1925 roadster

jkelsh

Senior Member
I just bought my first model t, a 1925 roadster. It's been in a barn disassembled for twenty years. The last owner passed away before he finished restoring it. It comes with a stash of parts as well and I need some help identifying it all. There are photos in an album in my profile and I will keep posting photos as I take them. This car has been in the same family for at least 60 years possibly longer.
 
Welcome aboard Justin! Photos are almost essential in identifying and logging your progress on almost any job; I use them on cars, boats, Motorcycles, even landscaping. That, plus I just like to take pics!
One word of caution tho... get a 8Mp (+or-) camera and don't rely on a cell phone for any depth of scale or details. Get the pile of stuff out into the daylite, some details can be obscured by a shadow, believe it or not. Did you find the firewall yet? New and used are pretty readily available, but then right away youre on a quest for an essential part.
Be on the lookout for swap meets, as that's where you can find good stuff and "usually" meet people in the know. Theres always the know it alls as well so beware! Steve Jelf is gonna pipe himself aboard in a few minutes. He's a resident expert on the earlier models and can give you some stalwart advice on that firewall issue Im sure. He likes to post pics across the hall for the special ed kids LOL... theres too many self proclaimed experts over there for me; but as you know, Ive been a one man model T band for 50+ years. That's followed by a BIG LOL!
One other word of advice is when you find several similar parts in your pile, wire them together until needed. Theres a lot of left/right parts that you can interchange, then hafta take a ton of parts back off to reverse. Try to do it right the first time, and if in doubt, please ask questions. I know yer no dummy from speaking with you and I think youll have a blast and a real sense of accomplishment when your finished. Stay in touch, OK???? Bill

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The last pic shows a hacked out steel firewall attached to some rotten plywood. A real butcher job, for a home made project. I actually trimmed and re-used it for whats called a hood former.

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Found the firewall! Also found the ignition switch panel. And the engines been rebuilt. Found as list of all he did to it, and I looked through the plug holes and the valves look like the engine hasn't ever been started since the rebuild. They look brand new.
 
So, are the valves silver? Or are they cast iron? The CI valves will have two holes for a tool to lap them; the heads are CI but the stems are steel as they are pressed on and MAY come off with catastrophic consequences! Otherwise a fresh motor is a definite plus. Pull the trans cover plate off and see if it has new band linings and if the magneto coils have been rewound. I think you are on the right track pal!!
TAKE PICS!!!!! ws

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If at all possible, invest in a trans screen AND magnet! Especially on a new rebuild! That's $20 well spent!

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I'll have to check, I haven't pulled the car out of the barn yet so I'll have to look at it next time I'm over there. Pretty sure they were sliver though.
 
And if the list I found is correct the mag was rewound. I have a camera but I'm going to have to find the cord. In the meantime I still have to sell my parents on keeping the car. They don't think it's a wise idea for someone pre college to have a lot of money ******* in something like this. I think I can convince them, it was an awfully good buy.
 
Parents can be a tough sell ESPECIALLY when the college age son cant get an AVATAR right!
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Seriously, push the good points, like itll keep you from drinking (in excess anyway!) tops out at 35mph and gets 25 mpg, PLUS, theyre a babe magnet! Youd be the BMOC; Big Man On Campus. ws
 
Haha, it kept rotating it to fit, and I haven't used the desktop computer lately so I haven't been able to resize it :o
 
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