Thread: My 1930 model a project

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Nice lookin' ride. Keep us posted

That is one radical ride you built You pulled the big tire look off perfectly. Your friends are probably jealous because your car is faster than theirs

Yea!! keep the photos coming I mean I love this car. I have a couple of very old pictures of a sedan and I am going to build a car like that one day. Your's is kinda close to that old sedan in a way. So when I see yours I think about that project---- oh well one day.

RS
After writing this reply I took a look in some of my old stuff, low and behold there that car was. So here's a pic but man they are small maybe you can telll a little about it though.

Originally Posted by Hombre259

Yea!! keep the photos coming I mean I love this car. I have a couple of very old pictures of a sedan and I am going to build a car like that one day. Your's is kinda close to that old sedan in a way. So when I see yours I think about that project---- oh well one day.

RS
After writing this reply I took a look in some of my old stuff, low and behold there that car was. So here's a pic but man they are small maybe you can telll a little about it though.

That sedan is wild lookin, I whish I could get a better look. Cant get the picure to blow up bigger. Is those picks out of a magazine? If so which one? You 55 chevy looks cool.
Is your 55f-100 a project? I got a 53 f100 almost done.

Originally Posted by 68Chevelle

That is one radical ride you built You pulled the big tire look off perfectly. Your friends are probably jealous because your car is faster than theirs

Yea it hard to hook up with a 6" wide whitewall And cheater slicks dont hook either, my neighbor had a pair

Well I got the roof done, car is blasted and epoxy primed and waiting for me to start body work. I made an engine rotessieri out of 2 engine stand work great. Everything that wasent chrome on the front end is at the platers getting chromed. The headers are being cermic coated. The engine is at the machine shop getting freshened up. I need to hurry on the body work now
Sorry for some of the crappy picks.

i like it !!!!!!!!!!

john

Very cool and classic look!

Has anybody seen any model a's with a paint scheme like this? Was thinking maybe something like this too? Painted with panels?

Just found your thread, and I like the look of your ride. I'm building a 31 sedan chopped 4 1/2" and channeled 4". I'm using a 65 409 with six 94s on a 200r4 tranny and 9" rear. I want to raise my rear wheel wells to fit the rear tires and also want to flush fit my doors. I would appreciate any picture of your method for the doors and the rear wells, and any advise you can add. I'm still working on the floor framing and reskinning my doors right now, but the flush fit is the next step.[ATTACH]

Originally Posted by dubya31

Just found your thread, and I like the look of your ride. I'm building a 31 sedan chopped 4 1/2" and channeled 4". I'm using a 65 409 with six 94s on a 200r4 tranny and 9" rear. I want to raise my rear wheel wells to fit the rear tires and also want to flush fit my doors. I would appreciate any picture of your method for the doors and the rear wells, and any advise you can add. I'm still working on the floor framing and reskinning my doors right now, but the flush fit is the next step.[ATTACH]

Sounds like a nice build, lookin forward to seeing some more picks
Its bben along time when I moved the fender wells up I think I did 2". I marked it about 1" above the body line, cut rolled on offsett bead( with eastwood tool, tacked the welded. As far as the doors go, never again
Lots of work, suicide, flushed, radiused, bear claws(small). Cut the hinges off because they were to rusted, welded up openings, cut the back and top of door openings, about 1\8 gap all around, mounted hinges. Pulled off doors. I bent some the offsett lip up on a brake for the door to sit in, but, to many curves didnt work. I used flat sheet, and 1/2 sq. tubeing to make the step for the door sit in. The front of the door was already done, just top and back to do. Too much work Not perfect bad as a hobby builder I dont think its badd. Look at my picks in the other pages. The only reason I flushed I could not get any body lines to match up.I had a ruff beat up body I all lines up now Still got alot of work to do before paint

Wow! Nice work on those doors. It is the little things like that which really make a great rod. Looking forward to more updates.

I know what you mean about body lines. My body was a real turd. No rust, but I think it was used to plow fields. I had to cut the doors diagonally and reshape to get the A pillar and the belt lines to line up. I think I'll tack the doors were I want them and then cut the rear pillar and top to get the right gap to recess them. I was planning to make the recess fron 20 gauge on the brake, but I would like to see what you did with the flat and 1/2" square. It's not going to be easy, but I want the flush fit.