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splash guards
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2026 10:10 am
by Campbell Tellman
Hey All!
I am about ready to remount the body on the frame of my 1916 Touring car. Do the splash guards just sandwich between the body and frame rails?
Thanks,
Campbell Tellman II
Beaufort, NC
Re: splash guards
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2026 10:49 am
by George House
No….. The frame has brackets and the body wood rails have steel brackets. The 4 front body brackets have to mate with 4 frame rail brackets and the 2 rear body brackets have to match the 2 holes in the rear crossmember. The splash aprons ‘sandwich’ between these bracket pairs.
Re: splash guards
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2026 1:06 pm
by Original Smith
I believe Ford called them splash shields.
Re: splash guards
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2026 1:25 pm
by speedytinc
Splash aprons.
Re: splash guards
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2026 5:39 pm
by Allan
to clarify George's point, the splash apron is sandwiched between the body brackets and the frame brackets. Just make sure the holes in the splash apron will line up with the holes in the frame brackets before you fit the body.
Allan from down under.
Re: splash guards
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2026 9:41 am
by Campbell Tellman
Thanks for the input!
Campbell
Re: splash guards
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2026 11:38 am
by Rich P. Bingham
Aprons, and shields, and guards, oh my !
“Them long, curved, sheet-metal thingies.”
Re: splash guards
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2026 4:22 pm
by Wayne Sheldon
Yes Rich B et al.
"Colloquialisms, why is it always colloquialisms?"