Model T Ford

[Novagun]

Went for a cruise around the village this afternoon and cakled in to see Jeff  He is a builder by trade but he is also a very clever bloke .makes wooden aeroplane popellors,restores old motor bikes and cars  He has been working on a modelT  Engine a various parts are done and today was time to hot rivet attachments onto the chassis   I got there just in time and I got the job of heating the rivets red hot and keeping them hot for oeening  First tine i have held an acetylene torch. I bet there aren't many on the forum who have rivetted a Model T    I have well at least helped

[Novagun]

I did dmfix all the mistakes but must have forgotten to press save . 
Now I can't fix this one .

[avator]

I understood it perfectly.. great experience.

[tennx]

OP u know the coolest folks…..as a child I had an uncle who lived in the mountains of tennessee…he had a model T that he made into a truck…(for hauling liquid)..he would take my father and me for trios all over the back roads…there was no rear window i would  perch on my knees with my head sticking thru the back window as to not miss a word…..good luck

[Bicycleman]

Hugh, I have not hot riveted a Model-T.  But I did drive one several times - Once, I almost got it to its top speed of 42 mph.  The car belonged to the FORD dealership my father managed for almost 45 years.  The dealership had a 1949 FORD that ran great.  It had only about 10,300 miles on it and was used in parades and shows.  I drove it around a little too. 
I didn't do any hot riveting on the 1949 Ford either.  In fact, I have never hot riveted anything.

[Novagun]

Hello Bicycleman.
I have never driven a Model T but I have driven a Model A quite a bit. The T is much more difficult to drive than the A. My father had a 1949 single spinner green sedan. 100 hp flat head V8 motor. A mighty car and quite heavy. Just the thing for Taihape back country roads. Once we were going across the Desert Road. At the top of one hill he turned of the ignition and put her in angel gear. We coasted for 16 miles up and down hill. I would not let him start her up until she came to a halt. We got to the Poutu stream. I see a green Ford 49er about sometimes at vintage car outings. I always wonder if it is the same car because there were very few of them about .

[Bicycleman]

Hugh, thanks for sharing that story.  Yeah, driving the Model T was nothing like driving a vehicle just ten years newer. 
I was able to drive that '49; but I could not buy it. 
The next best thing I could do was buy a 1951 FORD Coupe.  I kept it for a couple of years but had to let it go when I got married in 1967.  [All the pictures I had were lost - so only the memories remain.]

[Hoosier Daddy]

I have been a life long fan of the Model T "Tin Lizzy".
Hope this works... good stuff.

[Bicycleman]

Amazing - Like "WOW"!!!  I had never heard that story before.
Thanks Scott.

[Hoosier Daddy]

 

[Methuselah]

Nice, not surprising though, saw one at the auto workshop on the Arsenal, abandoned there for decades. Over 1/4" steel body. Crank in front for starting...

[Novagun]

Went down to the workshop this afternoon and helped fit the motor to the chassis. Held in by four bolts and a wishbone to the front axle. Or better said that the gearbox housing holds the wishbone. All pretty simple for a special machine. We had an engine lifter to do the heavy bit so not too hard.