100 year old Model T Coupes in 2022

[Been Here Before]

This month next year my Coupe will be 100 years old.

In years past (2016) I tried to establish a record or list of 1922 Model T Coupes that were still extant and held by members of the forum.

At the time I posted this: (http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/599638/624351.html)

Thursday, March 17, 2016 - 10:23 am:

From the data available, the Coupe body was manufactured for Ford by Walter O Briggs Manufacturing Company, Detroit Michigan (McCalley, 1994, 419-422). "Auto Industries" of 12 October 1922 stated that in 1922 , 'Rouge Plant Builds Most Ford Bodies,' Ford Used various manufactures including the Beaudette Company, Pontiac, Michigan. The Beaudette Company, according to the 1922 article, built roadster bodies for Ford.

The Rouge plant in 1922 was building the phaeton and two-door sedans. The phaeton bodies are built in numbers of 3015 daily (in 1922), with an average of 2650 daily. Sedan bodies are manufactured at 900 daily. Bodies for Coupes and a new four door sedan are manufactured by the Briggs Company and not by Ford. These two styles are low production (1922) cars averaging 5000 daily.(from "Auto Industries")

Please list in part (B ## *****) or all (B 21 12345) the body number found on your door sill of your Coupe. This is for the 1922 Coupe car only. Thank you


The reaction was:

For the 1922 Coupe there were 198,382 produced. Production year was from August 1921 to September 1922. With some model year overlap.

So far:

(Engine Number) (Briggs Body Number) (Date of Manufacture)

6071252 B 21 3663 3 June 1922 (Pictured)
6315681 B 24 1903 27 July 1922

64071xx B 26 1740 16 August 1922

It would be interesting and helpful to establish a data base for this particular year. And may be other data bases could be established for the other body styles and production years.

Anyone want to participate?

[John Codman]

5,000 units per day is low production? WTH is high production?

[perry kete]

Greetings George,

As stated in the post from 2016 my frame was all rotted so no body number is available. I believe the engine in the car is the original engine because of the condition of the car and engine when I pulled it out of a barn in Western PA.

The engine number for my 1922 Coupe is 6275206 July 18, 1922

Denny Seth

[vech]

We own a 1922 coupe. It has the original wood in the body.
It’s hard to read in the photo, but it is B184367

[Been Here Before]

again please.

[Been Here Before]

Last Request....

It is harder than I thought to begin to build a data base on the number of surviving 1922 Model T Coupes with a Briggs body.

Thank you to those who helped.

[kbwalker]

Sorry for the delay, I just saw this post. Found my '22 body number.

B193602
Engine# 5922576-produced April 30th I believe

Would be interesting to see others.

[TXGOAT2]

Are there more old coupes than there are old doctors? (Guess we'd better have another round...)

[perry kete]

My Coupe as pictured above will be 100 on July 18, 2022 and my grandson will be 16 on that day!

[Plankhill]

This one is serial number 6,820,114

[Been Here Before]

To all who are participating, if possible, please include the your door sill number found on the passenger side (usually).

Please list in part (B ## *****) or all (B 21 12345) the body number found on your door sill of your Coupe. This is for the 1922 Coupe car only. Thank you

[Barry Loucks]

My number is B179356, on RH sill plate.

[Been Here Before]

FYI
Those wishing to participate in this data base:

Please list both manufacture number (Motor Number , line number?) and the passenger side sill number.

If motor was replaced just note please.

Thank you.

[catbol]

Engine 6534179
Body B?83186
12 September 1922