Hot Rods Body Found???

Need help identifying this body... Was hiking around in the Canadian river valley and come across this really cool phantom body... not sure what it is.. I suspect its Dodge Brothers but really don't know. appreciate the help in advance...

 

26/7 Ford

 

Model T Ford. HRP

 

Correct. 26-7 Model T tourer. JW

 

The doors say 26. JW

 

I think I just heard them say that....

 

Can you please send me the exact location so that I can pick it up next time I'm down that way ? Seriously, I will be down that way in the near future. Send me a message

 

Doesn't the model T have the gas tank in the cowl?

 

Yes it does. JW

 

Nice find. Did you bring it home? What else was there for the taking?

 

It says Ford Motor Company right on the tag......

 

I can see now on the tag.. it does appear to say Ford Motor Company... couldn't see it before... Thank You We hope to get it home... I think I can get a model A frame to put it on...

 

Model A has gas tank in the cowl. Model T was under the front seat. They had to change it because they could not fill the gas tank from inside the car when they made a closed body. Besides, they wanted to lower the seat which would not leave room. But old Henry was too cheap to pay for a fuel pump so it had to go where gravity dictated.

 

Yes! that would be rad on a A frame! Go rescue that thing!

 

Wow, I would a had that thing home by now. Get cracking, before someone else finds it.

 

The tank was under the cowl not part of it like a Model A. That's what the door in the cowl top was for, to access the filler neck.

 

Nice find that is a whole lot nicer than the front half of a 26/7 Touring I have out in back lot.

 

Sort of correct.........but this is a 1926-27 T Touring car body with the tank in the cowl. You opened the cowl vent door unscrewed the gas cap and filled the tank. Only the TT trucks had the under seat tank in 26-27. Notice the aluminum rings around the side curtain holes in the doors, this was a 1926 feature. Later on in production a raised ring was pressed in the door skin. Four less parts to install and saved Henry a few cents on every open car body. Bob

 

Nice find! Hope to see a build thread on it!

 

Ya answered your own question with the photo of the tag you posted, nice find go and grab a trailer and get that thing home..


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Looks in really good condition too. That'll make an amazing rod. Check out the tourer in "Teenage Thunder"

 

Not to throw cold water on a great find, but have you determined who the property owner is that this T is sitting on? If you just take it off someones property without finding out who owns it that's pretty much theft ain't it?

 

Nice find! Hope you can do something with it.

 

MY VOTE IS FOR MODEL T

 

That would look cool in my yard! Did you get it yet?

 

I brought mine home in the 6 foot bed of my '55 F100. Jerks were coming into my lane to get a look at it (and the cool pickup haulin' it)
Two guys can lift it, four are better... Yes on the Model A frame, if you don't have Deuce rails...or '28-'31 Chevy...