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Old 03-01-2021, 02:34 AM   #32
Jembow
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Default Re: Considering buying a T

I have an 09 T touring, 28 A rpu and my avatar V8. They are all very different drives, but the T is the lively one. Light as a daisy, go-kart steering, super fast gear shift.
I've had the T 40yrs, must have done 60,000 miles.
Read Farewell my Lovely
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The biggest mistake Ford made was not developing the epicyclic gearbox into a 3 or 4 speed, like the brilliant Wilson box. The crash box in the A was a step backwards.
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To drive a T today you do need improved brakes, and someone needs to come up an improved steering box. The late Ralph Rick's used his 1915 as a daily driver; it had Austin Metropolitan 4 wheel hydraulics, 37 V8 steering box and OHV head, cruised freeways at 70mph, but I like to potter country lanes at 20mph with the coils quietly buzzing..
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