I bought my 1926 T touring top from JC Whitney back in the 70's. It was an amazingly well made top.

Yep, I am understood here, great......................These old cars hold their interest in spite of added stuff, when at a cruise in, or getting fuel, many folk want to look at it and marvel that anyone actually drove this stuff without an automatic, an AC, and Blu-Tooth......................

Pooper shmooper.. Yer funnie...

This car had such at a prior time, and I had to remove the remaining stuff, a cross member support for the tranny, a cut out body cross member and such, replaced the parts with items rx'd from parts "T'"...Gotta say, the purist's among us love to be critical of efforts deemed too modern for this 25. In my defense, I wanted it that way, so there! Ha!

Those were called a Ruckstell axle if I'm not mistaken. Friend of mine has a '26 sedan with the 2 speed rear.

There was a Ruckstell 2 speed rear end that had a shifter like that. I found a Warford auxiliary transmission that attached behind the factory transmission. It also had a shifter that came up through the floor. There was a 2 speed model that gave reduction and direct ratios, then there was the 3 speed model which gave reduction, direct, and overdrive. The second one was intended for the TT truck. These had a worm drive differential with a lot of reduction for torque, but it came with the price of limiting the top speed to about 25 mph or so. The overdrive helped the trucks get a bit more speed. I had the 3 speed in my '26 coupe. I found that with the car differential ratio, the engine did not have enough power to gain any more top speed using the overdrive. The brake in the transmission also suffered with the overdrive as it took a longer distance to stop the car. Some of these accessories make a T easier to drive on a tour, but people have to decide for themselves just how original they want their car. Are time period accessories OK? Are modern accessories such as hydraulic disc brakes that increase safety and driveability OK so long as they don't change the character of the car?

I bought a 1926 Model T with the lower part of rear fender cut off. With a large hole in the water jacket, all it was used for was stationary engine on a farm.

@@modeladenny1218 Yes I've actually worked on several model-T engines over the years that were used for pumping water and the like. Because they used a magneto instead of a battery, you just added modern anti-freeze and they could be left untended until needed.

@@bullettube9863 Mine came from Lincoln, Neb. I believe it came with no anti-freeze and back then many didn't know about it. The running gear was like new inside and out. But the rest showed it had been kept outside.

@@modeladenny1218 Back then people put a solution of 50/50 alcohol and water in their cars during the winter. This was impossible to do during Prohibition, which is why they either made the alcohol poisonous or bought the very expensive new glycol based antifreeze. My grand-father was a mechanic and was able to get alcohol for the town's two police cars so they turned a blind eye to him supplying other people!

@@bullettube9863 From what I was told many people just drained the water at night and refilled with water when driving. My T had so few miles on it the Ford script on the valves looked like new while the rest of the car looked as if it had been sand blasted and left in the weather. The metal was so thick it didn't matter that it had surface rust. I recently learned that southern Illinois was the worse state for Moonshine and crime of all states. Yet we only see and hear about mountain states. An Illinois Model T would be easy to keep from freezing. Plus you could drink what was left.

Adding accessories or other changes was most people did right after the bought a T. Eventually some of the accessories were offered at Ford dealers. The T was a bare bones car, and things like mirrors were added to make driving easier. The T was designed in flat Michigan. The brakes on a T are not up to the task of mountain driving in Colorado, so better brakes were designed.

Where would you put a sttraight eight in a Model T? Maybe stack them !

@@modeladenny1218 I don't know, it is just what my father told me (he was a mechanic in 1926, nearly two lifetimes ago). I assume the chassis rails would have to be lengthened plus a lot of other mods.

Yeah, you would think that, but not so. The thing was designed for radiators without a neck extension, and this one has it, so the coolant, or steam, or hot water does not do it. Nope, gotta be in the water to work.

T. Oliver Model T Ford: Could you slip on a piece of copper tubing to transfer the heat to the motometer's bulb? Maybe epoxy it at the top end. Don't get epoxy on the bulb as it would act as an insulator.

Here is an interesting thread about the Motometer on the Model T Forum: www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/179374/255003.html?1324520815

I read the Model T Forum article on all this and it seems reasonable about the proper function of the Motometer. Very likely I have one that does not work properly, but if placed in liquid it registers some. The engine really does not overheat and with a remote infrared reader, the thing shows good temps, and significant drop across the radiator back to the engine. Guess I will just keep on considering the Motometer a looker more than a cooker. Thanks.

There was one in the past...

Wakey Waaaaakey!

Even though T's did not have an oil pump, there was a filter available. It was felt, and installed under the access panel on the top of the transmission.

+Rickarama Trama I just click on the image to pause the video after each scene change than click again to move on. I read slow so find myself doing that a lot on KZfaq.

Seen hot rod versions, and mine, and others................All fit what we wanted, yes?

T. Oliver Model T Ford Ayup. Like I said, I ain't knockin it.

Yep, I see monkeys as well on the road, some of 'em fly too................."Fly my pretties, fly".......

Nope, it's still drives just like a 1925 Model T Ford.............

661300VW agreed! Some people just can’t leave well enough alone. He ruined it with that modern looking crap like the turn signals and the mirrors. They look ridiculous.