webestang Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 So guys I'd like to replicate the Model TT shown in this pic. The camera store/lab I work at has been in business since 1892 and some time in the mid teens this photo was taken. What kit, if any, should I get to start this project? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 This'll get you in the ballpark... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 41 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said: This'll get you in the ballpark... And you just missed them for $8 apiece at Ollie's, just a couple months ago. Well, that means there are a lot of them floating around, anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webestang Posted March 17, 2018 Author Share Posted March 17, 2018 1 hour ago, Ace-Garageguy said: This'll get you in the ballpark... Looks like a great start. I should be able to mod the body a bit. $8 a piece, WOW! I do have 6 local hobby stores here in St. Louis and I bet one of them has it. Thanks guys!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Minarick Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 2 hours ago, webestang said: Looks like a great start. I should be able to mod the body a bit. $8 a piece, WOW! I do have 6 local hobby stores here in St. Louis and I bet one of them has it. Thanks guys!! Mark Twain had some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webestang Posted March 17, 2018 Author Share Posted March 17, 2018 11 hours ago, Pat Minarick said: Mark Twain had some. Sweet, I'll stop by my local one. THX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 I just saw one at Hobby Lobby. $23.99. But then there's the 40% off coupon. So they're around and not hard to find at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Irwin Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Is that kit a true TT, or just a delivery body on the car chassis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 7 minutes ago, Craig Irwin said: Is that kit a true TT, or just a delivery body on the car chassis? Second choice... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webestang Posted March 17, 2018 Author Share Posted March 17, 2018 2 hours ago, Craig Irwin said: Is that kit a true TT, or just a delivery body on the car chassis? I just thought about that....isn't the TT just a stronger frame and rear axle? Also I think the Schiller's van is a Model T as the TT came out in 1917? I think the photo I showed is from 1914? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Anderson Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 On 3/17/2018 at 12:38 PM, Craig Irwin said: Is that kit a true TT, or just a delivery body on the car chassis? No, it's not a TT truck, but a commercial body on the standard Model T passenger car chassis (Ford sold Model T's as just the bare frame, with fenders, hood, firewall and cowling, for just such a conversion--back in the 'teens and 'twenties (of the 20th Century, of course) there were hundreds, if not thousands of fairly small, local shops (even small factories) that built such commercial bodies on special order. Art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Art is THE MAN on all things T. Whatever he says on the subject is THE WORD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Anderson Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 On 3/17/2018 at 3:39 PM, webestang said: I just thought about that....isn't the TT just a stronger frame and rear axle? Also I think the Schiller's van is a Model T as the TT came out in 1917? I think the photo I showed is from 1914? The TT has a longer, much heavier frame, along with a heavy, worm-drive rear axle, and a rear transverse spring that dwarf's the standard Model T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webestang Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 16 hours ago, Art Anderson said: The TT has a longer, much heavier frame, along with a heavy, worm-drive rear axle, and a rear transverse spring that dwarf's the standard Model T Art is the man! Thanks for the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Anderson Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 4 hours ago, webestang said: Art is the man! Thanks for the info. Scott, nothing that a simple Google Image Search is all it took! (I highly recommend them, BTW!) Art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wku88 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Don't forget the TT also had a conventional manual transmission as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Anderson Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 (edited) On 3/21/2018 at 5:14 PM, wku88 said: Don't forget the TT also had a conventional manual transmission as well. Conventional only in that all Fords from about 1907 until the end of Model T production in June 1927 used Ford's standard 2-speed planetary transmission with foot pedal controls--not exactly your "conventional manual transmission" that most think of--sliding gears, with a separate foot-pedal clutch, and a gear shift lever. And this includes EVERY Ford Model TT truck as well--those even had the same 176cid 22-bhp flathead four cylinder as mounted in every Model T. Art Edited March 23, 2018 by Art Anderson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wku88 Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Well, I have seen them with shift levers, so it must have been this, according to Wikipedia: " It was often equipped with an accessory gearbox, such as the Ruckstell or Jumbo gearboxes, which allowed the truck to have intermediate gears between low and high, useful for hill climbing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mchook Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 52 minutes ago, wku88 said: Well, I have seen them with shift levers, so it must have been this, according to Wikipedia: " It was often equipped with an accessory gearbox, such as the Ruckstell or Jumbo gearboxes, which allowed the truck to have intermediate gears between low and high, useful for hill climbing. I'm pretty sure that if it had a shifting lever it either had a 2 speed rear, or an aftermarket trans like a Warford. My fathers old 25 TT had a 2 speed Ruckstell rear, Warford trans, Rocky Mountain brakes and a Waukesha head. They made lots of accessories for the Model T but if it doesn't have Ford script on the part it didn't come with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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