Just some added comments. I bought a Bebops fiberglass '29 roadster because of the fenders already on the floorpan and because I wanted a roadster, but I believe Bebops also makes a 'glass Vicky body that would have a lot more interior room and the basic Victoria body already looks chopped. A neighbor only three doors from me is a Model-A restorer and he warned me about the fun of aligning separate fenders and at the same time he was not overly pleased with my 'glass replica body so there are tradeoffs. Note also that for a metal Model A there are still a substantial number of wooden pieces that are required. Model A restorers say that you can build a complete new Model A from parts and places like Bratton's Antique Auto PArts in Gaithersburg Md have just about every piece down to the last rivit or screw but maybe parts are not as fully available for the later years, although Brookville comes close to having all the '32 parts. Still maybe a Vicky body in fiberglass is worth considering so take you time and look over a number of possibilities and plan it out further. As I say, for a Model A the thought of all those little wooden blocks and small pieces of sheet metal looked like too much trouble when after all the outer appearance of the fiberglass is pretty close and the floorpan-fenders seem like a reasonable way to save a least a year of construction work, not to mention the need to worry about rustproofing all those inner parts. MAybe if I was 20 years younger I could take my time and build a metal Model-A from parts but at my age the fiberglass shortcut looks to be justified. Checkout the Bebops site:

http://www.bebops-glassworks.com/


Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder