHASE - REAR WHEEL HUB PULLER
- Replies: 6
- Views: 755
WANTED TO PURCHASE - REAR WHEEL HUB PULLER
WANTED TO BUY: Reaching out in event anyone has a rear wheel Hub Puller they want to sell - WOOD WHEELS. If you have an ORIGINAL Ford one - all the better! 1926 T Coupe. Must have a pinch bolt to tighten on the threads. Thank you so much! Lisa
- Sat Feb 01, 2025 9:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: EARLY 1926 COUPE PAINT
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7571
Re: EARLY 1926 COUPE PAINT
lisa, even if you could find the formula/specs for the Chanel Green, and you could find the correct Chanel Green, a computer cannot reliably show it. The same input on different screens will not necessarily display the same colour. Sometimes you just have to get out into the real world. If you can ...
- Sat Feb 01, 2025 11:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: EARLY 1926 COUPE PAINT
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7571
Re: EARLY 1926 COUPE PAINT
Just to add some additional information. I worked in the Model Shop at Mattel Toy Company for 14 years, and in those 14 years I became VERY familiar with the (PMS) Pantone Matching System. The other system that was formerly used by Mattel's Model Shop was the Munsel system. These are THE MOST COMMO...
- Fri Jan 31, 2025 6:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: EARLY 1926 COUPE PAINT
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7571
Re: EARLY 1926 COUPE PAINT
Hey folks. All of the paint codes noted above and throughout the MTFCA site... IS there a paint site where you can put in all the paint codes and proportions and have it 'spit out' a color? I have tried a series of sites and researched to no avail. Bottom line - all the codes are posted and offered ...
- Mon Jan 20, 2025 9:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: EARLY 1926 COUPE PAINT
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7571
Re: EARLY 1926 COUPE PAINT
Lisa,I posted earlier but it did not come out. Different manufacturers have different, or even the same name, for different colours. So, one formula in one brand will not necessarily come up with the same colour as another. The most reliable way to get what you want is to find it on another car and...
- Mon Jan 20, 2025 4:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: EARLY 1926 COUPE PAINT
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7571
Re: EARLY 1926 COUPE PAINT
Take a look at these guys: https://www.autocolorlibrary.com/pages/1926-Ford.html#modal-close The problem with using the original Ditzler lacquer or enamel codes (DDL, etc.) is that nary a paint shop that I have dealt with can cross reference it to anything in their system. Even PPG paint suppliers ...
- Mon Jan 20, 2025 4:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: EARLY 1926 COUPE PAINT
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7571
Re: EARLY 1926 COUPE PAINT
Take a look at these guys: https://www.autocolorlibrary.com/pages/1926-Ford.html#modal-close The problem with using the original Ditzler lacquer or enamel codes (DDL, etc.) is that nary a paint shop that I have dealt with can cross reference it to anything in their system. Even PPG paint suppliers ...
- Mon Jan 20, 2025 4:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: EARLY 1926 COUPE PAINT
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7571
Re: EARLY 1926 COUPE PAINT
Autocolor/TCP Global library does sell it in quarts, although it is $130-150'ish a quart. Here is an old thread on the 26/27 Green paint that might be of interest to you. https://www.mtfca.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=42967 That is the late 1926 into 1927. Highland Green. But it is a very very ve...
- Mon Jan 20, 2025 4:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: EARLY 1926 COUPE PAINT
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7571
Re: EARLY 1926 COUPE PAINT
Maybe you can try those paint codes in the Bruce McCalley book posted above, maybe talk to a Sherwin Williams paint shop (do they do auto paint??). Maybe print that out and take it to various paint dealers. Be prepared to be frustrated, but you never know.... My personal advice is make sure the col...
- Mon Jan 20, 2025 1:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: EARLY 1926 COUPE PAINT
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7571
Re: EARLY 1926 COUPE PAINT
Autocolor/TCP Global library does sell it in quarts, although it is $130-150'ish a quart. Here is an old thread on the 26/27 Green paint that might be of interest to you. https://www.mtfca.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=42967 Interesting. They seemed to indicate gallon only when I spoke with them. ...
- Mon Jan 20, 2025 10:21 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: EARLY 1926 COUPE PAINT
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7571
Re: EARLY 1926 COUPE PAINT
Take a look at these guys: https://www.autocolorlibrary.com/pages/1926-Ford.html#modal-close The problem with using the original Ditzler lacquer or enamel codes (DDL, etc.) is that nary a paint shop that I have dealt with can cross reference it to anything in their system. Even PPG paint suppliers ...
- Sun Jan 19, 2025 10:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: EARLY 1926 COUPE PAINT
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7571
Re: EARLY 1926 COUPE PAINT
You cannot rely on on-line photographs to ever represent true colours. I usually try to find the colour I like on another car or even a building, and have it matched. This is easy for a good paint shop to do if you can give them a sample to match. Someone may already have had a match made and may b...
