Thread: 1931 Model A Tudor

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From here my next choice was chopping the top . I decided on a 3 inch chop and was right on for the Tudor . This made it look like Henry himself had this idea .

The idea off the tape was from the great guys here . This is the all about best way to chop and have the metal line up really close with a lot less grinding to fit the top back on .

Some reinforcements was suggested from the guys here again . This was only the start of what I put in . I used conduit very cheap and easy to cut . I smashed down the ends to make welding a lot easier .



I then began to give it a little hair cut . First the tape , then some spray paint .





Then I cut it off and ground down to the paint lines . This made it so easy .





Also with the suggestions from the great guys here , they recommended using the cut pieces from the posts to line the top up and rosette weld them in to help support it .

So the welding began and I think we all know that part .

Next I started to look at front suspension choices . I finally decided on a Heidts Superide front . This was not a bad install at all took about 2 days . May have taken less but I kept cutting the tape measure shorter just kidding smile some .

I welded in some cross bracing to keep the rails secure , and with a lot of help from the oldest son we got the front out and just test fit the Heidts subframe in .



Well with a lot of measuring from the directions and marking and double checking we was center the sub was tacked in . We kept measuring and after a bit decided it was fine and I welded it in

This is my first build like this so any and all info I could gain here was utilized . The frame was the next step since I was placing a SBF in it . With advice I think the boxing and bracing will hold just fine for this engine .

The engine mounts I did would have been strong , but I didn't feel comfortable with them sitting at the bottom of frame so I did the speedway mount .

You can't see now but the 2x2 was inside the rail and below . I webbed in some 3/16 plate on the inside of rail to tie it all together . Then covered it .



But as I said we cut all this out a put in a cross bar mount .

After the engine was all set I turned my attention to the frame . Now is the time to finish boxing the rails , and cross brace it for a little more torque then the 4 cylinder it was built for . started off with something like this .





Long story short it grew into this .



Her I was cleaning up the sand blasting and decided real soon to stop that .



Looking at this area I seen something that just didn't look right so I added another layer for support , now it looks stronger .





Then came paint day after etching primer , a couple coats of Fill&Sand . Valspar Implement paint Farm&Fleet $25 a gallon and few bucks for a pint of hardner .