LOT 336

Sold to the benefit Heritage Museums & Gardens 1922 Ford Model T Touring Engine no. 1085771

Sold for US$10,864 inc. premiumLot to be sold without reserve

Lot 336

Sold to the benefit Heritage Museums & Gardens
1922 Ford Model T Touring

Collectors' Motorcars and Automobilia Auction|11 October 2020, 13:00 EDT|Philadelphia, Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum

Sold to the benefit Heritage Museums & Gardens
1922 Ford Model T Touring
Engine no. 1085771

177ci flathead inline 4-cylinder engine
Single updraft carburetor, 22.5bhp at 1,600rpm
2-speed planetary manual transmission
Transverse leaf springs and solid axles front and rear
Rear-wheel mechanical drum brakes

*Canadian Built 'T'
*Former long-term enthusiast ownership
*Recently recommissioned

THE MOTORCAR OFFERED

T's built in the Walkerville Canada plant differed notably one particular aspect of their bodywork configuration, being the presence of a driver's side door which was designed to assist those accessing their cars from the left hand side, prior to Canada adopting the USA's policy of driving on the right hand side of the road. In 1921 Canadian cars predated their US counterparts in receiving the slanted windshield which for 1922 became standard. Production was now quantified by the calendar year which in Canada delivered a little more than 50,000 units, making them proportionately rare compared to the more than 20 times that of US chassis.

This Canadian built example would have cost its original owner CAD595. It is presented for sale following long term ownership in the custody of a Massachusetts collector, where it resided alongside its counterpart Coupe of the same year. Notably its specification includes the fitment of an aftermarket water pump.

The T is being sold to benefit Heritage Museums & Gardens in Sandwich, Massachusetts, a renowned institution in housing the collection of Josiah K. Lilly III. Photos indicate that in the 1990s the T was subjected to a frame off restoration. Following a more recent period without use, the car has been checked over and made to run with relative ease, work to achieve this included fuel tank and lines cleaned, a new battery, carburetor rebuild, new coils, new fluids and testing of brakes. It has been cleaned up well in preparation for its sale.

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