1927 Ford Model T Roadster Automatic
Additional information
Car details
| Ford | |
| Model T | |
| 1927 | |
| 2 | |
| 2 | |
| 1000 | |
| Transmission | Automatic |
| No | |
| No | |
| 3 |
Description
1927 FORD Track Style Roadster Hot Rod. 1931 Ford Model A Frame (Modified) / 1927 Ford Model T Steel body
2.3 Liter SOHC 4 Cylinder Ford Engine / Ford C3 automatic transmission
Satin Finish Black with Dark Red Scallop Body/ Gloss Black Suspension. Starts, stops, runs and drives as it should. Built from a “barn find” Model T roadster, build history photos of original car in the gallery
Engine
· 1979 Ford 2.3Liter Lima SOHC 4 Cylinder
· Internally stock
· Schoenfeld Header
· Starts, idles, runs, drives and stops as it should
· Gauges show normal coolant temperature, oil pressure and charging
· No oil consumption, noises or smoking concerns
· Fresh oil change service
· Fresh coolant
Ford C3 Automatic Transmission
· Ford 3-speed automatic transmission
· Transmission shifts smoothly up and down to all gears with no noises
· Torque converter does not “clunk” or “hit” into gear at idle or when shifting
Suspension, brakes, steering
· 1940 Ford hydraulic drum brakes all around
· Un-dropped Model A front axle painted high gloss black
· New kingpins
· Teflon strips between leaves of front transverse spring
· Schroeder four-spoke sprint car steering wheel
· Schroeder pin lock steering wheel quick release
· Split wishbones smoothed and painted high gloss black
· Steering stabilizer
· 1941 Ford “banjo” rear axle on transverse spring
· Fresh brake fluid
· Brakes are firm, stops straight, no pulsing or vibration
· BF Goodrich Silvertown 5.00/5.25 -16 White Wall Bias Ply (Coker) front tires
· BF Goodrich Silvertown 7.00-16 White Wall Bias Ply (Coker) Rear Tires
· 1940 Ford 16 Inch Steel Disc Wheels, Powder coated Dark Red in 2016
· 1947-48 Ford passenger car hub caps
· 16” ribbed beauty rings
· Tube shocks not leaking, feel firm on the road with no clunking.
Body
· Genuine steel 1927 Ford Roadster body
· Satin Finish Black with Single Stage Red Scallop on the Nose
· No Faux Patina
· Turtle deck smoothed into the bucket section
· New body wood framing installed with initial build
· Rolled rear pan
· Full steel belly pan with tubular steel tube frame
· Fabricated steel track car nose cone
· Hand-made polished cast aluminum grill
· Fabricated tubular nerf bar in front
· Frame is notched for suspension travel
· Louvered hood and side panels are fabricated in steel
· One hundred thirty-nine louvers!
· New trunk lid lock and support installed
· Chopped windshield
· Glass is clear with no cracks
· “Lunch box” and Dzus hood fasteners
· King Bee style head lights with H4 halogen bulbs and turn signals in the reflectors
· 1950 Pontiac tail lights with “blue dots” and LED bulbs
· All doors, deck lid and vent are functional
· Speedway Motors 1932 mirrors. Interior:
· Marine Vinyl Red interior. Professionally done. Floor boards and trunk floor of removable steel panels with DZUS fasteners . Eastwood sound and heat deadener matting applied throughout the interior. Fabricated aluminum seat pan has been dropped 4 inches into the frame to lower the seating and allow for adequate foam padding. Cut out lower section of metal seating back area and replaced with flat panel and new seat pan resulting in 4” of extra leg room
· Engine turned dash with Stewart Warner black-face Wings Gauges
· Track Master Products 15” quick release steering wheel
· Under-dash electric heater
· Two interior lights
· Trunk light
· 3” racing lap belts, properly installed
· Snap lock storage pockets in doors
· Black full tonneau cover with center zipper. Other Features:
· All gauges work properly with some initial bouncing of the speedometer
· Speedometer and odometer accurate as compared to GPS on road tests
· All exterior and interior lights work
· Galvanized steel Model T fuel tank with accurate level sender and brass cap
· Fresh Optima battery
· Battery cut-out switch . Also included:
· Three ignition keys, one trunk key
· Rear nerf bar, powder-coated metallic silver