- Sun Jan 19, 2025 10:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: EARLY 1926 COUPE PAINT
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7571
Re: EARLY 1926 COUPE PAINT
There are no chips, but Bruce lists the formulae in the full version of the encyclopedia. Paints 1.jpg Paints 2.jpg I'll give the usual warning to not depend on names. Different companies may use different names for a single color. STEVE! HOW ARE YOU ! I HOPE WELL! Yes I have that. I printed it fro...
- Sun Jan 19, 2025 8:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: EARLY 1926 COUPE PAINT
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7571
EARLY 1926 COUPE PAINT
Folks. I have perused McCalley and this Forum. I want to make sure i am correct. Early 1926 coupe was either Black or Channel Green. Early in 1926, paint was enamel. Later in 1926 paint went to Pyroxylin. Paint chips no longer exist. There are pictures on site of coupes in approximate period colors....
- Sun Jan 19, 2025 6:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 1926 COUPE BUMPERS - FRONT AND BACK BRACKET PICTURES
- Replies: 35
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- Sun Jan 19, 2025 5:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Steve' 15 going home !
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Re: Steve' 15 going home !
This is a heartwarming story. There are nice people out there sometimes! Most importantly, Steve is recovering!
- Sat Jan 18, 2025 10:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 1926 COUPE BUMPERS - FRONT AND BACK BRACKET PICTURES
- Replies: 35
- Views: 8437
- Sat Jan 18, 2025 10:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 1926 COUPE BUMPERS - FRONT AND BACK BRACKET PICTURES
- Replies: 35
- Views: 8437
- Wed Dec 11, 2024 4:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 1926 COUPE BUMPERS - FRONT AND BACK BRACKET PICTURES
- Replies: 35
- Views: 8437
Re: 1926 COUPE BUMPERS - FRONT AND BACK BRACKET PICTURES
To add to this thread on bumpers for the Ford, here are a few more aftermarket for the '26-'27. IMG_8092.jpeg split bumperI .jpg IMG_3146.jpg Dan, this assembly - the one in the first of 3 series above (Where it says 10.95) is or appears to be mine! So perhaps not an A version after all?
- Wed Dec 11, 2024 10:48 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 1926 COUPE BUMPERS - FRONT AND BACK BRACKET PICTURES
- Replies: 35
- Views: 8437
Re: 1926 COUPE BUMPERS - FRONT AND BACK BRACKET PICTURES
Lisa and Jim The photos of your bumper set ups aren’t Ford, Jim’s are other accessory make but made to fit the T Here are catalog shots of the reproduction brackets very true to the Ford ‘26-‘27. These show the designs of the brackets. Lisa, the Service bulletin does show and tell install for rear ...
- Wed Dec 11, 2024 10:44 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 1926 COUPE BUMPERS - FRONT AND BACK BRACKET PICTURES
- Replies: 35
- Views: 8437
Re: 1926 COUPE BUMPERS - FRONT AND BACK BRACKET PICTURES
Lisa and Jim The photos of your bumper set ups aren’t Ford, Jim’s are other accessory make but made to fit the T Here are catalog shots of the reproduction brackets very true to the Ford ‘26-‘27. These show the designs of the brackets. Lisa, the Service bulletin does show and tell install for rear ...
- Tue Dec 10, 2024 8:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 1926 COUPE BUMPERS - FRONT AND BACK BRACKET PICTURES
- Replies: 35
- Views: 8437
- Mon Dec 09, 2024 11:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 1926 COUPE BUMPERS - FRONT AND BACK BRACKET PICTURES
- Replies: 35
- Views: 8437
Re: 1926 COUPE BUMPERS - FRONT AND BACK BRACKET PICTURES
thank you Jimjiminbartow wrote: ↑Mon Dec 09, 2024 9:14 amThese show the rear 1926 bumper connections.
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- Mon Dec 09, 2024 11:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 1926 COUPE BUMPERS - FRONT AND BACK BRACKET PICTURES
- Replies: 35
- Views: 8437
Re: 1926 COUPE BUMPERS - FRONT AND BACK BRACKET PICTURES
Lisa and Jim The photos of your bumper set ups aren’t Ford, Jim’s are other accessory make but made to fit the T Here are catalog shots of the reproduction brackets very true to the Ford ‘26-‘27. These show the designs of the brackets. Lisa, the Service bulletin does show and tell install for rear ...
- Mon Dec 09, 2024 11:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 1926 COUPE BUMPERS - FRONT AND BACK BRACKET PICTURES
- Replies: 35
- Views: 8437
Re: 1926 COUPE BUMPERS - FRONT AND BACK BRACKET PICTURES
Lisa, Those are not Ford accessory 26-27 bumpers, they will not directly install onto a 26-27 chassis. The front bumper bars look like a Ford bumper, but the brackets are not. From a practical standpoint, you cant use them. Humble - they were on a 1926 two door many years ago and then removed and l...
