Model T Speedster
Glenn Pullin gjpullin@aol.com |
1924 Model T Speedster
Straight out of the shed in 2007.
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As it appears in the Sept-Oct 07 'Restored Cars' magazine
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As it looked in the 1970's
Built in the late 1970's and early 1980's by enthusiast Robert French in Victoria (Australia) it is a truly unique machine in this country.
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And now...
As it looks today
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Drivers view
All the modcons..
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| Model T Speedster - my construction diary and research into a Ford Model T Speedster.
Feel free to contact me at the email address above. This is a brief list of extremely rare items I have identified on the car thus far : Original Hayes wire wheels. Original Hayes brass hubcaps. Roof Type A 16 valve head. Original Roof Type A exhaust manifold. JUNE 2009 Well then...here we are... Its 9 months since my last update so id best refresh the page. When i last updated, I was unable to get the T going well enough to formally take part in the T centenary celebrations in Echuca in 2008. The Tillotson carb was being a bugger! Instead, i towed it up as a static display. It was well received by all viewers and it even spent a day outside famous Morley Ford in Echuca as a display. I took a couple of videos at Echuca - but as it turns out they are too big to put onto youtube. Oh well!! So i have changed the proposed movie link (below) to my Inter truck that ive been playing with - nothing major just some good clean fun.. Since then, the car has made a road trip of about 2kms from our old house to our new house. In that short trip, I got it roll started, it revved, changed gears up and down. Ive bought 4 old Holley G carbs (the correct carbs at the time of the Roof A head) and i will have enough parts to rebuild 2 good carbs from these 4. So I even bought 2 rebuild kits from Macs in the US for the job. So my plan is to rebuild and fit 2 Holley's to the engine and make it go..... I will get to it shortly. With house moving, lots of mud, no proper garage to work in, etc, etc I havent had the time to devote to it. But that will change shortly. I have posted most of the photos i have of the tear down and rebuild on photobucket - heres the link to the photos. http://s658.photobucket.com/albums/uu304/wgipps/Model T/ So thats where we are at. It looks fantastic still andI m hanging out to get it started and taken for a drive. Shortly...... |
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Details of the powerplant
The frame and its modifications
The outward look of the car
Model T and accessory advertising of the day
My family tree research
My reconstruction progress
Links to others i recommend
Beginning the repair and reconstruction
Doing the body work
My toy truck
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