Bringing home your Model T

[South Park Zephyr]

We had a great turnout at the “Tour De Frost”, Sam Atkinson puts this together for the group here in St. Louis as a way to get together for lunch and tell the same stories we always tell at any event. I didn’t get an accurate count, but somewhere around 25-30 were at lunch.

A new story came up though when Sam showed us a photo of his roadster the day he brought it home. It made me think about the pride of ownership we all share of these cars, and most of us have that “ Look what I just got” photo.

So, here is a thread you can show off your new purchase.
I’ll start with mine. I bought it as a project for an organization in Colorado. That stalled when they had some leadership changes and since they had not contributed any funds toward the project, I became the proud owner of my roadster.

Here it is on the narrow gauge turntable of the Denver Southpark and Pacific railroad in Como, Colorado.

The project is back on with a different car, and when I get to it, I will share the progress

[Tadpole]

Great idea for a thread, thank you!

From Lake Erie to the Ky side of the Ohio River Valley, June 2021.

[South Park Zephyr]

Maybe we should add the year as well.
I bought mine in Cheyenne,Wy in September of ‘21
It lives in the St. Louis, area now

[Rich Eagle]

About 1964, 1925 Runabout. I have never bought a complete T. It was just as exciting.
Rich

[KMcoldcars]

The previous owner driving the 1916 coupelet onto the trailer for the trip from Spokane to Puyallup. 2021

[NY John T]

My first T purchase. What a thrill. A 17 hour drive up to Vermont and back during COVID. VT would not allow anyone from out of state to stay overnight, so a long one day drive there and back to Long Island.

[NY John T]

Somehow, 2 months later this model T followed me home too. I couldn't help it. It wasn't my fault!! December 2020

[Bryant]

I purchased mine around the fall of 2021 from Model T haven in Lola Kansas. They had a shipping company they used to get it to me that September to Myersville Md. it rode A crossed the country just like you see it. Open air and all of it was still there when it got here. I remember the first thing I thought was how small it looked on that trailer. I wondered how many people may have seen it go by or even photograph it during its trip. It looked so dusty up there but still managed to draw out my neighbors to see the old girl. I bought it from only a internet photo and was thrilled when it arrived. Very magical for my kids to. No regrets
Bryant

[hull 433]

the Grey Ghost when she arrived

[Norman Kling]

The first picture is of when I purchased my 26 Touring. The last is after I got it restored. I did all the work myself except for the machine work and pouring bearings. I worked on it for about 10 years. Sorry! I posted in the wrong order and can't figure out how to fix it!
Norm

[Humblej]

Brought this one home in 2021, a happy day!

Now in running condition.

[JohnM]

This is my first T, 1927 Tudor purchased in November 1981. Believe it or not, it was running and drivable. I sold it in 2018 after I bought this 26 Touring.

[James Yuill]

Norm..one word..WOW..what a beautiful transformation.
Great Job!.
Hauled it home in a pickup yet..love it!
Jim

[Russ T Fender]

Pulled from a garage where it sat since the early 60's. Had to rent a trailer because it was too tall for my closed trailer

[Ed Fuller]

Here are some of my speedster.

The day I brought the chassis home.

Body loaded up after finding it at Hershey.

Several years later all together.

[SteveK]

It was suppose to come home on a flatbed but 5 minutes before they had agreed to show up I got a "can't make it" phone call. So I called other local towers and with no flatbeds available I took a regular tow with a dolly. (clutch was stuck). The truck was in the back of a warehouse in Honolulu and my farm is on the windward side of Oahu which means a short 12 mile trip over the Koolau mountains which you can see in the background. No issues at all; even at 100 years their plenty sturdy:-). And thank you O'Sung for saving the day!!!

[ModelTMitch]

My family and I moved to New South Wales in 2010. In January of 2011, I decided I wanted to buy a Model T. I scoured the Internet, hoping I might be able to buy one in Australia, but none were within my budget, the lowest priced car I found, was $45,000 - that was never going to happen! So I resorted to looking in America, and finally found the car, that would ultimately become my own.
I imported the car, with the help of my father. He imports all kinds of products from overseas, so I have to thank him for his assistance in importing my car. It took 8 months, almost $6,000 in freight charges and import fees, and much anticipation, from when I expressed an interest in the car, to when it actually arrived on Australian soil.
Somewhat inclement weather when my Model T arrived in Sydney and I collected it from Newcastle. But she arrived in one piece and she's been as good as gold ever since!

Read more at my website...
https://www.fordmodelt.net/my_model-t.htm

John Cain poses in my Model T shortly after its arrival

Loading my Model T onto the trailer for the journey home

It was pouring with rain when I collected my Model T, had to make sure the tarp was secure!!

[havnfun]

My first T, 1923 Touring, brought home to Idaho from Portland Oregon in 2017

[RVA23T]

June 18, 2021 the day I bought my 1923 Touring home. This is the pic I sent my daughters and other family members who did not know I was buying a T Model. I always feel I'm being tailgated when towing a vehicle and Scarlotte O'Hair is no exception!
Drove it around the block and to my parents house down the street where it started to sputter to which my mother said did you check if you had gas and shownuf she was right stole dad's mower gas and back through the neighborhood we went!

[SamInStL]

February 1979 in front of the building in downtown St. Louis where I picked up my '27 Roadster. Since that day I've driven her well over 100K miles, repaired/replaced every mechanical component at least once (but always kept it 'correct' for 1927), taught my children to drive in it, inflicted countless others into the Model T hobby......and gotten gray hair.

[Mark Nunn]

Loaded and almost ready for the 425-mile ride home.

400 out of 425 miles of the drive home looked like this.

