Thread: I got news about the Model A in the field

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[QUOTE=Dago Red;345455]do you guys remember this post I made?

http://clubhotrod.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40095
( he said his friend wants to build it with me. I'm not sure exactly what that means, me helping him build it him footing bill, or me footing and him helping and I keep it etc. )

I would want to know exactley what his intentions where before I ever started daydreaming about it. Partners on just about anything rarely go like they are supposed to,someone always gets mad or feels cheated. But if he wants to give you ownership & control of the build and he just wants to help, No problem.

Chevy small block?, Ford small block??, What the hell. Go find yourself a nice 331 Chrysler Hemi. Looks as good as a dressed flattie, and more powerfull than either the Chevy or the Ford.

IC2, Great pictures as usual! I was speaking relative to the stock firewall. If you do the weld-in-the-wheel-barrow routine I guess you can move the motor mounts back, maybe that is why the original firewall indent in my Bebops 'glass was so big and deep. I envy your nice headlight cables but I have four wires in mine due to the in-headlight turn signals and can barely squeeze them through the cheezier stock type flex tubes. How many wires did you thread through those cables? My only regret with a SBC is that GM may not exist much longer but there are still a lot of SBC parts out there. Maybe here is the place to offer my 4" Merc stroker crank for $400 or about half the price of a new one from Speedway. You will have to pay shipping but I will box it up in 2"x4" lumber. It comes with Merc rods and a Merc flywheel which could be chopped. Now all you have to do is find a useable flathead block.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

You guys are awesome. We're barbequing over there this weekend. i guess the first thing to find out is whether he is building it and I'm helping, which is fine because I love working with other people's money. or if I am going to buy it, fund it and he'll help.

also great is financially in 2 years I'll be in a lot better spot than now, and I figure it'll take that long to finish up the truck.

How much power does it take to make these things move well? I don't need this one to be a monster pavement eating creature, just have enough, definitely look and sound good. I'm thinking something that seats four (that's if it's the scenario where it's mine. friend used to race cars, he may have a very different idea).

on the lots of power spectrum my question is how much it can actually use? if we built a frame and did it all right suspension, brakes, steering etc. would it be able to use a big block beast or would it just spin the tires and be theatrical?

Thanks as always. I'll order the book as soon as payday rolls around.

Red

Red, If you are scratch building a chassis/frame, you can build to whatever engine and horsepower you desire. In that case, the body just becomes a weather shelter!!!

What you can't do is to expect an 80 year Ford OEM Model A chassis/frame to be compatible with mega horsepower no matter how much you box and reinforce. Many, if not most a re tweaked either from collision or the crummy roads of the late '20s and '30s. The transmission cross member and often the front cross member is cracked and to the point that they are unsaveable. A TCI perimeter frame is a good place to start and not really expensive - as long as you don't get carried away and buy all of their chrome and stainless (which I have on mine

Don't forget - we are here to bounce ideas and questions off - and most folks have a lot more experience then me.