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July 1993
I came across this beautiful specimen of a vehicle. I found it in Amarillo, Texas while I was home visiting family. Well, needless to say, I bought it, rented a trailer and towed it behind my Aerostar all the way to Virginia (what a nightmare - wife, 2 kids (Matt was 6 months old), cat and the NEW Model T!).
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July 1994
94.jpg 29kThis is about a year later, a little progress made but not much. If you look close you can see my foot sticking out of the firewall. The motor is just mocked up. The car had an old Chevy non posi rearend (55-57 or so) in it.


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November 1995
modelt.jpg 18kThis is in about November 1995, it is now roadworthy and in the process of getting registered. If anyone wants to talk about registering an old car in VA, drop me a line. I started with only a bill of sale and no title, vin or anything. It took about 6 months and about $50.As you can see it has a shortened bed which I really didn't like but a longer one would require lengthening the wheel base and the all kind of other things like that!

original.jpg 24k I came across this picture of a restored closed cab pickup so you know what they looked like to begin with. The came with either the stake bed or a pickup bed. Retail price was $505 with a pickup bed (called the express body) and $515 for the stake body. It had a 20 horsepower 4 cylinder in it. ( I feel the need for speed!!!)

Tom and Debbie Fritz' from Sterling, Colorado have this original bodied Model T. I met them on the internet while looking for Model T's. It is a real hot-rod compared to the original. It has been hopped up with all the right hot rod parts of the time.

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July 1997
t1.jpg 26kIt's not very comfortable, it's really loud, it's grossly overpowered and squirrelly, it get's about 8 mpg, but oh man, does it get the looks!!!What happened to the little bed? Well, everyone knows that when a good deal comes along, you just have to jump on it. While looking at the classifieds one day there was a complete pro street setup ( tires, wheels, ladder bars, coil overs, driveshaft loop and frame rails) for $500. This was what I was waiting for, all I needed was the rearend. I got the ford 9" from a Lincoln with disc brakes and had it narrowed and then extended the frame. After it was back on the road, I was able to do the bed the way I wanted to. A local sheetmetal company (United Sheetmetal, Portsmouth, VA) bent the two side pieces of the bed to mate up to the original tailgate and frame. Now I have a 4 foot bed with room for the fuel cell, battery and one bag of groceries!
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September 1997
After driving to the car show on Saturday nights, which is about 40 miles away, we got tired of being so cramped. I have now extended the frame 10 inches and I'm working on extending the body by the same amount. Hopefully it will be back on the road soon! The frame has been extended 11" and the old sheet metal has been cut off

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December 1997
 The sheet metal is on, next will be the windows and interior

 

 

t-bed.jpg 26kHere is the bed, the inside is done and the color is Ford Chrome Yellow. It tilts back dump truck style. Someday it will be powered by either hydraulics or a screw motor.

 


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April 4, 1999
Much needed update, the car is back on the road, lots of bugs but at least I'm
driving it again after about a year and a half!
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June 12, 1999
A lot has happened since April, I took it to the Street Rod Nationals East in York, PA last week and had a great time. Here are some pictures from York. Here also are the latest pictures of the T after I made a vinyl top, made a bed cover and had a friend (Randy Emerick) lay on some pinstripe flames. Let me know what you think!

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September 4, 1999
Went to the Stray Cats 6th Annual Rod and Custom Show in Littleton, NC.
Almost got rained out but I did win my first two awards! I won the "People's Choice" and the
"Best Unfinished" awards. Those awards have made the buildup of this car worth every penny
and minute! Here's a shot of mine, and some others I liked.
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September 3, 2000
 Man a lot has happened since last September! It is now painted and I
took it to the Street Rod Nationals In Louisville, KY. I put over 1200 miles on it in the month of
August. Still working little bugs out but it is getting better everyday. Here are some pictures of
it as it looks now.
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