FOUND : 2nd Model T Ever Made !!!

G'day,

I am writing to guys from Australia. (turn up-sidedown to read)

I have per chance found the gentleman who owns the second Model T Ford to roll off the production line. All the Model T sites on the internet etc. either don’t believe me, want intricate photos and the chaps name, address, phone number etc.! No-one will even mention a ball park value.

I can say the owner is a retired engineer, and that this Model T is in original condition, and presents as if it just came off the showroom floor. It resides in Australia.

As I don’t know much about Model Ts, I don’t even know if the first Model T is in a museum somewhere, making this Model T the actual oldest Model T in existence.

Simply based on what I have just said, would anyone wish to take a stab at pricing???... between $100,000 - $300,000….or are we talking in the millions here ?
Cheers
Tony
ps. A Safe Christmas to all

 

Depends

 

Welcome to the site..I'm nowhere near an expert,but i would say it would be pretty hard to determine that without out some kind of do***entation.

 

Welcome !
What kind of info or do***entation, says its the 2nd made?
Would that be 2nd made in a US plant or in Australia plant ?
/ primerkid

 

How do you do***ent that? Does it have a "2" stamped on the block?

 

I think Oz T's were exported from Canada. The Canadian plant supplied most of Africa and New Zealand as well. Value will be determined by condition and paperwork to prove it is what it is. Does it have front doors, is it rite hand drive, is it restored or original, I would have to think it is a US made one that was exported to OZ later in it's life as I doubt Ford exported any cars in 1909, but don't know that.This thread is useless without pictures. At any rate, welcome to the Hamb. By the way, this is the introduction board. Post your spiel about the car on the message board part. Be prepared to be roasted for no pics. Kind of like sayin I have a 10 carat diamond, what is it worth? Without pics or authenticity, who can say.

 

Five dingos and a wombat.

 

been a long time since I was in the model T club (50 years) at that time the oldest one out there was number 77. which was older that the earliest in the ford museum.
so 50 years ago there were 76 missing. a lot can happen. the only number that counts on early models is the engine number

 

The first several hundred 1908 Model T built were the "2 lever, 2 pedal" configuration. One pedal reverse, the other brake. The two levers at the driver's left were the parking brake, and the "Low-High" gear control for the transmission. Ford changed to the "3 pedal, single lever" configuration, used thru the last (1927) Model T's built.

If his car is a 2-lever, 2-pedal model, he has one of the first several hundred (800 ?) Model T produced.

4TTRUK

 

How did you determine this is the secant T off the ***embly line? I'm glad to here the condition of the car is so nice. It sounds like this car was kept in a museum it self? I would love to see photos also...

 

contact the henry ford museum,
also the the first model t plant heres the website:
http://www.tplex.org/index.asp

 

So is a dollar figure all you're after?? I s that all you've come here for??

Scotty

 

If it has a sbc and its channeled we might be more interested here.

 

lol..you guys scared him away.

 

No pictures. It's all BS.

 

Still this is interesting, even though not an intro as it should be--And not a traditional rod.
Post #11 by40FordGuy gives several details on what this early T should look like.
Post #9 is something I've never seen before. Ester Eddie must have taken this photo in the junk yard where he works !
Coming on the intro thread to ask the value of a rare car ****s.

 

would be a good start for a 60's style T Bucket maybe a blown Fe motor & some 14" wide cragers on back & a little candey paint Ha Ha Marry Christmas

 

Chop it.

 

I was at the Hershey swap meet quite a few years ago. At the car show was a very early Model T that had been restored by Don Hess. The engine block was serial numbered with the #2. There was speculation as to it's authenticity. Don sold that car, pehaps this is the car in question.
The car at Hereshey was of special interest to me. As a kid growing up, my dad had a very early model T # 714, and at one time I owned model T # 1400.

Pete Eastwood

 

agreed

 

Post #9 by a relative of yours, where is that picture taken?

 

After I opened this thread I googled .I will try to find the page and link it.Henry Ford museum



http://www.thehenryford.org/exhibits/pic/2012/12_may.asp