1923 Model T - What to do with it?

Whats up fellas! My dad bought this 23 model T a few years ago and it has been sitting up and being used as storage (as u can see with the 55 ford hood), i was looking for some ideas to throw at him as far as how to build it. I did some searching and didn't see many people building 23's. Any ideas would be great. Thanks

 

OK Here is my opinion. And I stress its an opinion. I love 26-27 T coupes,I used to have one but never built it before I sold it. But, anything older than that is just too old to be a rod unless its a T bucket. I think you should sell it to a restorer or trade it for something later. You can't use any of the chassis so all you have to work with it the sheetmetal so I would get something else if it were me.

 

booo...I like the 25 and earlier T's quarter panels better than the 26-27 jmo. The 25 and down do have the narrower doors and lots of wood in the bodies, but they can be just as cool as the later with some work.

Put it on an A frame and run a banger, early Ford or late and a 35 up banjo rear. This would look great keeping the hood and lose the fenders and 9" out of the roof

 

full fendered, stock body. HOT ROD chassis. big and little steel wheels with your favorite vintage Ford hubcaps. I'm not a flathead guy but a nice flathead would be cool, though if I owned it it would have the much hated sbc.

early closed cars like that are super cool.

 

I know these are roadsters, but a coupe with this stance would be mean.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=308741&highlight=gowjob

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=373532&highlight=gowjob

 

Build the coupe version of this.

 

It looks complete. Leave it stock for close to home cruise nights, it could be a blast!

 

Picture saved!! Thanks!

 

I concure. Build it into a phone booth but along the same lines as this one.

 

Give it to me....

 

I'd be intersted in the wheels.

 

Alan Kahan's T

 

Problem solved!!

 

Yeah, that wasn't so difficult of a question.

 

1) Take the body off and sell the rolling chassis/fenders to a T restorer.

2) Buy someone's unfinished T Bucket project and drop your coupe body on the chassis.

 

First step is to inspect the wood, if it is bad you will have a lot of work getting things right so the doods fit and slam shut properly. I'd vote to sell it to a restorer.

 

I helped my dad rebuild a 23 way back when ... it is a wooden body with a metal skin ... "The37Kid" photo brings back the old memories. I would sell to a restorer.

 

That's nice. Would like to see more pictures of that...

 

Leave the roof high but make the car low. In an age where everything old is chopped a car with enough head room for Abe Lincoln's stove pipe is a middle finger to prevailing contemporary kustom automotive fashion.

 

beautiful!

 

Save the running gear for a way cool speedster/hill climb car. Banger powered of course.