Learn me old (really old) delivery trucks

I keep looking at this thing. I think my wife would even approve....

http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/van/cto/2834783823.html

That's a Model TT. It's a longer Model T with a heavier chassis and a stronger rear end, rated at one ton. It will be slow and overheat

It doesn't appear to have either a Ruckstell rear or Rocky Mountain Brakes, which are both really nice things to have on a T.

FYI, if you have a Ruckstell, you need Rocky Mountain Brakes. If you get the Ruckstell stuck in neutral, you won't be able to stop with the stock brakes.

$8000 is probably all the money in the world for that truck in that condition. Remember, there were a lot of these made.

i want to find a T cowl/title and just build my own out of wood like they did back then, i think it would be cool.

I see old Disney movie truck.

patgizz wrote: i want to find a T cowl/title and just build my own out of wood like they did back then, i think it would be cool.

I'd like to build a Rootlieb Speedster.

That is fantastic!

So if is common and not particularly valuable, would a person drop in a little ka Nissan and an automatic? Maybe a driveline brake and power steering rack....

In reply to Woody:

A local guy has a T speedster. It's cool. And scary.

I am in love with the truck on the Waltons, but that is a Model A, if I remember correctly.

bearmtnmartin wrote: So if is common and not particularly valuable, would a person drop in a little ka Nissan and an automatic? Maybe a driveline brake and power steering rack....

Only if that person had a death wish.

The rest of the vehicle is wholly inadequate for any vast power improvement. You'd have to change EVERYTHING to make it anywhere near safe, so you may as well just buy a T bucket kit. Plus, ruining something as cool as the one posted would make me want to punch you.

Moparman wrote: I am in love with the truck on the Waltons, but that is a Model A, if I remember correctly.

1928/29 Model AA

Woody wrote:

patgizz wrote: i want to find a T cowl/title and just build my own out of wood like they did back then, i think it would be cool.

I'd like to build a Rootlieb Speedster.

I like the boat tail ones

http://www.nwvs.org/CarPhotos/001/001.shtml

Personally, I think the truck in the first ad is too original to cut up into a street rod. Really, if you want a Model T C-cab huckster about all you need is the radiator and hood, the rest you can build out of a few sheets of plywood.

ddavidv wrote:

bearmtnmartin wrote: So if is common and not particularly valuable, would a person drop in a little ka Nissan and an automatic? Maybe a driveline brake and power steering rack....

Only if that person had a death wish. The rest of the vehicle is wholly inadequate for any vast power improvement. You'd have to change EVERYTHING to make it anywhere near safe, so you may as well just buy a T bucket kit. Plus, ruining something as cool as the one posted would make me want to punch you. You are right of course. I might punch myself. But I would like to imagine being able to actually use it in the summer on a daily basis without having to psyche myself up first.

One of my huge-money lottery win projects would be to find and restore a Wichita Falls Motor Company truck, manufactured in my home town of Wichita Falls, Texas.

LS1 swap it

Taiden wrote: LS1 swap it

Nah, that's played out.

mguar wrote: In reply to patgizz: The cowl is really easy to duplicate with just a small amount of metal working equipment..

very true and i have the tools to do so, but it's easier in ohio to buy a cowl with a title and build around it than it is to get a title for a homemade replica.

I thought you meant old like this:

You meant REALLY old!