If old trucks could talk...

My dad and I spent Sunday moving this 26 Ford TT out of one shed, where it had spent the past 25 years, to another.



My great-great-uncle bought the truck new in 1926, and he and my great grandfather used it collectively between their two farms(which were a mile apart). When my g-g-uncle died in '44, my g-grandpa bought it from the estate. He and my grandpa used it around the farm until '48. My grandma dug up some pictures of the truck next to the thashing machine in 1946. When my g-grandfather died in the early 70s, my grandpa got the truck (his brother got the Moline tractor). It's been sitting in the same spot since the mid-80s. My grandpa always wanted to restore it. It was a rule that every time one of us grandkids walked by it, we had to crank the motor over twice, so it would stay loose. Unfortunately, he died about 10 years ago. Some more pics just for fun.









The motor spins over, but it is definitely stiff. Anyone have a good running T motor?

 

Whoa! An auxiliary transmission shift too! And the oil can in it's bracket on the firewall!! What a goodie!

Get that puppy running and see what it needs? T engines are very simple to work on.

 

Cool! What a story too!!!

 

I love old trucks. Guess that's why I fell for my '29 Dubble A. The TT is my second choice. This is a great find, and wonderful family history. If it were mine, I'd take it back to a 'working restoration' around the time it was a few years old. Great - not perfect - but fun as hell to play with.

Enjoy and keep posting pictures. Wheelkid on here works for a vendor who sells steel wheels that look very similar to those original wood spokes. Might want to PM him and check them out. Wanting to say they are "old school jumbo" wheels.

Either way, looks awesome.

 

Unfortunately, the old girl is officially "For Sale". Neither my dad, nor myself have the room for it at either of our places. I have been racking my brain trying to figure out where to put it, but I have a 4 stall garage and every stall is full with a project. The truck gramps bought in 1948 to replace the TT is currently sitting outside in my driveway due to lack of room.



It would be neat to get it running and keep it, but I don't think it's in the cards.

 

Neat stories and trucks. It's sad that you can't keep them.

 

What year is that liscense plate on the front of it? gotta be old. I have a 1936 Texas Centenial plate hanging in my shop that I found on my Grandparents farm that is shaped like that. It was used to cover a knot hole in the barn to keep rats out.

 

It's the original 1926 plate for the truck. The truck was never licensed again. It was a farm truck.

 

Neat, hope you find it a good home.

Now I have an idea what this looked like, before it was put out to pasture...