- Mon Dec 09, 2024 11:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 1926 COUPE BUMPERS - FRONT AND BACK BRACKET PICTURES
- Replies: 35
- Views: 8437
Re: 1926 COUPE BUMPERS - FRONT AND BACK BRACKET PICTURES
Thank you Jim.!jiminbartow wrote: ↑Mon Dec 09, 2024 9:14 amThese show the rear 1926 bumper connections.
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- Sun Dec 08, 2024 10:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: MODEL T - "GENEALOGY"?????
- Replies: 35
- Views: 5211
Re: MODEL T - "GENEALOGY"?????
Many years ago when you could actually go into the Ford archives and search, I found all the original stock certificates from Ford motor company in 1903, the original 1903 sales ledger which the head archivist said was burned in the fire. I was also able to find the original owners name of my 1910 ...
- Sun Dec 08, 2024 10:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: MODEL T - "GENEALOGY"?????
- Replies: 35
- Views: 5211
Re: MODEL T - "GENEALOGY"?????
In 2017 when I got Henrietta, my barn fresh 1925 tourer converted into a buckboard, she came with an envelope containing the new registration decal for 1955 which had never been put on the windscreen. The original hand typed registration certificate was there too, with the illegible last digit of t...
- Sun Dec 08, 2024 8:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 1926 COUPE BUMPERS - FRONT AND BACK BRACKET PICTURES
- Replies: 35
- Views: 8437
Re: 1926 COUPE BUMPERS - FRONT AND BACK BRACKET PICTURES
last two pics
- Sun Dec 08, 2024 8:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 1926 COUPE BUMPERS - FRONT AND BACK BRACKET PICTURES
- Replies: 35
- Views: 8437
Re: 1926 COUPE BUMPERS - FRONT AND BACK BRACKET PICTURES
Vernon, Jerry, Dan - Here are the only pics I have at the present. This is the day i received the items but before disassembly to go to sandblaster. the pieces have since been taken apart and cleaned up/blasted, prepped etc. I can get you pictures of the individual pieces in a week as they are in th...
- Sun Dec 08, 2024 8:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 1926 COUPE BUMPERS - FRONT AND BACK BRACKET PICTURES
- Replies: 35
- Views: 8437
Re: 1926 COUPE BUMPERS - FRONT AND BACK BRACKET PICTURES
Yes on the service bulletin. It covers the front. Not rear bumperettes. The front is easier to understand. I believe i have everything for that. The rear I think I am missing something. pulling the pics
- Sun Dec 08, 2024 8:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 1926 COUPE BUMPERS - FRONT AND BACK BRACKET PICTURES
- Replies: 35
- Views: 8437
Re: 1926 COUPE BUMPERS - FRONT AND BACK BRACKET PICTURES
Here is the factory left front bracket on the '26-'27. IMG_8053.jpeg Mount clamps for the bumper bars IMG_8055.jpeg And the factory instructions for install of Ford accessory bumpers. Feb 1926 service bulletin .jpg This the full face left rear bracket on a touring body, the bracket is Y shaped and ...
- Sat Dec 07, 2024 11:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 1926 COUPE BUMPERS - FRONT AND BACK BRACKET PICTURES
- Replies: 35
- Views: 8437
1926 COUPE BUMPERS - FRONT AND BACK BRACKET PICTURES
1926 COUPE OWNERS! I was gifted an old set of Front Bumper and back Bumperettes. Just not sure it is complete set. Does anyone have standalone pictures of the: 1) Brackets for front and rear bumpers 2) how/where these brackets attach on car undercarriage 3) How and where they attach on the actual bu...
- Sat Dec 07, 2024 11:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: MODEL T - "GENEALOGY"?????
- Replies: 35
- Views: 5211
Re: MODEL T - "GENEALOGY"?????
FYI https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-resources/popular-topics/production-records Which models have production information available? In the summer of 1970, a museum fire destroyed many Ford Motor Company production records. The table below indicates which records still ...
- Sat Dec 07, 2024 11:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: MODEL T - "GENEALOGY"?????
- Replies: 35
- Views: 5211
Re: MODEL T - "GENEALOGY"?????
My 26 TT Closed Cab (that I sold 5 yrs ago) I was the 4th Titled owner. It was built in Aug '25, and purchased in Oakland CA by Douglas Parcel Delivery. It saw commercial service up to WWII, where the story was related to me that the older fleet vehicles were sent to scrap for the war effort. Howev...
- Sat Oct 26, 2024 1:14 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: MODEL T - "GENEALOGY"?????
- Replies: 35
- Views: 5211
Re: MODEL T - "GENEALOGY"?????
Here is what I know about my 1910 Touring. May 1910 sold tp George Adams Automobnile dealer, Elgin Ill. Found in Chicago, Ill 1931 1931 to Sept 24, 1946. Pure Oil Company. Minneapolis, MN 1946 to the present: Darel Leipold. This 1910 at the present is in our garage in Orono, Minnesota. Darel! You h...
