Technical T-Body on A-Frame

A bunch of us old hot rodders took Ted’s near perfect T coupe body over to good friend Charlie’s garage today. Well Charlie and I are old!
The marriage of sorts will be the T coupe onto Charlie’s A frame.
Here we go! [ATTACHThis should be fun!
I got voted down on taking at least a foot out of the top

 

The windshield on this T is like a picture window in a house

 

Is that the early suicide door coupe body ? I can't tell in the photo's .

 

yes

 

Great body! Is there any thought of back dating it with a brass 1915 radiator? I have a 1915 hood former if you need one. Bob

 

Cool project! Looking forward to see how it turns out.

 

no Charlie wants to use a model A

 

I bought this project for a body for Charlie's project. he had started building an A chassis and this is what we found cheap. I plan to build a T speedster with the chassis.

 

here is a build thread of the truck Charlie built before he started this project:
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/fixing-a-smashed-31-model-a-pickup-cab.1143362/

 

Charlie built the chassis using a model A engine and rear, used a "pause shift" era transmission with an adapter. he used later ford juice brakes and made the master cylinder bracket. he made his own shock mounts. all chassis pieces were "scrounged" and restored by Charlie.

 

more shots of the day we set the body on and mocked up the pieces

 

Charlie wasted no time making stuff work. he installed the steering box, and removed the angled floorboard sills.
Today we shifted the body around to find the best spot. it ended up almost as far forward as the rear cross member would allow. this gave us a little extra room for full pedal travel. we did have to heat and bend the pedals to clear. we put the seat in and got a comfortable position.

 

It's November, you're out of firewood already?

 

GO CHARLIE GO !!!

 

Will you have a thread for the T Speedster? Would like to see that project too!

 

yes, but that project is not for a while.

 

So what year is that body?

 

1921

 

1926 Model T Ford
https://harrisonburg.craigslist.org/cto/d/quicksburg-1926-model-ford/7549440849.html


I think that body on an A chassis is a great idea

 

it is working out well

 

I had to make a new inner board for the bottom of one of the doors and both outer boards that follow and support the inside of the bottoms of both doors.

 

All that Chevy experience pays off!

 

more wood work.

 

put the trim back on with new screws .

 

Nice work Ted! Do the doors have window regulators or straps to pull the glass up?

Bob

 

rear side windows have straps door glass uses rods with handles that lock in place

 

Charlie has been picking away at it. he has the fenders and splash aprons, mounted and he brushed a coat of paint on them. he has been working on fixing the wood for the seat riser and the top wood. I also made him a firewall from a template and we test fitted it today.

 

What will he do for the radiator? That one is about a foot too tall! Lol