Jeff left his Model T out in the rain

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Jeff left his Model T out in the rain

Post by DHort » Sun Jul 28, 2024 7:24 pm

It shrunk a little
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Re: Jeff left his Model T out in the rain

Post by Duey_C » Sun Jul 28, 2024 8:15 pm

And here I thought the full sized cars are small! That's cute!
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Re: Jeff left his Model T out in the rain

Post by kevinf » Sun Jul 28, 2024 8:22 pm

I'm thinking he washed it in too hot of water!!!
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Re: Jeff left his Model T out in the rain

Post by jiminbartow » Sun Jul 28, 2024 10:48 pm

Seems like if he started off too fast, he might do a wheelie causing the T to go all the way on its’ rear. A roll bar might not be a bad idea. Is there a drive shaft of does the transmission hook directly to the differential?


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Re: Jeff left his Model T out in the rain

Post by Wayne Sheldon » Mon Jul 29, 2024 8:02 am

Somewhere in all my junk? I have the driveshaft out of a car very similar to that one. It came to me on a Ruckstell many years ago, which eventually went away on one of the too many cars I had to sell over the years.
The driveshaft from the tip of the pinion gear treads to the front face of the square end for the U-joint is just about a foot long! I used the short torque tube ball end to replace a badly damaged ball end of an otherwise nice standard torque tube. And of course used the good pinion bearing in another rear end that really needed a good one.


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Re: Jeff left his Model T out in the rain

Post by signsup » Mon Jul 29, 2024 9:46 am

Reminds me of a Shriners car. Didn't a company make a Model T Shriner Car, caled a Tiny T? or something like that. More of a glorified go cart.
The OP's car would certainly fit in a much smaller enclosed trailer than a standard T. I'm having a very difficult time finding an enclosed trailer for my WWI ambulance with a 81" height, fixed top. The OP's T will fit inside the back of a pick up, probably.
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Re: Jeff left his Model T out in the rain

Post by Norman Kling » Mon Jul 29, 2024 10:32 am

That car used to belong to Laurel and Hardy. They got stuck between two streetcars!
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Re: Jeff left his Model T out in the rain

Post by OilyBill » Mon Jul 29, 2024 7:24 pm

If you back up some, it looks a LOT longer! OR, it could be a REALLY FAST Model T. Einstein proved that things get shorter, the faster they go. That applies to light speed, but I assume that Model T had his lights on, and therefore the effect was visible. Either THAT, or because just shut up!

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