I’m relatively new to Ts having bought my 22 a couple years back during the big scare. It was kind of a depot hack, but badly done. I think the previous owner was making a ride for their grandkids, but I decided to take it back to what I think it was - a Runabout. I never saw so much plywood on a T, so I took all of it off down to the chassis, and bought what I think is a used wood subframe for a 22 runabout. The subframe came with some of the cab wood skeleton, but not all of it. So, as I am putting on the subframe I’m finding it’s not mating up well against the wood firewall. The frame brackets are not lining up with the holes in the subframe and are off by about the thickness of the wood firewall. So it looks like the subframe was meant for a metal firewall, or the firewall brackets are wrong or what I’m not sure. Since my T is in that transitional period of firewalls, I am not offended to use either wood or a metal firewall. Can anyone share some pictures of that detailing where the firewall bolts up to the brackets so I can get an idea how to put mine together? I’m not looking to make a perfect reproduction, but just to get it close enough to be acceptable. thanks
Don’t know if this helps, but here is a picture of the body wood for a 1917 - 1922 roadster from the fordwood.com website. https://fordwood.com/images/road17new.jpg
Cudaman, That’s about the best picture out there, and it seems I have that very subframe, but it doesn’t have the detail I need. I’m guessing I have the wrong firewall bracket so am looking for pictures of that part where it connects to the frame, firewall and subframe.
