"In Progress Pictures"
The Ford Ton Truck Club (FTTC), a MTFCI chapter, was the sponsor for the MTFCI Youth College Fund Model T restoration project that was completed in October 2006. The project is the restoration of a 1922 Model T Ton Truck, donated by Bob and Cathy Prouse of Federalsburg, MD. The Ford Ton Truck Club took possession of the truck in September 2004 and began disassembly in preparation for repair and restoration. The major subassemblies (frame, rear end, front end, body, etc) divided up among several FTTC members that volunteered to restore a particular sub- assembly. The project took about a year to complete and sub-assemblies have been restored and reassembled. The success of this project has been directly attributed to the generous contributions for parts and money from both MTFCI members and various Model T parts suppliers. Many of the professional re-builders and part suppliers stepped up to the plate and donated many parts and subcomponents with items such as: Mag coil plate, generator, starter, engine, transmission, respoked wheels, etc. Click on the below link to see the list of commercial provider.
(Click here to see the listing of commercial providers)
As you can see from the below pictures, the years were not kind to this truck and it took an aggressive effort to get this baby back on the road. The truck was raffle off on 12 October 2007 and was won by a guy in Massachusetts.
The below pictures below represent the restoration project from beginning to present. Last update was 2-1-07
Chassis and Wheel Assembly
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The chassis and wheels parts were donated by both private and commercial sources. Though the private sources are not publicly published, the commercial providers were: Lang's Old Car Parts, MAC's Antique Auto Parts, Danuser Anitque Auto Parts, Brownies Custom Wheels (Wheel Wright), Universal Vintage Tire, T-SPRINGS, McLaren Mfg, and Bob's Antique Auto Parts, I apologize if I missed any one!
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Engine & Transmission Rebuilding
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The engine and Transmission was rebuilt by Connecticut Antique Engine Restoration (CAER) in Franklin, CT. Major machining was accomplished by Tigs Auto Machine Shop in Colchester, Connecticut. All the required engine parts were donated by both private and commercial sources. Though the private sources are not publicly published, the commercial providers were: Snyder's Antique Auto Parts, Lang's Old Car Parts, MAC's Antique Auto Parts, Specialty Motor Cams, Franks Model T Timer Service, NIF-Ts oil Screens, Danuser Anitque Auto Parts, The Brassworks, RV Anderson Antique Auto Engineering (Mag rewinding), and Ron "The Coilman" Patterson. I apologize again if I missed any one!
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Body, Fenders, and Final Assembly
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Finished Truck
The project truck was completed in September 2007 and turned over to the MTFCI.
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