Question about fram for a T bucket

I' am building a 1922 model T turtle back roadster. The original frame is in excellent shape. My question is...should I try and use the original frame or should I just buy an aftermarket piece. I'd rather not build one from scratch if I could avoid it. Is it worth it to do the work on the original frame or should I just sell it and buy a new one? I want the car to have sort of early sixties look.

 

(sigh)
What motor are you running?
How much work do you want to put in that frame?
How much $$$$$ do you have?

REMEMBER: this IS the HAMB...

But MY recomendation to you is to get a Model A frame.
"T frame in excellent shape"....?
But there's a REASON those didn't get run way back when.

AND AN "A" FRAME IS JUST COOLER.

 

Seems to me, it's just a matter of what you like - building things from scratch, restoring old iron, or buying stuff. That original frame is some pretty old metal! They're so cheap to buy new, maybe that's best. I don't have any common sense, so I'd build from scratch, but I'm just sick that way...

 

I'd never run that original frame unless it was on an original T.

 

If you are running a four banger..box it and use it...a V-8 will need a bigger frame..you might skate by if you are running a Flattie

 

Why is the A frame so much better than the T? My question is, alot of people will copy the A frame with 2x3 square tubing out of scratch, but it doesn't seem to be done with the T frame too often. Is this because it would be "obsolete" if you had anything later than a T body sitting on it (i.e. a flatty in a Hemi Cuda shell)?

Is that style A frame more rigid or something? Does it handle better?

 

Model A frames are much stronger than the T frame. I don't have one to compare, but I think the T frame is only about 2 1/2 inches deep compared to about 4" for tha A bone.

 

I considered picking up one at an auction last year, going to start another project. I looked at it a while, picked it up and twisted it. Flimsier than I remember them, couldn't picture using it with V8 parts.
My vote is if you are going for a hot rod make one from scratch as opposed to hacking up and then discarding a decent antique. Hang it on the wall for trading stock someday. But that's just my opinion

 

Ya that's what I'll do. I figure I can sell the rolling ch***is along with the fenders and misc. parts I don't use. Would an early T body fit on a A frame? What mods nee to be made?

I know the later T's do, but I haven't seen much about putting an early one on an A frame.