Thread: New to the site - Questions about my '31 Model A

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mate - looked at your whole photo thread an your car would not be allowed on the road in New Zealand. at the very minimum - it needs a k- member for the centre x-member and they are adamant that it has to have that but prefer us to put a double k - i.e. braces running forwards and backwards of the centre cross-member and as mentioned the rear 4-bars are in single shear which would need grade-8 bolts min but once again double -shear ( the rod-ends inside two steel plates) is strongly recommended. I would suspect your chassis is flexing around a lot. the rear x-member doesn't look that strong either!
its a seriously cool looking little hotrod but I suspect you've got a lemon that will take a lot more money to sort out.
sorry!

Originally Posted by sharpmark

mate - looked at your whole photo thread an your car would not be allowed on the road in New Zealand. at the very minimum - it needs a k- member for the centre x-member and they are adamant that it has to have that but prefer us to put a double k - i.e. braces running forwards and backwards of the centre cross-member and as mentioned the rear 4-bars are in single shear which would need grade-8 bolts min but once again double -shear ( the rod-ends inside two steel plates) is strongly recommended. I would suspect your chassis is flexing around a lot. the rear x-member doesn't look that strong either!
its a seriously cool looking little hotrod but I suspect you've got a lemon that will take a lot more money to sort out.
sorry!

What he said!
Also:
Your rear 4-bars look a tad short as does the panhard rod (If you want good handling.
I didn't notice an emergency (hand) brake.
The frame looks too flimsy and lacking X members so I suspect a lot of flaxing.

But yeah, a cool car and good proportions!

Originally Posted by sharpmark

mate - looked at your whole photo thread an your car would not be allowed on the road in New Zealand. at the very minimum - it needs a k- member for the centre x-member and they are adamant that it has to have that but prefer us to put a double k - i.e. braces running forwards and backwards of the centre cross-member and as mentioned the rear 4-bars are in single shear which would need grade-8 bolts min but once again double -shear ( the rod-ends inside two steel plates) is strongly recommended. I would suspect your chassis is flexing around a lot. the rear x-member doesn't look that strong either!
its a seriously cool looking little hotrod but I suspect you've got a lemon that will take a lot more money to sort out.
sorry!

Originally Posted by Kiwi37

What he said!
Also:
Your rear 4-bars look a tad short as does the panhard rod (If you want good handling.
I didn't notice an emergency (hand) brake.
The frame looks too flimsy and lacking X members so I suspect a lot of flaxing.

But yeah, a cool car and good proportions!

I had not taken time to look through your photos on FaceBook, but after reading Mark's post I was curious. I'd say that Mark nailed it, to fix your problems you're going to be pulling the body off and doing some major re-construction work on your chassis. There's nothing that cannot be fixed, but it's always a bit more difficult to fix someone else's mistakes than it is to do it right from the start. The car has a great stance, and like Kiwi37 says the proportions are nice, but it's like a fancy new beach house built without pilings. Since a person's got to be a FB user to see your photos, here's one of the chassis so that everyone can see what Mark & Kiwi were pointing out:

bad frame.jpg

Sorry for your problems. It sounds like you've already been through the wringer picking shops to build your car, but IMO you're not anywhere nearly done yet.