[mbowen]

I found Clyde near Pontiac, IL in late June 2021. I got him just to get around the airport I live on, and wanted something less “common” than a golf cart.

In the previous owner’s shed.

Then, Tim Juhl invited me to the Michigan Jamboree in Bad Axe that August. I was in the middle of rebuilding Clyde’s front axle, but managed to invite myself and my wife to ride in a 1915 Touring and discovered that Model T’s can actually be driven on the road! That’s when I started looking for a touring car. In early October while visiting my grandson in Tennessee, a 1924 touring showed up on FB Marketplace in Hamilton, OH, more or less on our way home to Michigan and, as they say, the rest is history.

Fresh off the delivery trailer.

[vping]

December 26th 2023

[kelly mt]

Loading up the '26 after the auction and heading home.

[varmint]

August 2016...ran when parked. Took 7-1/2 years but drove it yesterday for the first time.

[ModelT46]

Here is mine, Sept of 1946. I was 14 at that time. I still have and use my 1910.

[ClaytonPaddison]

Here are mine.

My '27 Roadster in 2006

My TT Truck in 2021

My Model S Roadster in 2001 (when found at Hershey) and in 2022 when I got it.

My '19 Depot Hack in 2023.

[ClaytonPaddison]

For some reason, it would not let me attach all my photos.

My Roadster Before and after..

[Petrah Phyre]

Picking it up...

[hailey.harris03]

Took a road trip with my father and daughter last September to buy my first Model T.

[South Park Zephyr]

You need to say that your father is not the guy in the picture….

[Daisy Mae]

My first Model T (25 TT) after bringing her "home" in 1981....actually, my parents home as they had a big yard and I was in an apartment.... My mom was NOT happy!!

[Daisy Mae]

My '14 coming home from MI to FL....
Where she'd been since 1930...

Loading her up in MI...

Stopping enroute to remove the windshield...was too much stress on the mounts...

Her new home in FL....

Happy wife (she's always supported my hobby...in fact has found or bought half my projects...she's a keeper! But sometimes I think she knows this will keep me occupied and out of trouble!!)

[Novice]

Open express from Tennessee to Texas. Being delivered by Bill Squires. Car Conversion to truck with home built wood body.

[South Park Zephyr]

Glad to see that this thread is still going
Its is great seeing all photos

[DanTreace]

Inspiration for the faux '09 runabout.....repro copy of a '09 mother-in-law wood body only, that sat outdoors for a while.

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After a couple of years work in the garage, building a chassis, adding fenders and brass...ready for the road.

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[South Park Zephyr]

I got that new (old) car feeling again. I thought I would end the year on a high note

[TRDxB2]

Holy Gow T man it has a Waukesha Ricardo cylinder head
Going to make it into a bit more stylish speedster (not me in picture)

[NY John T]

Here's my 25 touring in March of this year when I bought it. The car has no rust out, no wood rot, and with a bit of cleaning and restoring it ran very well. It has its original engine and came with a bunch of "extras". Top bows in perfect condition. This car must have been garaged for a long time. I'm now working in the interior and will do the top too. So with this car, I then had 3 model T's! Which do I work on today? Right now, I'm down to 2 and a script GPW.
Happy New Year all!
John

[Shrshot]

Definitely not pristine but very nice quality driver. Older restoration, but I couldn't pass it up. 26 Tudor

[fbergski]

Here's a picture loading my couplet for its journey to California.

[Bobbbenner]

Car as found
Roll off used to bring it ‘home’
After washing off dirt and scrubbing upholstery

[Steve Jelf]

I purchased mine around the fall of 2021 from Model T haven in Lola Kansas.

In my trips to Iola I always found Mark pretty realistic in his prices. I don't often do it, but I would trust his description of the goods.

[Reno Speedster]

I got my 22 from a friend in Nevada, but it was in storage in California. I took it to Tacoma and had it shipped to Alaska. It was not running at the time so I needed some help getting it on and off the trailers. A new battery, an oil change, and some new gas and I had it running enough to drive it in the 4th of July parade. I spent the winter sorting out issues and rebuilding the wheels.

[Bob McDaniel]

This aluminum body 1909 touring followed me home from Kansas in a snowstorm in February 2019. I had just been released by the doctor to drive again after a round of pneumonia so it was a rough trip for me. I then fell off the trailer and landed flat on my back while cranking the T to drive it off the trailer. I had removed all the lights and floors and seat bottoms and anything else not tied down for the trip.

[EricMac]

These photos are of my 27 Fordor that I inherited from my father. The first picture shows me (the little redhead boy) taking in dad's car for the first time. The second shows the car as it appears under restoration.

Me, the first view

27 Fordor now

[dykker5502]

My latest acquire to the T-collection is this 1914 Touring. Bought at a respected T parts dealer in Mass. via a local broker which took care of the transport from US to Denamrk. It arrived in a container with 2 other cars and here I'm picking it up and drove it back from the broker to home approx 20 miles drive.

[Nate22huckster]

Here’s my 26 TT the day I bought it in 2018. What you see in the picture is all that was included in the sale.

Here it is today, still very much a project, but a lot more complete than when I bought it.

And here’s my 25 Tudor the day I bought February 2024. I bought it from the family of a fellow club member who passed. We had a fluke 50 degree day and no salt on the road so I was able to drive it the 30 miles home in the winter rather than have to trailer it.

[Jerry VanOoteghem]

These photos are of my 27 Fordor that I inherited from my father. The first picture shows me (the little redhead boy) taking in dad's car for the first time. The second shows the car as it appears under restoration.
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Eric,

I love that grey!

[EricMac]

The color was matched from the back of the dashboard and is (we think) Fawn Gray. You just might see this one at Old Car Festival this year.
Eric