Diary of a Model T build

Great build!
Have I mentioned how much I love 26/27 Fords lately?!

Norton

 

That car is bitchin..... I am building one similar to yours, but with a 324 olds and a edmunds 2-2. Thanks for the motovation I am going to the shop

 

Psycho, Great job man! Hope all that medical crap is behind you.
Hopefully, I'll see you and the car in Fitchburg next spring at the swap meet.
I'm building one like it, and I'm sure you could keep me straight.
What was the MASS. RMV like...any pointers?

 

Thanks all for the kind words..
just read through the whole thing, sweet build man. I had my reservations in the beginning since all that beer was in the pics but turned out great.. lol

glad to see you still kept the girl during all of this. its hard on relationships building cars
Yea My ol lady was a trooper throughout the build.. Women who dont mind the garage are hard to find..
I'm building one like it, and I'm sure you could keep me straight.
What was the MASS. RMV like...any pointers? Welp.. not really any pointers yet for the RMV.. I used my 65 chevy truck plates on the roadster.. Have yet to go to broadwaytitle.com to get a title for her.. Im actually waiting to see if i can get a junk Model A 4 Banger block so i can get numbers off it.. MA RMV is a nightmare..

Great Looking car & a very well documented buildup - Many Thanks for posting your hard efforts. I especially love the windscreen

cheers

Bob
thanks Bob.. Made it out of a 37-39 Ford Windshield. Cut bout 8'' out and made the bottom Duvall style out of sheet metal and small round stock.. much like the round stock on a shopping carriage , Best part is it still comes apart on each end and the top.. also made a way to slide the whole windshield unit out. But able to get real glass in there this winter..

 

As far as the Mass RMV goes don't even bother unless you have a registration and bill of sale from another state that does not issue titles.

Heres the procedure I am going through to title a car in Mass without getting totally fucked. It involves having a contact in New Hampshire where they don't title cars as old as ours.

Step 1. Draw up Bill of Sale (aka bos) that sells car to friend in NH
Step 2. Friend gets VIN verification form for NH RMV and has a friendly NH
inspection station fill out.
Step 3. Friend registers car in NH
Step 4. Friend sells car back to you with new bos and NH registration in
his name.
Step 5. Bring Paperwork to friendly Mass auto dealer and have them officially sell the car to you. I'll explain why in a minute if you don't have a friendly Mass auto dealer go directly to step 6.
Step 6. Go to Mass RMV and register your car. Mass will now title it. You will have to pay Reg fee, title fee, exise tax and sales tax on A1 primo condition value regardless of your cars condition, unless of course you were able to do Step 5 then you pay sales tax on whatever your friendly dealer sold it to you for! Step 5 is important a friend of mine jsut got slammed with a 900 dollar sales tax bill on his primered 29 Roadster Pick Up... OUCH!

A smart person might notice that the car never needs to leave the garage for any of this. Now get to work and welcome to the Commonwealth!

 

jay, Steve gets a bill of sale off some guy whohas a dealer on rt6 near Ct, cost ya a duece.He writes it up ya go to DMV with it & register it.Use a RI address, mine if you like.
JimV

 

So begins the Hot Rod Chicken Dance.. MA is a FUBAR state.. i need numbers.. no numbers on the frame..so I still have to find a junk 4 banger block.. buy that then if i went your route pay a deuce... then MA RMV will still look up value of a 27 t roadster..so its going to cost me close to 1k to register.

Went to MA-RMV to do the truck, showed em title that i paid 1,500.. they charged me sales tax from NADA value of 9k... fucked up.. so no matter what you need to empty your wallet to register your ride.. RI is a non title state. I minus well keep it registered in RI

 

great build.

 

you can get the guy to put down that you paid say.. 1000 for the car, thats $70 tax.If the bill of sale is from a legit dealer they don't question it,Its when some jamook off the street walks in with a BOS for a 57 T-bird & says that he bought it for $300 that they question it!
JimV

 

Wow, you brought that thing back to life... NICE work!

 

thanks Eric. Still more to do but then again.. always something to do..

Cheers,

Jay

 

yuz still hangin at Bobs ? ya gonna be up there this wekend? jeannes working, i'll cal ya
jim

 

Just found this thread, must say the car looks great, and it looks like you spent some quality time with your buddies.
That was second gear that stripped off that cluster by the way.
Keep up the great work.
Mart,

 

Jay... I don't know how the hell I missed this thread. I knew you were building but that's it. The car came together real nice, it's great to have good friends willing to donate time and effort to help out, I sure know the feeling. The car look's very cool. Sorry I missed you at Alterboys, I couldn't make it. I'll be looking for ya next summer.
Later man, Mike

 

Jay, Nice car. Like Mike I to missed this post. Can't wait to see the car next season. Glad to see your doing well. Jerry

 

mart your right.. i was a bit drunk when i put that pic up and had it next to Jared's ( Angry Frenchman) picture of his blown 2nd..

thanks Mike, Im sure youll be seeing it over the next season

Hey there Jerry, Yea im doing alot better and just gratefull to be alive.. it will be out full force next season.. got some things to do to her over the winter so it'll be much nicer in the 09 season..
Cheers,

Jay

 

sorry to drag this old post up (well not really sorry)
had this build down on my subscripitons options and forgot about it!
nice to see the rod finished and it turned out excelent.. enjoyed the fab work etc. well done to you and enjoy it