Illustrative

            The car that I saw last night was cool! Not really going to grab your attention to well. If I told you that the car I saw last night was a 1924 Ford Model T, touring edition. Then I probably got your attention. Well on that note I want to tell you more about this car.

            Purchased from a very nice gentleman by his grandson, this car was the high of his grandsons’ dreams.  When a price was set, well under value, the payments began. The grandfather has since past on and the car has come back to life with a passion to go up and down any street, back road, or side road it possibly can.

            When the “T” came home she barely ran and so the questions began. What was going on and how do we fix it. On a little of a time restraint, lots of phone calls were made to a man from Ohio. As many know a Model T isn’t just a run to the mechanic next door kind of car. You have to find someone who knows there stuff, almost like trying to find a foreign car mechanic.  The grandson learned what he knows from the grandfather but had to find another source to get some information. 

             Along with the car came books, spare parts, and little information to what had been done to it.  Learning the name for each part was imperative to the fixing of her.  As we found; the head came off, due to the wrong gasket being used water had gotten where it shouldn’t have. Cylinders had to be honed and parts had to be purchased for the rebuild.  The carburetor was rebuilt not once but twice. As the time dwindled down finally it all came together.

            A couple of good cleanings of the leather, which is original, it started to shine.  The outside of the “T” needs a little attention but isn’t bad. Gave a good washing, of course by hand, looked pretty close to brand new. 

            On September 28, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. the 1924 Model T became our wedding car. The grandson, my husband, so proud that he now knows this car in and out also made his grandfather proud.