Working part-time, it takes Currier from six to nine weeks to build a T truck body from scratch. Thus far, he figures, he's built between 10 and 15, at prices that range from $2,900 to $16,000.

To this, he added the additional challenge of building the car on a tight budget using old parts. Randy started out with an unwanted ’27 Model T sedan body. “This one was just a mess.

Since building the new chassis, Sheehan added a roll bar and cowl hoop, positioned his engine deeply under the Model T’s cowl and is finishing the car’s suspension.

The Model T did well enough after early production at Piquette that Ford soon bought 57 acres to build the massive Highland Park Plant and begin assembly there in 1910.