Here I was just moving stuff around and realized - Hey this stuff in my hand is now 100 years Old! Half destroyed, missing, rusty, bent, beat, moved from one spot to the other and car to car some pieces. Most of it should be tin Cans Now or Hondas, or....... But Nope! Much survives. If I sit and think about it the '26/'27 T has been to every corner of the planet, hauled every animal, tree, sea creature, human, used as tractors, race cars, dump trucks, snow plows, well you get the point. Our favorite of course is the Race Car, Hot Rod, and even a Custom or two. So Post a picture of yours, I'll start it off with my favorite and the latest collection of 100 year old leftovers. PS - Some of those guys in the Tub are nearly as old as the sheetmetal and yes it ran just as FAST full as with one. Long Live the T!
We were out in our motorhome a month or so ago and a snowbird hauled this down in a trailer behind there motorhome from Indiana as his sole means of transportation for thier stay. This is actually a 27 but close to 100. He said top speed 28mph.
I was thinking about that while looking at the vintage license plate on my car. 26, maybe people will think it is the new plate they finally issued this year!
Nothing like a Model T. Got into Model Ts when I was a very young kid. I turned 60 two months ago, I am still into Ts. In the 1950s, a famous auto writer, Dan Post, compiled a quintessential book called "Model T Ford in Speed and Sport". On the cover, he said "Model T is a spirited piece of clay, and I alone is the sculptor".
Here's my 100 year old '26. I need to get this thing out this summer, at least take some new pictures.
I had planned to start a "Happy Birthday!" thread for my Centenarian. Near as I can tell, she was born in July or August of 1926. All I know about her past up until 2013 is she came from somewhere in North Dakota to me. I got it complete minus eng/trans. Bottom of the body gone, but otherwise in pretty good shape. In 15 months, I had it on the road in black primer with chrome wire wheels. Drove it that way for a couple of years and decided to paint it. It turned out pretty nice for a amateur. It's gone through several upgrade in the mean time. It has been my daily driver since I got it on the road, except for the 3 months it took me to paint it. I drive it everywhere. I don't have a daily commute anymore but have put 35K on it. This is it with the current wheels. I This is an older pic. I normally run hood side covers
As a kid in high school, there was a T touring with wood spoke wheels sitting at the corner of Glenstone and Lone Pine in Springfield, MO. It had an $800 for sale sign on the windshield, probably a bit high for 1965. I was driving a $175 53 Chevy.
My Dad was born in 1918 Los Angeles. At that time drivers licenses were issued at 14 years old. My Grandma took him to the DMV in a '26 T Model. The official told them that if Dad took the test in a T that's the only car that he would be licensed to drive. Grandma and Dad went back to get the nine p***enger Touring car and Dad took the test driving it instead of the T. By doing so he was cleared to drive any p***enger car. Didn't make sense then or now as the T Model was much more difficult to drive.
I’ve been over 200 mph in the steel ‘26 T orange roadster. Not near that fast in the steel ‘27 black roadster.
I have a set of decent 26-27 T coupe/roadster/pickup rear fenders that came with my RPU. I don't know what they're worth, but have them listed and have been dropping the price. They need a few weld repairs from cracks but overall they're straight and not rusty. Had a guy come last weekend, told me how rough and terrible they were, and they're worth less than $200, but if I would take $200 he'd take them. I know fenders aren't super valuable, but I told him I'd think about it. I thought about it and decided that if those 100-year-old fenders are only worth $100 each then I might as well get more practice repairing sheet metal on them. I've been thinking of the stories those fenders could tell about the last 100 years.
I'd love to have a real one, but will have to settle for building 1:25 ones for now. https://media.fotki.com/2vNjsVVrxDubp.jpg
Correct me if I am wrong but this is 2026 and the last T was manufactured in 2027, I my way of thinking we got one more year to wait until the last of the T's are 100 years old. HRP
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