- Sat Oct 26, 2024 1:02 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: MODEL T - "GENEALOGY"?????
- Replies: 35
- Views: 5211
Re: MODEL T - "GENEALOGY"?????
Ok. Let me pull it up again tomorr! Will see! Thx steveSteve Jelf wrote: ↑Thu Oct 24, 2024 9:11 am...by day? I did not see that in my mccalley disc.
Yep.
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- Tue Oct 22, 2024 4:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: MODEL T - "GENEALOGY"?????
- Replies: 35
- Views: 5211
Re: MODEL T - "GENEALOGY"?????
The pieces of the puzzle that always will be missing has to do with privacy laws. The Driver's Privacy Protection Act (DPPA) is a federal law that protects personal information in driver's licenses and motor vehicle records: The DPPA was passed in 1994 to limit the release of personal information f...
- Tue Oct 22, 2024 4:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: MODEL T - "GENEALOGY"?????
- Replies: 35
- Views: 5211
Re: MODEL T - "GENEALOGY"?????
I also have McCalley and nothing of course in there other than the tables of serial numbers and which month it tracks to. [/size] This refers to the truncated MTFCA version found on this website. The full digital edition lists serial numbers by day, not only month. In fact, you can sometimes make a...
- Mon Oct 21, 2024 11:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: MODEL T - "GENEALOGY"?????
- Replies: 35
- Views: 5211
Re: MODEL T - "GENEALOGY"?????
Perhaps most states purge records, but our great State of Florida may assist early auto owners, if the FL registered early auto survives, these on-line hand written records list engine serial numbers, so hand searching could find original owner. Records are by calendar date of registration, mfg mod...
- Mon Oct 21, 2024 11:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: MODEL T - "GENEALOGY"?????
- Replies: 35
- Views: 5211
Re: MODEL T - "GENEALOGY"?????
A needle in a haystack BUT the only way you could track a Model T is if it has been kept in the same family. There are a few out there but not many. My Grandfather bought his 24 Coupe from a farmer in 1942. He left it to me when I was around 10 as I remember. It actually went to my Father in his es...
- Mon Oct 21, 2024 11:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: MODEL T - "GENEALOGY"?????
- Replies: 35
- Views: 5211
Re: MODEL T - "GENEALOGY"?????
I have an old ledger from a Ford dealership in Tenn. It has engine numbers, what car or truck is and accessories owners bought. Also what they traded in too. Mid 20’s to Model A. How did you get ahold of that? And did your car start out in Tenn? You are listed as being in Alabama I believe. I would...
- Mon Oct 21, 2024 11:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: MODEL T - "GENEALOGY"?????
- Replies: 35
- Views: 5211
Re: MODEL T - "GENEALOGY"?????
It is doubtful if a Genealogy of a "title/registration" number can be constructed for a car manufactured prior to 1981. Here's why. Back in the day: Paper copies of Titles were likely filed by Make, Model, & a number (engine, chassis, body, etc) in file cabinets within each State. Now it should be ...
- Mon Oct 21, 2024 10:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: MODEL T - "GENEALOGY"?????
- Replies: 35
- Views: 5211
Re: MODEL T - "GENEALOGY"?????
FYI https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-resources/popular-topics/production-records Which models have production information available? In the summer of 1970, a museum fire destroyed many Ford Motor Company production records. The table below indicates which records still ...
- Mon Oct 21, 2024 10:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: MODEL T - "GENEALOGY"?????
- Replies: 35
- Views: 5211
Re: MODEL T - "GENEALOGY"?????
Does either FoMoCo or the Model T Club of America have access to any records showing what dealer each new Model T was shipped to? John, I thought i noted it in my post, but maybe not. Ford Historical Archives in Dearborn - right on their webpage it notes that due to a fire in the 1970's, only certa...
- Mon Oct 21, 2024 10:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: MODEL T - "GENEALOGY"?????
- Replies: 35
- Views: 5211
Re: MODEL T - "GENEALOGY"?????
Long ago when I lived in California I tried to track down some history on my 1939 Packard. The firewall plate indicated that it was originally sold by Earle C. Anthony, Inc. in the fall of 1938. I had the mistaken idea that I could find out who bought it and who were the subsequent owners. The dead...
- Mon Oct 21, 2024 10:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: MODEL T - "GENEALOGY"?????
- Replies: 35
- Views: 5211
Re: MODEL T - "GENEALOGY"?????
Sorry but really don't think anything has changed in the past 5-6 years since that was first posted. The advice given in that post is still the same, if you don't know it now, you pretty much are sunk. Except that I know the owner history on my 48 F2, I have no idea which city or dealer in a 60 mil...
- Mon Oct 21, 2024 10:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: MODEL T - "GENEALOGY"?????
- Replies: 35
- Views: 5211
Re: MODEL T - "GENEALOGY"?????
