Hey rodders out in HAMB land...I want some advise! I have a stock '27 T sedan body and a decent original '32 frame. What is the best way to mount the '27 body on the '32 frame? I plan on using a flathead along with an early ford 3 speed and a banjo rear end and I plan to run the car with no fenders and probably no hood. Just a dropped axle and maybe some de-arched springs and an A front crossmember so it will ride on a rake. My goal is to make it a super simple traditional tall T. I believe in ground clearance as I don't like to have to worry about speed bumps and the usual potholes so I'm not into the super low look. My problem is that the T body is flat on the bottom and the '32 frame kicks up in the back. I don't want to butcher my '32 frame as I may want to put a '32 body on it someday but I don't really want to cut up the wheel wells and sub floor structure of my T body. So far it seems like cutting the T body to match the stock kick up of my '32 frame would probably be the best idea. I would like to hear some opinions/suggestions from other rodders who have delt with mounting the T body or even an A body on a '32 frame. Tim R. San Diego CA
Here I'll try to beat everyone to the punch... Check out the How to Build a Traditional Ford Hot Rod book by Bishop and Tardel. It is for building a V8 Model A roadster on 32 rails but a lot will apply to your 27.
If you want to preserve your stock frame for use under a 32 you should hoist it into the garage rafters and let it be. Once you modify a 32 frame to fit under a 26/27 Model T or a 28/31 Model A it will be difficult to bring it back to stock specs. The best frame for your purpose is a Model A. Almost a bolt on. And fairly inexpensive. With a dropped front axle and spring over axle in the back it will have all the rake you would ever want and more. The Model T cowl is narrow and pinching the frame makes complicates pedal placement. Putting 26/27 T bodies on Model A frames was a common practice in the old days. Very traditional. The Mike Bishop / Vern Tardel book will tell you how to do it.
took me a loooooooooong time to find this but hey im bored at work, so youre welcome http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=352310&highlight=pinched see if he still has it everything is worth asking...
there are a couple of threads on this, start PM'ing some people see how they did it. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=420132&highlight=1927+1926+deuce+frame http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=72616&highlight=1927+1926+deuce+frame&showall=1 if you want to reuse your 32 frame, leave it as is and mount the body on an A frame
Save your good 32 ch***is and buy a repro item for your T project. I am sure the repro ones are flat on top which may work better any way. If you feel like a long drive I can hook you up with a guy in Beaumont CA who has done a similar thing to a 27 T coupe and I believe he is running a flathead. Just PM me. Russ.
http://bilgalleri.dk/html/gal_visbil.asp?ID=136873In Sweden they make new 32 rails that fit the t-body, that is what I used.....
Nielsen... I tried to open the photos of this car (http://bilgalleri.dk/html/gal_visbil.asp?ID=136873) with no luck...Could you get them and forward them to me please...This is one really sharp car...****butz@therock.bm
Rusty did this thread on building a 32 frame for a '27... Check it out here... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=525664
I thought this site was for traditional rodders. That being the case, what would you have done 60 years ago? (You wouldn't have been on here looking for answers). First thing, since you seem to know what kind of ch***is you want, put it together with the driveline complete and with the tires and wheels you intend to use (or a reasonable facsimile thereof). 2) Wheel it to the most open spot in the garage-where you can walk around it and look at it from a variety of angles. 3) Buy a case of cold beer. 4) Invite 4-6 buddies over. 5) When they get there, lift the body up and place it on the ch***is. 6) Walk around it and look at it (everybody can have a beer now.) 7) Adjust it to suit then determine what has to be cut or changed (on the body) to make the best fit. 8) have another beer. 9) Lift the body off and set it on horses or whever you can do the necessary whacking. 10) Finish the beer and send them home. On another day start the mods. When finished, buy another case of beer and call your buddies. Place the modified body on the ch***is. This ain't and never was rocket science. And there never used to be a blueprint or a formula for building a car-especially a simple, traditional one.
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