The Original Pickup

[atfsgeoff]

And it's a 2WD, short bed.

https://allentown.craigslist.org/cto/d/kutztown-1926-ford-model-pick-up/7258007077.html

[onlytwowheels]

@atfsgeoff

I love it, but the knock in the motor sounds like the price may need to be negotiated.

[atfsgeoff]

@onlytwowheels said in The Original Pickup:

@atfsgeoff

I love it, but the knock in the motor sounds like the price may need to be negotiated.

To be fair, you can replace the bottom end of a Model T engine in like an hour lol

[beefchips]

@atfsgeoff said in The Original Pickup:

he bottom end of a Model T engine in l

how is parts availability for model Ts?

[atfsgeoff]

@beefchips

https://www.modeltford.com/item/3024BT.aspx

Pour your own bearings, bore your own conn rods, shim your own crankshaft! All for like $200 in parts.

[beefchips]

@atfsgeoff said in The Original Pickup:

@beefchips

https://www.modeltford.com/item/3024BT.aspx

Pour your own bearings, bore your own conn rods, shim your own crankshaft! All for like $200 in parts.

OK that's pretty cool

[Taylor Martin]

@atfsgeoff This is the kind of engine I might be able to figure out because they're super simple haha.

[winterlegacy]

I want to stick an electric drivetrain in a Model T, even though it is probably sacrilege.

[atfsgeoff]

@winterlegacy Nah, lots of folks tinkered with electric drivetrains in cars at the turn of the century. I'm sure more than a few Model Ts were converted to electric motors between 1908 and 1925.

[A Former User]

@atfsgeoff that and adjusting the timing is supposed to be pretty easy as well.

[winterlegacy]

@atfsgeoff I know there was a handful of electric vehicles in the early days of the automobile. Some of them are actually pretty cool.

[nowhere]

@beefchips said in The Original Pickup:

@atfsgeoff said in The Original Pickup:

he bottom end of a Model T engine in l

how is parts availability for model Ts?

Extremely good, and not expensive.

If you ever get a chance to drive a T take it! The experience is so different from modern cars or even the Model A or a Chevrolet sold at the same time as the T you'll never forget it. Three pedals, one floor lever, two steering column levers and none of them do quite what you would think they would do! And for years the T arrangement was the de facto standard for cars due to sheer weight of numbers.