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Been building a few 40's and 50's chevys. Thinking of doing something different. Early Ford project. Been doing some research and not sure if I will go with the real steel or a replica. I do like the chopped channeled look of the tudor sedans. I see a company that makes Bruiser Bodys/affliated with Street Rod Engineering (SRE) make a fiberglass 1929 with many different options. Does anyone have experience with this company and their products?
Thanks in advance for your input.
Tony
It's a subsidiary of Street Rod Engineering, see the first link on their web page. SRE has been in business for many years so if you expand your question to include that company you'll probably get more feedback on their reliability as a company. I don't know anyone that has bought their glass car yet.
Now for personal opinion. Model A sedan bodies are still plentiful, and when compared to the cost of the new glass piece are still reasonably priced. The current gasoline price has stopped the rapid increases in price that we've seen the past 4 years or so. If the gasoline price stays up the number of people playing this game will diminish, lowering demand, thus lowering prices. This will have a twofold effect. BTW, I'm not one of those "I hate fiberglass cars" guys, I've owned a few myself. But going forward, if gasoline prices stay high, or get even higher, the hobby will shrink to the "hard core" hobbyists which will hurt the fiberglass car market as these "hard core" types will have a vast market of cars to choose from and will tend toward steel. If you can afford to not be concerned about future ability to sell the car, even at a big loss, then none of that matters, buy what you like and live with the decision. If you're not in a hot hurry, some real bargains may be just around the corner. It happened in the '70s.........many of us could have bought rods, muscle cars, and all manner of cars that were selling for "give-a-way" prices. History often repeats.
Bob is right. (Did I really say that???? :D :D ) You can still find very clean steel Model A tudors and the price isn't all that bad. We bought one for something like $ 2500 a few years ago, and they are still out there in that range or certainly no higher than $ 3500.
I've seen the ones advertised that you are talking about, and in the picture they look good and have a chopped top, but the originals are not that hard to chop anyways.
Like Bob I have no dislike of fiberglass cars as we have some ourselves, but sometimes steel makes good sense too.
Don
thanks for the feed back. I'm still looking around and reviewing my options. You guys made some good points that i will consider. and i agree history does go in cycles. look at the real estate market.