TT truck year id

[joetx]

I have this TT which was sold to me as a '27. The truck and motor/trans assembly is Model T but when I checked the motor # on the MTFCA serial # chart, my number lands on the 1928 section. My # is 15082581 and this show it to be Mar. 1928. Any of you guys help me clear this up? Thanks.

[mercman from oz]

joetx is wanting top know what year this Model Ford TT Truck is?
Can anyone help him?

[J Franklin]

Things are probably correct. Are you worried? it is a late T.

[joetx]

So, a '27 T with a '28 motor from the factory?

[Glenn Thoreson]

It looks like a '27 to me. The motor or the block at least is probably a factory replacement part. Ford provided replacement parts for these for a couple of years after production ended. There were still millions of these things on the road in 1928.

[stevests]

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You might check the passenger side top frame rail near the running board bracket attachment area - might be a serial number stamped onto the frame there - could be a "matching" numbers TT !

[J Franklin]

When Ford closed up shop to tool up for the Model A, Ts were assembled from parts on hand. That car could have been assembled and sold in 1928, but it still is a 1927 Ford.

[rotorwrench]

Only the later model Ts in 1926 and 27 would have a frame stamping. Earlier T or TT vehicles only had the motor stamping. If there is a clear title then a person would go by the number on the title no matter what year the body may be. This can get confusing and is the reason Ford started stamping the motor number on the frame but it was a little too late for most model Ts.

Except for the doors and front wheels, it looks like most of it is still there.

[mercman from oz]

1924 Ford Model TT Truck - Pictures from the Truck Mailer

[JoeBauer]

Great pictures of 1924's! The front tires look large to me, what size were they?

[mercman from oz]

According to this Page of the Catalogue, the Fronts were 29 x 4.4 and the Rears 30 x 5.

[mercman from oz]

How to you like this Survivor Ford Model TT Truck?

[ETAModel]

Grandpa said they made a dollar a day in the oil patch after "THE WAR", so that's 18 months salary! I guess things haven't changed that much, have they?

[redmodelt]

For the USA, the front wheels would have been 21X4.40/4.50, or maybe 30X3-1/2. The closed cab was announced in April of 1924, and remained the same through 1927, including the hood and fenders, which were not updated to passenger car style. So that truck as it sits could be 1924 to 1927. Of course someone may have installed the close cab on earlier chassis. Ford built the last of the Model T engines in about 1941. I am pretty sure on this; Ford was still assembling TT's after car production ended. My best guess is, a replacement engine was installed in 1928 or this TT could have been a very late assembly. We may never know what transpired close to 100 years ago.

[rotorwrench]

When Ford Shut down the Model T, they started a process of building up the Rouge and changing what was going on at Highland Park. Ford leased out a good part of Highland Park to Briggs Manufacturing Co so they could build bodies. The tractor manufacturing moved from the Rouge over to a part of Highland Park. All of the interior trim for the model A cars was made on a line at the Highland Park plant and all of this happened withing a few months. When they stated that they shut down model T production May 26th, I sort of take them at their word. The production of the Model TT was well less than half of 1926 production which would also indicate a shut down in Mid 1927 after the 15 millionth T was produced.

Ford moved model T engine production to the Rouge in 1924 so that line didn't have to totaly shut down but they only made a little under 170K engines from May of 1927 till August of 1941. I think they just scaled back production as needs required and new space was needed for the model A production. I don't know for sure but I would figure pretty good odds that the 40HP model A engine switched over to the same place in the Rouge where the model T engines were still being built up after model A production ceased in 1931. Ford produced the 20HP T engines and the 40 HP A engines for basic powerplants for any number of different applications as well as replacement parts. Ford likely outsourced the castings as soon as a particular engine was no longer in large scale production. They made 15 million model Ts so there were plenty still in service before WWII began. The war changed all that to a point where all they could do was build equipment for the War Department just like all the other auto manufacturers.