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1925 Model T Roadster Pickup Wood Plan

Post by EdVaughn » Mon Oct 21, 2024 10:31 am

Does anyone have a plan for the wood in a 1925 Model T Roadster Pickup? Im in the middle of a restoration.

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Re: 1925 Model T Roadster Pickup Wood Plan

Post by DanTreace » Mon Oct 21, 2024 9:50 pm

Haven't seen a plan of the wood pieces, length and width for the '25, they are different than the '26-'27, but do use the similar means of fastening metal bed strips, anchored in the saw kerf grooves of the bed boards.

Here are some photos of original wood and bed strips in a 1925 pick up bed.

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Factory part numbers showing the bed boards for the '25 are different from the '26-'27

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Re: 1925 Model T Roadster Pickup Wood Plan

Post by RajoRacer » Mon Oct 21, 2024 10:41 pm

Perhaps Larry Smith will add his expertise on '25 P/U bed wood - he has a real one !


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Re: 1925 Model T Roadster Pickup Wood Plan

Post by Jim overstreet » Tue Oct 22, 2024 9:28 am

Hello,
There was a thread on the old forum 9/30/2010 with John Baier and Larry Smith. The bed boards were described in detail. Not sure how to access that old thread.
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Re: 1925 Model T Roadster Pickup Wood Plan

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Re: 1925 Model T Roadster Pickup Wood Plan

Post by DanTreace » Tue Oct 22, 2024 10:51 am

Jim overstreet wrote:
Tue Oct 22, 2024 9:28 am
Hello,
There was a thread on the old forum 9/30/2010 with John Baier and Larry Smith. The bed boards were described in detail. Not sure how to access that old thread.
Here is that former post

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The sketch is mine, but isn't for 1925 bed wood, only the later '26-'27 bed wood.
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Re: 1925 Model T Roadster Pickup Wood Plan

Post by EdVaughn » Wed Oct 23, 2024 9:38 am

all-

Thanks for all the great replies they will be helpful when I get to the pickup bed.

I should have been more specific as I am looking for drawings of the body. I have a box of wood parts and I am trying to figure out what they are are what I am missing.

Thanks, Ed

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Re: 1925 Model T Roadster Pickup Wood Plan

Post by Mark Gregush » Wed Oct 23, 2024 9:46 am

I know the voices aren't real but damn they have some good ideas! :shock:

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Re: 1925 Model T Roadster Pickup Wood Plan

Post by Original Smith » Fri Oct 25, 2024 12:47 pm

I don't feel like checking my old articles, but as I recall the thickness of all the boards is 13/16" not 3/4". A question I've always wondered about is why someone with metal working experience hasn't made a roller to convert the later style metal bed strips to the correct style used in 1925.


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Re: 1925 Model T Roadster Pickup Wood Plan

Post by Jerry VanOoteghem » Fri Oct 25, 2024 1:06 pm

Original Smith wrote:
Fri Oct 25, 2024 12:47 pm
I don't feel like checking my old articles, but as I recall the thickness of all the boards is 13/16" not 3/4". A question I've always wondered about is why someone with metal working experience hasn't made a roller to convert the later style metal bed strips to the correct style used in 1925.
Yes, you stated 13/16" on March 30, 2011. Don't you remember that? :lol:

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