Projects ny Brent sedan has steel wheels again

Here are a few pictures going back to Thursday when wheels and tires were mounted, up through today, Saturday at the Grand national roadster show. .

 

I just hate how they trimmed the curvature of the '28 front fenders !!!!

 

To each their own, personally I love the look of the fender wrapped around the tire,especially when the front is dropped like this car. HRP

 

I used a narrow I beam axle to achieve that look.
I like tires in middle of fender.

 

Looks great on those wheels.

 

Lovin' it!!

I almost read the ink off the pages of my copy of the feature of this tudor.

In fact, I'd say it is my favourite early A sedan

 

Looks like the bead has been trimmed at the very top of the arch.

Mick

 

Yup

 

I like the steelies again. Was the car raised up any?

 

You guys have sharp eyes!
I have a picture that Pat Ganahl took in 1978 and commented on the fresh red paint, you can see that the front fender hasn't had any work done at that time.

I would think that modification was made by a previous owner. HRP

 

You're correct, it was. One of the prior owners was the drug dealer Gambler who got in a wreck with a car. When they put the front end back together at the tires protruded out past the edge of the fender by a quarter or half an inch, to get clearance, they trimmed the fenders with a hacksaw.

 

Later on I will share pictures of the car from maybe 5 years. Prior to the accident, the car was stored inside and the paint had not faded and everything was beautiful on the car, just one owner messed it up

 

I don't think the back end is up any higher than before, we would like to lower it down a bit, but with the Jaguar rear suspension in the arc of the suspension travel, I'm not going to do that. Right now with two people in the car, we're getting some scrubbing on the steel body side. Side. We found one of the four coilover shocks was not working correctly. So this week I'll pull off the shocks and take them back to Aldan. Right now the coils are rated at 300 lb. But the shocks only have adjustability on rebound not on compression. I'm going to upgrade to the ones with compression adjustability. I may also if I can add a quarter-in spacer behind the steel wheels. With the true spokes. We had a 1/2-in spacer.

 

It’s most noticeable on the front. Looks at least a couple inches higher than the old pics.

 

Well it's a car that was built in 1977 and 1978. I can't be certain that the suspension that's under the front axle is the same as what Danny built, heck, I know that we replaced the spring up front in late 2018. I can't be certain that it's the original axle or that other components haven't been changed. Danny is not even certain what Wheels he had, what he usually used on the car, he thought he used 16-in Wheels and I now have 15s. 15s. I'm doing the best I can to get the car to look the way it was back on the cover of Street Rider magazine in 1978.

However, one of the biggest pain in the ass components of owning this car, of owning a car with so much history is that you have so many people with so many opinions of what you should do with your own car.

I have some who tell me that I should not change anything on the car, not the horrible corvair powerglide that leaks like crazy, that I shouldn't get rid of the single pot master cylinder, that I should not fix the fenders that the former drug dealer owner cut with a hacksaw and that I shouldn't have the car repainted. Having a car with history, having a car that has provenance it's not as easy as some may think.

Too Tall Pat Ganahl Colton, at the Friday night dinner at one of the Grand national roadster shows told me that this car has enough credibility, enough history that I should bring it back to the way it was on the cover of Street Rodder magazine in 1978. He said this car should be taken down to the frame and rebuilt ground up to make it look like it did on the cover.

This car look too high in the front? Is it higher than what it was built almost 50 years ago? Probably, but try to figure it out. It's not possible and it's not something I really give a s*** about.

I'm just happy that I saved it from the guy we bought it from who wanted to paint it black and put flames on it. There are many stories from those who found the car before me, who tried talking to the drug dealer who once owned it, who looked at it and found it was too rough, lots of stories. However, there's only one who came through and bought it and has invested a shitload of money in it to keep it on the road and to get it back to looking somewhat like it did back in 1978.

 

“Looking good Billy Ray”



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I hit a nerve. Seems like I do that a lot. I didn’t mean to imply that you couldn’t do whatever you want with the car. I just thought I was helping you out to get it closer to 1978, since you aren’t familiar with hot rods.

But, you go man! Have fun with it!

 

My favorite "A"

 

I noticed the Corvair powerglide too, but thought that I already pissed him off enough, I shouldn’t add to it.

Mark, the sedan is a well known car because of its SRM cover. Not really a worldwide sensation on the show circuit. I think the stance it used to have made it truly popular. Danny Brent Model A’s were well known to sit low and have perfect tire/wheel sizes.

 

Kurt's doing a good job with the car, for a lot of people (especially me) these things take time. With a job and family commitments your time to work on the car is limited, and who likes to take down a running car to change something? Not me, that's for sure. Not to mention the costs involved, but Im not telling anyone anything they don't already know. One thing I can say without a doubt is this car sits really nice. I've ran along beside and in back of it down the highway watching it from different angles, and the only thought came to mind is how bitchin the stance is. It looks great rolling down the highway; and as that photo above of it entering the GNRS this past weekend shows, yeah, that's a cool Tudor Sedan. Personally, I like the faded red color on it just as it is. Not to tell Kurt what he should do with it, but I wouldn't repaint it, no way! I'd just maintain the condition of the paint as best as I could and run it. But that's me, I'm easy. Easy like a Sunday morning....

 

My favorite A sedan ever. It’s your car to do with as you please OP, but any safety issues you feel are lacking today from 1978 build practices, I would definitely recommend upgrading. I would guess that front end stance came from a 5 inch dropped axle, 155 front tires, and a reversed eye spring. That, or a flattened front crossmember and a combination of the aforementioned. Probably why, after a wheel change from a non reversed steel wheel to a reversed one they hacked the fenders. IDIOTS! I appreciate that you want to preserve this car for what it is. I was building a chopped 28 sedan at the time this car was getting its ink in the mags. I was going to basically clone this car because I thought it was perfect. But my wife fell in love with 33-34 Fords, so the A was sold and a 33 was bought. But the A did get built and is still around here.