Thread: Spirit fiberglass bodies question

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I agree with Uncle Bob. I have two fiberglass bodied cars, a '33 coupe and '32 roadster so no bias and in the Florida environment you do have the advantage that the glass won't rust if you visit the beach. That said, they made Model A's for four years and there were a LOT of them and there are a lot of them still around. If you WANT a fiberglass body that's great, but don't jump at one because you think Henry Steel is all gone. The '32-34's are harder to find, but tons of Model A stuff is out there. Here's a sedan that popped up on a local FB site this week for $3K, complete and "ran when parked" - https://www.facebook.com/commerce/li...chment&__cft__[0]=AZWJ696C7KnMjizSVp6jswH_o3lAvihjrrBl1UVcrOlZOVC5IsTcST44H5-2T8sHAABKU0cSRurosAQAYVUr3LBaa1RJJJ28P8BeKfkEM3zuvDpLzvsTT5Rm18_GNqf5fve3P_6rSm7Id66KZ0isahCqCfHVs0w IWEF55mzYI5OyMDFtR6hloO91lywOMDhNysPNeAQ5d3q-14f_mlPf_gVV&__tn__=*b!%3A%3EH-R

As a side note, I talked to old friend Duane who used to have N&N Fiberglass and made some of the best bodies around out of Belleville, AR. I asked it he knew Spirit Industries and he told me that he'd seen a friend's finished coupe a few weeks ago and it looked nice, but he didn't know how much work it took to make it look nice. When I told him you were looking for a Model A coupe his response was, "I wouldn't even think about a fiberglass Model A! There's just too many good bodies out there, and you'll spend more time & money getting a glass body right than you will metal." He's still doing cars as N&N Hot Rods, just not making bodies any more. Also said he went to Ohio to get a 2 door model A sedan a while back and paid $4000, so that one above up here in Kansas is a good buy for a sedan.