preserving a model t
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Mountain Dew
Senior Member
Just talk to the person interested and see if they are worthy to have it. Let them know how you feel about the car. Most of the time hot rodders go for the cars that are beyond feasible restoration. Price of the car is a good indication. We are just caretakers of these cars. They will be around long after we leave this world.
the cooch
Senior Member
Start with your local model t club, most have a newsletter with classifieds and word of mouth among members is even better. List it on the AACA and MTFCA forums and not the HAMB or your local Craigslist. When potential buyers look at it, see that they already understand how to operate a T and aren't looking for something to hot-rod. Most custom car and streetrod builders will say the nicer the car you start with the nicer the hot rod and the less you have to spend, so just be blunt with prospective buyers and say "no" to anyone you don't get the right vibe from. You're not obligated to sell it just because you advertise it, unless you give it up to an auction so be patient and maybe meet a few cool folks in your area you didn't know before.
Marshall V. Daut
Well-known member
Body style may be a big factor in who does and who doesn't want to buy your Model T to hod rod it. Since you are asking about your 1927, the following comments are restricted to that final chapter in the Model T era, the 1926-27 T's. Because of the amount of structural wood inside earlier T bodies, they don't seem to be good hot rod candidates, modern fiberglass "T-bucket" roadster bodies notwithstanding.
Body styles most at risk are Coupes and Roadsters because they are snazzier looking than other body styles and always did appeal more to the younger set, aka the hot rod crowd. Tourings seem to be desirable as potential hot rods when Coupes and Roadsters aren't available. Heavy wooden-framed Fordor Sedan bodies usually escape the attention of hot rodders. Tudor Sedans turn up as hot rods, too, but not as often as Coupes and Roadsters. There is a definite pecking order for body styles to hot rod.
So, if you could post which body style your '27 Model T is and a photo, maybe the readers here can put your mind at ease about it becoming a hot rod once it leaves your care, or if it's in danger of going that route, maybe they can give you more hints about how to avoid such a fate.
Marshall
Body styles most at risk are Coupes and Roadsters because they are snazzier looking than other body styles and always did appeal more to the younger set, aka the hot rod crowd. Tourings seem to be desirable as potential hot rods when Coupes and Roadsters aren't available. Heavy wooden-framed Fordor Sedan bodies usually escape the attention of hot rodders. Tudor Sedans turn up as hot rods, too, but not as often as Coupes and Roadsters. There is a definite pecking order for body styles to hot rod.
So, if you could post which body style your '27 Model T is and a photo, maybe the readers here can put your mind at ease about it becoming a hot rod once it leaves your care, or if it's in danger of going that route, maybe they can give you more hints about how to avoid such a fate.
Marshall
Lanny
Well-known member
preserving a model t
i have a nice 27 t which i want to sell but don't want it turned into a hot rod- it's too nice for that. any ideas how to sell?
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wbs, you mention preserving your model T. Once you sell it, you really don't
have much say in how it is preserved, unless you have a new buyer give you
a notarized written statement that he will never update it, or change much.
BUT, If something happens to the new owner, and the car gets sold to
someone else, you will have NO control over what is done with it.
My advise would be to find a museum of your choice and give it to them to
preserve, and stipulate that they can never sell it or change anything, that
they must keep it in the condition it is in when received from you.
My 2cents is, that will be about the Only way for you to preserve it.
Good Luck.
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i have a nice 27 t which i want to sell but don't want it turned into a hot rod- it's too nice for that. any ideas how to sell?
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wbs, you mention preserving your model T. Once you sell it, you really don't
have much say in how it is preserved, unless you have a new buyer give you
a notarized written statement that he will never update it, or change much.
BUT, If something happens to the new owner, and the car gets sold to
someone else, you will have NO control over what is done with it.
My advise would be to find a museum of your choice and give it to them to
preserve, and stipulate that they can never sell it or change anything, that
they must keep it in the condition it is in when received from you.
My 2cents is, that will be about the Only way for you to preserve it.
Good Luck.
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