Vehicle Description
1926 Ford Model T Frontenac Roadster� Period correct custom
speedster Jet black exterior with red interior Five red wire wheels
within whitewall tires Period-correct 177 CID Model T four-cylinder
engine with a Frontenac R cylinder head and three port design and
exhaust manifold designed to give that Speedway Roar Two-speed
planetary transmission Functional Stewart flat-face speedometer
4-spoke wood-rimmed steering wheel Brass timing and throttle levers
Stunning turned aluminum dash What you see on this page is a rare
instance of 1920s cooperation, Chevrolet helping Ford. MotoeXotica
Classic Cars is particularly proud to offer this 1926 Ford Model T
Frontenac Racer.��This comes from a period of time when many
performance-oriented aftermarket suppliers were making a name with
overhead valve conversions that would add another 50% to the power
range.�Frontenac Motor Corporation was a joint venture of
automobile racing brothers Louis, Gaston, and Arthur Chevrolet. It
was founded in 1914 in Indianapolis to build high-performance
automobiles that, not coincidentally, would be used in the
brothers' own pursuit of glory at the Indianapolis 500. With its
vintage speed equipment, sleek speedster bodywork and complete
restoration, this "Fronty" Model T is an exceptional example of
Detroit-built early American motorsports history. The car
represented here, we believe, is a re-creation of the "Fronty
Racers" of the 1920s but has a genuine period correct Frontenac
OHV. It has a Model T chassis, a period-correct 177 CID Model T
inline four-cylinder motor and the infamous Frontenac R cylinder
head that is known to boost 20HP to over 30HP from the standard T
motor. Its jet black exterior and trim are in very good order and
was recently painted in 2014, as are the car's lights. As was the
case with racing cars in the 1920s, this model has no glass panels;
drivers wore headgear and goggles. This Fronty-Ford rolls on
Bedford whitewall tires, size 4.40-4.50-5.00-5.25-21 and each tire
surrounds a red wire wheel. All five tires and wheels look very
good. The car's bodywork is straight and solid. Being a racing car,
there's no roof, trunk or bumpers on this vehicle, however there is
a full-size spare tire with its own wire wheel at the rear. The
engine bay is tidy and the battery appears in good order. Under the
hood is a modified, period-correct Ford Model T engine of at least
177 CID with a Frontenac R cylinder head, three port design and an
exhaust manifold set up to provide that Speedway Roar. The engine
breathes via a side-exit exhaust and it sounds absolutely wicked!
Backing that engine is the standard two-speed planetary
transmission. In the cockpit, the red seats are in excellent
condition, the black carpeting is in very good order, as is the
minimalist instrument panel with its stunning turned aluminum dash
and brass timing and throttle levers. The four-spoke steering wheel
with a thick wood rim looks great. Louis Chevrolet, co-founder of
the company that bears his name, was also a Swiss-American racing
car driver. His racing career continued as he drove for Buick and
befriended William C. Durant, General Motors' founder. While
Chevrolet had little formal education, he learned automotive design
while working for Buick and he began designing his own engine for a
new car in 1909. He built an overhead-valve six-cylinder engine in
his machine shop on Grand River Boulevard in Detroit, Michigan. By
the mid-1910s, Chevrolet shifted (pun intended) into the racing car
industry, joining forces with Howard E. Blood to create the
Cornelian racing car, in which he placed 20th in the 1915
Indianapolis 500. In 1916, he started the Frontenac Motor
Corporation with brothers Gaston and Arthur, where they
manufactured racing car parts for the Ford Model T and Fronty-Ford
racing cars. Louis drove raced in the Indianapolis 500 four times,
with a best finish of seventh in 1919 and he and his brothers drove
in several other races. This car is currently located at our
facility in St. Louis, Missouri. Current mileage on the odometer
shows 26,016 miles. It is sold as is, where is, on a clean and
clear, mileage exempt title. GET OUT AND DRIVE!!! Click here for
our Model T YouTube video! VIN: 14697163 Note: Please see full
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