T engine number question?

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tc smith

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Hello gentleman I just joined TFB a few days ago and have had great pleasure reading through the threads and finding all kinds of good imfo, so I thought Id run one past you. I have a 26T and the engine is definitely 26/27 but when I looked up the numbers It came back as being made in august of 1925, did ford season the blocks? or did I screw something up?

thanks
 
Nope, the late 25's look like 26-27's. Our TT has all the appearance of a 26 but it is a 25. I think the old molds were worn out and they new they had these coming out so they just began using them.
 
Your car was sold as a 1926 Model T when it was new.

According to Ford records 1926 production began with engine serial number 12,218,729 on July 27, 1925.

The last 1926 Model T produced was serial number 14,049,029 built on July 31, 1926.


tc smith said:
Hello gentleman I just joined TFB a few days ago and have had great pleasure reading through the threads and finding all kinds of good imfo, so I thought Id run one past you. I have a 26T and the engine is definitely 26/27 but when I looked up the numbers It came back as being made in august of 1925, did ford season the blocks? or did I screw something up?

thanks
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The difference between calendar years and model years has always led to confusion. Because of that, it's not unusual to find a Model T with the wrong year on the title. Here's a link covering model years. It's based on the McCalley encyclopedia. It doesn't get down the the specific day like Royce's reference, but I think it's generally pretty close. Remember that cars were assembled at a lot of different plants, and many changes were made as the previous parts were used up, so changes didn't all happen on the same day in all locations.

http://dauntlessgeezer.com/DG90.html
 
By the way, you asked if Ford "seasoned" the blocks. The answer is yes, the blocks were allowed to cool for enough time so they could be moved to the next station. I've done some checking of casting dates versus serial numbers. More often than not the casting was made about 2 - 3 days before the car was shipped from the plant. That means the block had become an entire engine and was installed in a chassis in the space of three days.

There was precious little extra space to store anything in the Highland Park plant, and even less in the Rouge Plant where your block was cast. Ford was the company that originated "just in time" manufacturing processes. Nothing sat around for very long.
 
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