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Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Matt, I bet if you go to some swap meet like Carlisle or Hershey you can find a complete cowl cheaper. I even see them on Ebay from time to time in the couple hundred or so dollar range. Like I mentioned, I only suggest this route vs building one from new parts because of the cost and the work to get one together.

We spent a little more time last night and today putting Dan's cowl together and I think we have finally figured out how it all goes together. Good thing we have the other model a sedan to use for reference, because it would have been really tough without it. We keep taking measurements off of it and transferring them to the new parts.

Here are a couple that are on Ebay right now:

model a cowl, Parts Accessories, eBay Motors items on eBay.com

eBay Motors: 1930 FORD MODEL A COWL - GAS TANK & MORE ! (item 120265022886 end time May-29-08 21:12:57 PDT)

These aren't near you, but I bet if you keep your eyes open you will find one.

Don

Just yesterday me and my dad were driving around and found an old time junk yard, it's still open.. they might have somthing. it don't really have to be Model A, anything from '28-'34 should work for what I want really.

Matt, I've seen some cowls people built from scratch and most of them looked too boxy IMO. The true cowls have some graceful curves that would be difficult to recreate without an engish wheel and planishing hammer I think. Of all the body parts, cowls are the most commonly found, they are every place and generally go for little money because most people consider them not very desirable without doors and the rest of the body.

Like I mentioned, we bought a very nice cowl at a swap meet for $ 300 and only bought it because it was so clean. We later realized we were never going to get around to doing anything with it, so we sold it on Ebay. If you keep your eyes open you will find them all over the place.

Don

Today Dan and I put in a long day and finally turned the corner getting his body put together. The cowl is the key to getting everything else lined up, so we have been concentrating on making sure it is as straight as possible. We temporarily bolted the firewall to the side panels and then installed the front door jams.

When we slid the doors into place they lined up perfectly, so it was time to do some welding. Dan finally broke out the tig and used it because we needed some small, neat welds in the door jams. It did a great job, much neater than the mig would have been. Finally, we temporarily put the back panel in place to see what it would look like. Still lots and lots of work to do, but it is coming along.

Oh, and the best part is that the new cowl top panel now fits since everything is in line. Now he won't have to use the original model a tank that we were using to jig things up.

Here are some pictures of what we got done tonight. Tomorrow we have the whole day and should get the doors swinging on their hinges we hope.

Don