History 1926 - 1927 Ford T Windshield Posts

Somewhere on the HAMB there is a discussion on the differences on 26-27 T Roadsters & Touring Car bodies, and how they changed over the production time. Everything looks the same from across the street, but fitting early to late and vice versa is different. I picked up these posts at Hershey 2021. Notice how the mounting area differs, and the tan one has the larger web. Bare steel one has been ground on the back to fit something, but it still has the stock outside features.

Bob

 

I believe this may be the thread you speak of, I did not scan it for stanchion info, have fun! https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...ferences-etc-discussion-or-questions.1196532/

 

There are so many small things that are different it makes your head spin

 

Fun, cheap amusement.

 

Probably an American ,Canadian difference

 

Matbe, I've seen a lot of early stuff down here in Connecticut. Bob

 

My 26 rpu and my 27 touring car have the same windshield posts ,both Canadian cars , I buy the posts when I see them and have never noticed any differences .

 

The early ones did not have the big web and cracked seemed to fix the fault with the big web

 

I searched Hershey 2021 for a t roadster windshield and found one vendor. He had two of them. I couldn't find any other vendors. I should have bought both of them, but he wanted allot for the nicer one with posts. I was about ready to pull the trigger on a reproduction windshield frame too.

Do you plan on keeping these posts or reselling? Are you heading to the ct Tyrods swap this week end.

 

Bob, late 20's Chevrolet windshield posts are VERY similar to Ford...