I know the North Dakota state historical archives have old dot registration records. It has some basic info of the car and owner. Unfortunately you have to go and search the records your self or pay a research fee. I was given a sample of these records when I was inquiring about my T's old owner. S...
- Sat Oct 19, 2024 10:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: MODEL T - "GENEALOGY"?????
- Replies: 35
- Views: 5211
MODEL T - "GENEALOGY"?????
Not sure i posted this before. I THINK I did but not in my list of posts. SO doing it again to be sure. According to Ford's Dearborn Archive's web site, Due to a fire in 1970, Ford Archives do not have build/production records for anything BUT 1909-11 Model Ts anymore. Has anyone come across a diffe...
- Fri Oct 04, 2024 10:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: SERIAL NUMBER vs ENGINE and frame number
- Replies: 73
- Views: 9829
Re: SERIAL NUMBER vs ENGINE and frame number
John If you have current FL title in your name, and want to swap motors, you can download a simple self-certified DMV form, note the title # and current motor # and then list new motor # of engine to be installed. Pay fee for new title, and your new title will have the new motor listed. Works for a...
- Thu Oct 03, 2024 12:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: SERIAL NUMBER vs ENGINE and frame number
- Replies: 73
- Views: 9829
Re: SERIAL NUMBER vs ENGINE and frame number
Experiences with Titling or Registering a car needs to be dated. There have been many changes to how the Identity of a car has been recorded. Many car manufactures back in the day used engine numbers, then serial numbers from somewhere. Vehicles manufactured prior to 1981 may have as few as 5 digit...
- Thu Oct 03, 2024 12:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: SERIAL NUMBER vs ENGINE and frame number
- Replies: 73
- Views: 9829
Re: SERIAL NUMBER vs ENGINE and frame number
Lisa, there is something else you probably didn't or don't know about registering a car here in CA (besides the VIN being wrong)....every time (especially with an antique) they pass the VIN to the CHP to have them run it on their stolen car database. Since your car's registration went through and g...
- Wed Oct 02, 2024 12:04 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 1926 Dr Coupe Upholstery Kit or Otherwise
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3207
Re: 1926 Dr Coupe Upholstery Kit or Otherwise
An early 26 coupe would use the upholstery with a green stripe, even if it came from the factory painted black. The early 26 Coupe and Tudors used a brown material with a green stripe, then it was changed during 1926 to gray with a green stripe. I wish I could find the early brown material; Bill Hi...
- Tue Oct 01, 2024 4:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 1926 Dr Coupe Upholstery Kit or Otherwise
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3207
Re: 1926 Dr Coupe Upholstery Kit or Otherwise
Thank you for the kind words on here. FYI interior kits are only out a few months because I have trained in more help. Mike Francis Classtique Upholstery Mike I just called in to your shop. Thank you kindly for sending out samples of material. Let me figure out if best to order fabric, the kit or t...
- Tue Oct 01, 2024 9:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: SERIAL NUMBER vs ENGINE and frame number
- Replies: 73
- Views: 9829
Re: SERIAL NUMBER vs ENGINE and frame number
Lisa, Based on your clarification, and if I understand, the engine # and the frame # match...excellent! But the paperwork has a different "serial number" than the engine/frame number. No, there is not a third serial number hiding somewhere on your car that will match the paperwork...its your paperw...
- Mon Sep 30, 2024 4:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: SERIAL NUMBER vs ENGINE and frame number
- Replies: 73
- Views: 9829
Re: SERIAL NUMBER vs ENGINE and frame number
Lisa, Enjoy your1926 T Coupe, I have one made in February 1926, and enjoy mine. Your title with the 13 million number is well documented and as others have said, finding another number on it now just complicates things. You looked and found no other number, this car is not the car the grandson is l...
- Mon Sep 30, 2024 3:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: SERIAL NUMBER vs ENGINE and frame number
- Replies: 73
- Views: 9829
Re: SERIAL NUMBER vs ENGINE and frame number
If I were to figure out how to do a DMV search... [/size] That may be possible somewhere, but I believe most states keep no records going back more than a few years. Steve - 9/30/24 - agree. and and also there is the possibility there was a single number at one point in time being recorded incorrec...
- Mon Sep 30, 2024 3:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: SERIAL NUMBER vs ENGINE and frame number
- Replies: 73
- Views: 9829
Re: SERIAL NUMBER vs ENGINE and frame number
Forget this mess & enjoy your T. JOHN 9/30/24 - LOL! Easier said than done as I feel horrible about the situation. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS CAR and am happy it is mine. I could not have bought a better car and it is so much LOVED and well taken care of. i am struggling with the family part of this st...
- Mon Sep 30, 2024 12:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: SERIAL NUMBER vs ENGINE and frame number
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Re: SERIAL NUMBER vs ENGINE and frame number
I just read most of this thing... and now my head has exploded :!: Who knows why or where or how some 127 number came to be mentioned. It does not matter , IT'S NOT THE SAME CAR! MOVE ON... Jerry 9/30/24 - yeah my head darn exploded too! and yes it sure seems like there is another car aged 1 year a...
