I have a very close friend who dealt in Model Ts and Model T parts for decades. He is a legitimate Model T expert. He is now 85 and in a nursing home. I visit him periodically.
His last project, completed several years ago, before he became unable to continue such work is a nearly new 1927 Model T depot hack (railroad taxi). This one, his third (the other 2 were built to order for others) was built from mostly NOS parts that he had collected over the decades. The engine was the best of his decades of collecting and he rebuilt it himself, including pouring and fitting the babbit bearings and align boring the block using Ford shop tools.
He also built the wood hack body from trees. He selected and cut the trees, hickory for the wheel spokes (yes, he turned new spokes and assembled new wheels), oak for the hack body, sawed and dried the lumber, and fabricated and finished the entire body. AFAIK, the only work that he farmed out was the finish painting of the NOS sheet metal and the upholstery. Aside from Model Ts, this man knows more about trees, lumber and woodworking than any other person that I have met.
His depot hack has all of the latest Model T bells and whistles, including a 2 speed rear axle. At the moment, I cannot remember the manufacturer but it too is NOS. He told me that there were several manufacturers.
FWIW, he also owns a very nice 1926 Willys Knight. The sleeve valve Willys is a fascinating machine in its own right but the subject of another thread.
The world will soon loose a great deal of knowledge when this man passes. Vultures are lurking.
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