Posted by redforlife on May 16, 2023 at 00:55:28 from (174.213.208.52):
In Reply to: Staude Mak-A-Tractor posted by RedMF40 on May 15, 2023 at 13:24:11:
I guess I'm not really reading that as an insistence, but rather a couple of possibilities. Early on, the model T I don't think was offered in a truck. That would of came about in 17 or 18 I think. If you took the trucks out of the picture, what other options would be left? The sedan maybe. I can't answer as to wheel base differences. As to yes or no to that. Wouldn't of been much difference other than length of frame, even if so. Not sure if that would of even applied to the conversion. Although the tractor in the picture looks to be short wheel based after the conversion, if there was a short wheel base, and it did apply to the conversion.
There were lots of conversions sold for adapting the model T to. Even one converting it into a snow-mobil. Front wheels converted to sled runners, and the rear wheels converted to a set of tracks.
The T was made pretty simple. Henry Ford kind of needed it to be that way, so it could be assembled in an assembly line process. And that kind of made it a good guiney pig for doing conversions on. At a time before alot of other similar things were not otherwise being made also.
For what it's worth, alot of the T cars were converted into trucks when they became older used vehicles. Trucks were handy, and it was cheaper to convert one of the older T cars than it was to buy a new truck off of the assembly line. Having something a little bit home made back then, wasn't much of an issue. Not even being out on public roadway with it.
Model T's were produced for a span of quite a few years. More than 10, and more like 15. The car did change a little during production. But nothing real drastic. Another good characteristic for these conversions that went on and were available.
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