- Mon Sep 30, 2024 12:42 pm
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They're not all the same is a fact that people often forget. I plead guilty myself, to buying a Model T and assuming that what I find on it belongs there. Add that to the unreliability of memory, and it's no surprise that in many cases the year or identity of a particular car becomes confused. I'm ...
- Mon Sep 30, 2024 8:58 am
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Basically the grandson knows nothing about what happened to the car after 1976 the last time he saw it at his uncle’s house. In 2020 the uncle still had the car when he passed away. The auction company selling off the uncle’s estate sold the car in 2020 with some type of legal paperwork giving the ...
- Mon Sep 30, 2024 8:12 am
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I don't think you want to find the number. Suppose he has a title for 127X or other paper work and then tries to lay claim, see you in court. I have a friend that's an auctioneer , said they really shouldn't provide sell/buyer information to any one. If you know the Action House PM me and I'll see ...
- Sun Sep 29, 2024 10:48 pm
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I'll try to summarize: correct me if I am wrong Lisa The car in Lisa's possession has matching engine & frame numbers and is correctly titled as serial 137XX7x4 & was purchased from an individual not an auction house and it is not the issue at hand! In fact its 100% correctly documented. The confus...
- Sun Sep 29, 2024 9:44 pm
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Lisa, Your Model T engine number matches the frame number AND matches the number on the registration...The problem if I can wrap my head around it...Someone you don't know, claims a Model T with a different serial number, was sold by an auction house to someone not you, and was once owned by someon...
- Sun Sep 29, 2024 6:22 pm
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Guys read what YOUR state law says. In my state it specifically says. Where a VIN does NOT exist, the engine number becomes the vin number. As in older vehicles. They mean a traditional vin with all the letters and numbers like modern car has. Know your state law before you go to DMV. But don’t try...
- Sun Sep 29, 2024 6:01 pm
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Have you checked the floor cossmember, just forward of the support rail for the seat? Most coupes I have seen have a body number stamped there. The body number was put in by the plant that built the body, and is unrelated to the engine/ frame number. 9/29/24 - Derek - there is no number on the cros...
- Sun Sep 29, 2024 5:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 1926 Dr Coupe Upholstery Kit or Otherwise
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Re: 1926 Dr Coupe Upholstery Kit or Otherwise
I bought Mikes kit for my 26 Fordor. It fit perfect. Top, interior and carpets. You get what you pay for. Very satisfied. Also bought a kit for my 24 touring. Top and interior. Very nice Vernon, That is VERY good to know! I will be calling Mike tomorrow to get some info from him. Thank you so much ...
- Sun Sep 29, 2024 5:55 pm
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Delaware is quite strict with those numbers. You take your vehicle and paperwork to the Motor Vehicle Department and make an appointment for a State Trooper to view and verify your numbers. Model A Fords have the frame number hidden by the body. Not a problem! You leave the vehicle a few days while...
- Sun Sep 29, 2024 5:54 pm
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Some states I have lived in years ago had both the Engine Number and Body Number on their titles. Engine Number Stamp.jpg Jim 9/29/24 - THX for the article. What years did this pertain to? Or when was it published? I do have a serial number on engine. it matches number on frame. There are no other ...
- Sun Sep 29, 2024 5:50 pm
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The car I have is a 19 26 coupe with an engine and frame number that match 137x7x24. The 127x6x39 number that is listed as the serial for my car by an apparent previous owner is not 1 number off. It is many numbers off. Hence why I asked where else there would be a serial number. It appears there i...
- Sun Sep 29, 2024 5:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: SERIAL NUMBER vs ENGINE and frame number
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Re: SERIAL NUMBER vs ENGINE and frame number
Earlier cars were different, differences depending on how much earlier. After December of 1925, for 1926 and 1927, all USA production model Ts and TTs from the factory had matching serial numbers on the engine block and the frame. The exact location varied slightly, could be either the right or lef...
- Sun Sep 29, 2024 5:09 pm
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Re: SERIAL NUMBER vs ENGINE and frame number
Lisa, Based on your clarification, and if I understand, the engine # and the frame # match...excellent! But the paperwork has a different "serial number" than the engine/frame number. No, there is not a third serial number hiding somewhere on your car that will match the paperwork...its your paperw...
- Sun Sep 29, 2024 11:07 am
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Re: SERIAL NUMBER vs ENGINE and frame number
Lisa, Based on your clarification, and if I understand, the engine # and the frame # match...excellent! But the paperwork has a different "serial number" than the engine/frame number. No, there is not a third serial number hiding somewhere on your car that will match the paperwork...its your paperw...
