"Gowjobs": Depresion Era Performance and Early day hop-up tech

That is a good call! The curveture on the botom however isn't quite right. The one in the old phot is cut down T..I just know it is.

Mid 20's Dodge lower frames are also very similar...I have one on my T. The only issue is the side curves and the hinge studs are not right. Besides that they are damn near identical.

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AWESOME THREAD Mr model T !!

 

Yes, I can see what you are saying the one in the old picture, a Ford we think, has two small curves on the ends and an ugly flat line in the middle. The Chevy has a single pleasing graceful curve from side to side.

 

Here are some picks that might help.

The 1924-26 chev posts can be made to fit a T cowl with a bit of work but cross section of chev posts is square while T is rounded.

I think the windscreen frames are also very similar.

1927 & 28 chev posts sit higher on the cowl than T or 24-26 chev so very difficult to adapt.


Kume

 

What year did they start making Maypops? He's got one on the front.

 

When I ordered my Zipper, Darrell offered two windshield posts. One was laid back and the other was more upright like the one in the picture. While the laid back version looks better, it was rather worthless while driving!

 

Ha! Just consumed a large part of the morning reading back through the early days of this thread! I just had a couple of deals happen this week that might actually make my "speedster" happen in the near future. I'm building a new frame for a customers full fendered '25 touring and have been given the old one, and punching about 75 louvers has netted me a very nice Model "A" front suspension with a pair of very nice 21" wheels. A friend has committed a nice running "A" engine to this deal, and I have a very nice early '32 rear axle and "T" rear spring. Trying to decide if I want to use one of the touring front halves I have with a cut down back piece or make a more single seat racer type body. It won't be a accurate "T" anything, but should be damned cool either way about it.

 

I'd go with a two seat version, it's always fun to scare a friend. Besides, my wife would prefer to be able to ride shotgun.

 

Here's my primitive pickup built from mostly 1926 Model T parts. Got it finished 0600 saturday morning, slept for three hours, test drove it half a mile and adjusted the transmission bands, then it was off to a rod meet /barn dance 50 miles away. It's running better the more I drive it. No starter, no fan, no pumps and no trouble (may install a hand pump for fuel pressure for higher mounted carbs later on..)

 

Anyone dealt with quarter elliptical springs for a T? I am planning on using some either on the front or the rear. Which would be a better way of going? I am still in the planning phase but this is the idea I am going for.

 

this is my little car i dont know a lot about its history yet i think it was built around 38 in Michigan

 

I like it Rodney Give us some more info....what is it running?

 

Guys, here is another Model T. I think this is about 1939. This was Karl Orr's car. I am curious, what frame is it running? I am really enjoying this thread.
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This stuff has really been on my mind, lately. While doing some homework on exhausts I came across this thread and had to bump it.

 

If that's the hole in the frame rail for the steering box under the lower rad tube ,it has four rivet holes around it like a chevy mount. Possibly others too tho. I like how the rear kick flows into the usually missing bun panel.

 

I'm thinking early Chevy as well, moded with a T or A rear cross member (for a transverse Ford banjo) and parallel leaves up front with a Chevy axle.

That setup, the "3-Springer" style was fairly popular in that period....1933-'36.

It's also running an A motor with a Crager or Riley OHV.....

 

Thanks Brent! This thread is (and can be) a great resource for 1929-1939 speed, Hop Up and racing tech.

If anyone has anything they want to add....please do!

 

If you look again , I think its hairpins up front. The frame is bobbed front and back for sure

 

Here are some "Gow" jobs at the Speedster Reunion at Speedway last week

 

This little beauty showed up on prewarcar

 

WOW! That is one nice looking Roadster, thanks for posting Kume. Is that plate 1927 or 1937? Bob

 

I dont know US plates but I believe it is 1930s - Here is the link for the back story
http://www.prewarcar.com/magazine/previous-features/1927-ford-hot-rod-027723.html

 

37...

 

Thanks! If it had been a '27 it would have been a new or one year old T, in 1937 it would have been a bit outdated speed wise. I really like that dropped front axle. Bob

 

Damn, what a great looking roadster.

 

Dat axle though....

The plates are definitely '37....so that means this is the last "Hoorah" for the Gowjob. The aggressive axle drop is cool..but really narrows the front end ALLOT!

 

Just noticed some early T features, this is a 26-27 T Roadster on an early 1920's chassis.Bob

 

Do you think that they really drove the car that much to wear off the tread on the tires? or is that how they came? I wouldn't think dirt and gravel would cause a tire to go bald.

 

The wheels look to be stock Ford wires from 1926-27, if they were new in '27 they have ten years worth of use in that photo. It could have been driven on paved city or town roads, so he was on his way to driving the tires off it. Bob

 

Those tires are probably all they had. It was a Depression.... New tires for an old car were expensive. They were all most likely used.