I have added the cover for the engine and the steering wheel. This just about completes the chassis. I have seen a lot of photos of model T Fords at this stage (plus or minus a few parts). There are so many of these photos, I’d say that over time the other bits simply fall off. Whereas these days you might see the odd lonely shoe on the side of the road, in the old days there were probably bits of model T Fords littering on the roadways until all that was left was the chassis.

Here are some photos of what I mean:

Below are images of where I am up to. Note that the colour of the car is blue to make the details easier to see. The final car will be black. The references for all of the model T’s that match my blueprints show a varnished wood panel under the windscreen. I can adjust the colour/saturation of the wood at the end if I need to.

Click on the images to see larger sized images:

Actually, after the chassis was made there were a few different bodies that could be attached to it, as you would have seen in the video in my first post. Below you can see some bodies being attached, you might see that the next body to be attached is different to the one that is just being attached. The chassis is the same.

Since my model T is at the same stage as the chassis in the photo above, it is now time to start the main car body and attach it.