- Sun Sep 29, 2024 9:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: SERIAL NUMBER vs ENGINE and frame number
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Re: SERIAL NUMBER vs ENGINE and frame number
The car I have is a 19 26 coupe with an engine and frame number that match 137x7x24. The 127x6x39 number that is listed as the serial for my car by an apparent previous owner is not 1 number off. It is many numbers off. Hence why I asked where else there would be a serial number. It appears there i...
- Sun Sep 29, 2024 1:05 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: SERIAL NUMBER vs ENGINE and frame number
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Re: SERIAL NUMBER vs ENGINE and frame number
When I got my VIN check, the clerk went by the frame number. Both match in my case but if they varied, going by the engine number would rule out an engine swap if the block got damaged somehow. The next buyer would want to see identical numbers on the paperwork and the frame. Reckless Kelly - LET M...
- Sun Sep 29, 2024 1:01 am
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- Topic: SERIAL NUMBER vs ENGINE and frame number
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Re: SERIAL NUMBER vs ENGINE and frame number
It’s always a good idea to use ONE number for the ID number for a T. Usually the folks at the DMV will usually understand the engine number is the ID number. DO NOT attempt to identify a T with 2 different numbers. Keep it simple and you will not have a lot of trouble getting a T title at a DMV. Do...
- Sun Sep 29, 2024 12:59 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: SERIAL NUMBER vs ENGINE and frame number
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Re: SERIAL NUMBER vs ENGINE and frame number
sorry folks on this thread: I was not clear in my initial post. 137x7x24 and 127x6x39. NOT just one number off..and therefore not a 'typo'....85% of the numbers don't match! APOLOGIES I did not state that up front. Hence why I asked where else there would be a serial number. the cross member? The ca...
- Sun Sep 29, 2024 12:52 am
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I'll repeat. Someone screwed up in the past changing a 3 to a 2. Happens all the time. I gave personal examples. I have only seen frame #'s on the top of the right frame rail right under the big floorboard. Some claim the # could be in the same spot on the left side. You wont find a # 127..... I ha...
- Sat Sep 28, 2024 10:00 pm
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Re: SERIAL NUMBER vs ENGINE and frame number
It’s always a good idea to use ONE number for the ID number for a T. Usually the folks at the DMV will usually understand the engine number is the ID number. DO NOT attempt to identify a T with 2 different numbers. Keep it simple and you will not have a lot of trouble getting a T title at a DMV. Do...
- Sat Sep 28, 2024 9:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: SERIAL NUMBER vs ENGINE and frame number
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Re: SERIAL NUMBER vs ENGINE and frame number
Have you checked the floor cossmember, just forward of the support rail for the seat? Most coupes I have seen have a body number stamped there. The body number was put in by the plant that built the body, and is unrelated to the engine/ frame number. Derek! I have not checked that spot! l will chec...
- Sat Sep 28, 2024 9:25 pm
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Re: SERIAL NUMBER vs ENGINE and frame number
Steve JELF For some reason my replies to you are not showing. Not sure why so replying separately here. I hope you re well and improving. I ask Martynn about you often. Let me clarify: 137x7x24 and 127x6x39. NOT just one number off..and therefore not a 'typo'....85% of the numbers don't match! APOLO...
- Sat Sep 28, 2024 9:07 pm
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Re: SERIAL NUMBER vs ENGINE and frame number
The engine number is the serial number. If the engine number and frame number do not match, one or both have been replaced over its 98 years. They matched when new. Humble - Let me clarify: 137x7x24 and 127x6x39. NOT just one number off......85% of the numbers don't match. The car I have is a 19 26...
- Sat Sep 28, 2024 9:06 pm
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Title mistakes are all to common dealing with DMV personnel. I got a harley thats a HER instead of a HAR for make. My roadster PU is a body style CPE. I dont mess with the bureaucracy to get THEIR mistakes fixed as long as I get my tags. If the rest of the # is correct & you are licensed to that #,...
- Sat Sep 28, 2024 8:49 pm
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- Topic: SERIAL NUMBER vs ENGINE and frame number
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Re: SERIAL NUMBER vs ENGINE and frame number
Earlier cars were different, differences depending on how much earlier. After December of 1925, for 1926 and 1927, all USA production model Ts and TTs from the factory had matching serial numbers on the engine block and the frame. The exact location varied slightly, could be either the right or lef...
- Sat Sep 28, 2024 8:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: SERIAL NUMBER vs ENGINE and frame number
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Re: SERIAL NUMBER vs ENGINE and frame number
When I got my VIN check, the clerk went by the frame number. Both match in my case but if they varied, going by the engine number would rule out an engine swap if the block got damaged somehow. The next buyer would want to see identical numbers on the paperwork and the frame. John, My frame and eng...
- Sat Sep 28, 2024 8:39 pm
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- Topic: SERIAL NUMBER vs ENGINE and frame number
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Re: SERIAL NUMBER vs ENGINE and frame number
I bought one which had the engine replaced but the number had not been changed on the title. The insurance papers from the previous owner had the new engine number. I took it to CHP (highway patrol). They verified the block number and it had not been registered to anyone else's car nor stolen, so i...
