'27 Ford Build...Plan T!

[TheTruant]

I got this T coupe body a few years ago and it's been quietly waiting it's turn while all the other junk got worked on. I've had it built and re-built in my mind several times over the last year or two. Plan A turned into plan B and so on as I came across new bits and pieces to use on it. Then once I got to mocking up, measuring, figuring, etc. plan B quickly changed to plan C...then D...I figure as many times as I've changed it up I must be up to Plan T!

But I've got it like I want it and now all I have to do is put it all together [

Here's the body as I got it with it's incomplete and less than perfect chop top.

 

[TheTruant]

While waiting for the first batch of parts to show up I did some roughing in on the bodywork to at least get it presentable.

I threw together a few pieces so I could get some meausrements for a frame.

 

[TheTruant]

Dave Havlir at the House of Fab (goes by "clipper" here) and I have been talking for awhile about doing a T Coupe frame to go along with the Model A style frames he builds. We traded a few measurments back and forth and this is what we came up with.

Front crossmember and frame horns are House of Fab made. Absolutely top notch stuff. If you need a frame, give him a call! Thanks again Dave! [cl

Body getting test fit for the first time...

 

[TheTruant]

A little trimming and on it goes...

With a 3" channel it fits like a glove...

Can't get much lower than that...

The missing pieces to make the front end roll after a trip to the blaster...

 

[TheTruant]

I'll be running the rear that I removed from my '48 Ford F-1. It has the factory 3.92 gears in it still so I plan on running a T-5 trans. so I don't leave the bottom end of my 322ci Nailhead scatterd across the interstate! The rear suspension will be a triangulated 4 link with coilovers.

Here it is with a few of the parts laying in place. Obviously the motor is gonna get mounted level, the frontend will be around 3"-4" lower, and the grill shell will be sectioned.

That's where I'm at as of now. Waiting on my rear 4 link parts, steering stuff and some other misc. so I can start to mount my radiator, motor & trans. and steering box. Oh yeah, have the bellhousing setup but need to find a trans. and flywheel too!

 

[Motorhead]

I love the model T coupes, especially one with a few inches of chop. Yours looks great so far! I'll be following your build.

 

[chipper]

nice build there truant looking forward to the pics [P

 

[whytesmoke]

Very nice indeed , comin together very nice[cl

 

[CORPO]

looks great... i sure do love those T's rodded out...

 

[Gregster]

Nice job so far and a good looking frame as well . I think it will have a nice stance !

 

[riffraff]

i wont one

thats what i wont to try looks killer

 

[JohnnyC.]

Great looking build so far. It is going to be cool.

 

[TheTruant]

Suprise suprise, it's update time [cl


Got my 4 link in...

Once that was done I got the frontend under it, body on the frame, and motor and trans. mocked up....

Fits like a glove...

Had to take a little out of the gril shell to get it to fit the rad...

I'm using a set of those rubber biscuits to mount the engine. First up was to make the mount from the engine to the biscuit. Made a paper version and transfered it to some 3/16" plate...

 

[TheTruant]

Cut it out...

After a little welding and grinding...and a few speed holes of course...

And bolted into place...

Now to make the biscuit to frame piece. A piece of 3" tubing with the rough idea drawn on it....

Idea cleaned up a little bit....

After an encounter with a drill bit and the final radius marked out...

That's as far as I've gotten for now. Although I did find time to drop a spare intake on top the other day...

 

[deerchooper]

i like it, looks good.

 

[93blazer4dr]

nice build i like it. [dr

 

[cantwell.colton]

B-e-a-utiful
what color is that ya have it right now?
i really like it.

 

[TheTruant]

B-e-a-utiful
what color is that ya have it right now?
i really like it.

Just some Dupli-Color self etching primer from a rattle can

 

[cantwell.colton]

Just some Dupli-Color self etching primer from a rattle can

well thanks a lot - my fiance says "thats what you need to build next - but automatic..." (she doesnt like driving standard (she knows how just doesnt like to) - which is why all of my vehicles are standard.[ddd

 

[26modelt]

how much is your frame z'd at the front and rear

looks good by the way

i have one also im building, just trying to get a plan