xcute
12-20-2003, 12:59 PM
I was notified by someone on the R & C board that you might be over here.
Saw your car in that magazine but questioned why they didn't give more views. I am trying to determine if the body was made from all coupe panels or just the cowl and doors.
Reason:
Bumped into a long legged red head female-type driving a roofless 27 Ford coupe from Western Ohio and decided build a "rat rod" along those lines (the car's, not the driver's). My starting point will be 1924/25 Ford coupe rear quarters which I have obtained.
Originally wanted to build a coupe but pre-1926 Ford closed car body parts are scarce in this area. If I go the rat rod I am torn weither to wait for a reasonable Model T coupe/sedan cowl OR take the easy way out and use a 'glass roadster/touring cowl. (Doors would be custom made from either 'glass or aluminum.)
However, going that latter route means I would have to cut away the top of the coupe quarters to fit the open car's lower top edge. I sort of like the current straight edge cause it makes it look like I'm sitting low in the car body.
From what I can see in the photos of your car I am not certain if the rear section was originally roadster or earlier Model T coupe.
Are you willing to spill the "secret"?
Saw your car in that magazine but questioned why they didn't give more views. I am trying to determine if the body was made from all coupe panels or just the cowl and doors.
Reason:
Bumped into a long legged red head female-type driving a roofless 27 Ford coupe from Western Ohio and decided build a "rat rod" along those lines (the car's, not the driver's). My starting point will be 1924/25 Ford coupe rear quarters which I have obtained.
Originally wanted to build a coupe but pre-1926 Ford closed car body parts are scarce in this area. If I go the rat rod I am torn weither to wait for a reasonable Model T coupe/sedan cowl OR take the easy way out and use a 'glass roadster/touring cowl. (Doors would be custom made from either 'glass or aluminum.)
However, going that latter route means I would have to cut away the top of the coupe quarters to fit the open car's lower top edge. I sort of like the current straight edge cause it makes it look like I'm sitting low in the car body.
From what I can see in the photos of your car I am not certain if the rear section was originally roadster or earlier Model T coupe.
Are you willing to spill the "secret"?