- Sat Sep 28, 2024 8:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 1926 Dr Coupe Upholstery Kit or Otherwise
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Re: 1926 Dr Coupe Upholstery Kit or Otherwise
Might be others BUT you'd be hard pressed to find a better quality kit than Mike's ! don't disagree but my car is also not a show quality car. And Mike's stuff is - so I am told - show quality and used more often for show cars. Price point supports that! Just trying to unearth all option, metrics, ...
- Sat Sep 28, 2024 7:57 pm
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Re: 1926 Dr Coupe Upholstery Kit or Otherwise
Chris, that is a ridiculously neat job! Gorgeous!Chris Barker wrote: ↑Sat Sep 28, 2024 12:24 pmI used genuine Harris Tweed to replace worn-out material from a kit from around 1988.
It matches the existing headlining and has the vertical stripes.
In the attached photo, the door cards have been done, but the seat is the old material
- Sat Sep 28, 2024 7:56 pm
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Re: 1926 Dr Coupe Upholstery Kit or Otherwise
No, not the only thing left. We bought yards of Duck Cloth - grey herringbone and sewed green lines, replaced broken springs, redid the padding for the seats. The side panels we got from an upholsterer, cut to size, and covered with grey herringbone. Covered the package tray with it. Different clot...
- Sat Sep 28, 2024 4:43 pm
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SERIAL NUMBER vs ENGINE and frame number
Serial number or engine and frame number can vary? 1926 Coupe TO CLARIFY on 9/28/24: The numbers I am referencing are not even close. I know I said 137 and 127, and everyone likely thought all numbers were the same but the 2 and 3. ALL The numbers are wrong! my 1926 is 137x7X24 and the 127 number is...
- Sat Sep 28, 2024 4:12 pm
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- Topic: 1926 Dr Coupe Upholstery Kit or Otherwise
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Re: 1926 Dr Coupe Upholstery Kit or Otherwise
Thank you for the kind words on here. FYI interior kits are only out a few months because I have trained in more help. Mike Francis Classtique Upholstery Mike! Thank you for weighing in! I spoke to you a few years back. Will see how things align as I figure this out over the next month or two. I ne...
- Fri Sep 27, 2024 9:30 pm
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Re: 1926 Dr Coupe Upholstery Kit or Otherwise
Steve, yes, that is what I hear. The quality is phenomenal but it is - so I thought - show car quality. I just want a nice true to original fabric. Which I believe was grey with stripe for a 1926 dr coupe
- Fri Sep 27, 2024 9:29 pm
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Re: 1926 Dr Coupe Upholstery Kit or Otherwise
Since Cartouche went out of business, Classitique is the only source of T kits. A year ago when I talked to Mike, he was taking orders for a year out. He had that many orders. He did say that he would sell bulk material to a customer who wanted to have his own upholstery made. I wonder what the pri...
- Fri Sep 27, 2024 9:26 pm
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- Topic: 1926 Dr Coupe Upholstery Kit or Otherwise
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Re: 1926 Dr Coupe Upholstery Kit or Otherwise
No, not the only thing left. We bought yards of Duck Cloth - grey herringbone and sewed green lines, replaced broken springs, redid the padding for the seats. The side panels we got from an upholsterer, cut to size, and covered with grey herringbone. Covered the package tray with it. Different clot...
- Fri Sep 27, 2024 7:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 1926 Dr Coupe Upholstery Kit or Otherwise
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1926 Dr Coupe Upholstery Kit or Otherwise
My Favorite Folks of all things T - The A Team - Is Classtique the only thing left for 1926 interior upholstery kits? Any thoughts are welcome. Interior - would like to go back to the original interior scheme. It is time. Let me know. Thank you! Lisa
- Mon Sep 23, 2024 8:32 pm
- Forum: Classifieds - Parts
- Topic: NO LONGER NEEDED! WANTED TO PURCHASE - STEERING GEAR CASE/CUP 1926 COUPE
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Re: WANTED TO PURCHASE - STEERING GEAR CASE/CUP 1926 COUPE
The OP seems to have found the requested parts. FWIW, p/n 3507 is the "Steering gear internal gear and bushing", p/n 3504 is "steering gear cover", both parts used 09-26 according to1926 Ford parts list. P/n3539D is "steering gear bracket assembly" for coupe , roadster, tudoor and touring. jb All f...
- Sat Sep 21, 2024 8:45 pm
- Forum: Classifieds - Parts
- Topic: WANTED to PURCHASE: FRONT AND REAR BUMPER 1926 COUPE
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Re: WANTED to PURCHASE: FRONT AND REAR BUMPER 1926 COUPE
Jim, please check your MTFCA settings. I have Private messaged you and they will not send to you. They are sitting in my outbox. Please check your MTFCA settings? Or possibly clear if the box is full! Not sure what issue is as my other PMs are sending fine.