Projects Another REAL Barn (basement) find.

Thanks UncleScooby for hooking us up on this deal. This was a Hamb listed car that we grabbed from the cl***ifieds.

The story goes like this... Grandpaw bought the car new, gave it to his son, who kinda lost it (mental hospital) in '64. Car sat in a climate controlled ba*****t in Indy till last month. Granddaughter got car, wanted rid of it, then you know the rest of the story. In comes the Hamb.

A model Tudor that saw the road last in '64 is now in Tennessee. Absolutely perfect. No rust, anywhere EVER! Has good brakes, good compression, everything is there, totally complete. I found the car for my buddy T-Bone.

We should have it running around the neighborhood by the weekend.

Gotta love that! New pics to come ASAP.

Kevin
Ooltewah Speed Shop

 

looks really nice, what a deal.

 

Wow, that's incredible! That's almost as good as finding a museum piece.
What are your plans for it?

 

does it still have the "teeth" around the fenders theres a guy around here that has a 30 with orig**** pinstripe on the belt line as well a the "teeth" on the fenders.

 

You son of a ***** - you get all the deals. good on you!!!

 

Cool! Great find, what are your plans for it?
Blitz: I've, in years long p***ed, owned 2 stock Model "A"s WTF are "Teeth"?
Dave

 

Nice car. Just like my grandpa's, or close, ours is a '29, my brother still has it. But of course there's some rust, isn't a bad thing. Here's our pride and joy after it was restored by my older and younger brothers in '95. I was voted out of the decision making process when I suggested we 'Rod it~! They did (let) me help with knocking rust, degreasing parts!

 

All original drivetrain (maybe some Hop Up parts), dropped axle, reversed eyes, old 5-spokes, kinda like this...

Kevin

 

"Teeth"...? I don't know what you are talking about? It's an early '28 model.

Kevin

 

Hey how that 4 banger up. You will drop some coin but they look like *****in little motors

 

Good plan, Coop's is perfect.

 

I'm on top of it...

 

But of course, your plan looks good to me. I would like to recommend that if you keep the 'Banger, to not split the bones....................

 

Original A fenders have a tool marking along the edge of the fender- I'm guessing as a result of rolling the edge. They are visible and if you pull your fingernail along the fender egde, you'll feel it.

All the guys that go for a national 1st for AACA kill for them... we had a '31 roadster in the shop that a fellow had dumped LARGE amounts of money into (upper 5 digits) that had original fenders. The boss hated the car because:
1) he got talked into a high detail restoration of an A (making a silk purse out of a sow's ear in his mind)
2) just how much money had been "wasted" on the car
3) the customer's wife cut off his funds...

 

Original A fenders have a tool marking along the edge of the fender- I'm guessing as a result of rolling the edge. They are visible and if you pull your fingernail along the fender edge, you'll feel it.

All the guys that go for a national 1st for AACA kill for them... we had a '31 roadster in the shop that a fellow had dumped LARGE amounts of money into (upper 5 digits) that had original fenders. The boss hated the car because:
1) he got talked into a high detail restoration of an A (making a silk purse out of a sow's ear in his mind)
2) just how much money had been "wasted" on the car
3) the customer's wife cut off his funds...

 

unreal find right there......Absolutely beautiful

 

We have no plans to split the bones... We want it LOW like the black car in the picture above. If thats not possible, then split we will... Supposedly, that car is all original drivetrain, with unsplit bones. We will see.

Kevin

 

Holy Smokes! Wish there was one of those in my barn find

 

Never touched '28 fenders, with no ripple in the edge. Just perfect original Henry metal. I'm not a restorer though.

Kevin

 

What a catch, I'm still looking, I guess not hard enough?

 

Perfect!

 

Good deal Kevin, look forward to following your progress.

 

The "teeth" on the edge of the fender feel like the edge of a quarter or dime. Many old fenders have cracks on the beads, so it is rare to have a nice fender with the uninterrupted ridges running all the way around. I've spent many hours making Model A fenders nice enough to show the ridges all the way around. One of those obsessive things that traditionalist-type guys do.

 

We got it running tonight. Yep, sounds just like an A model... After all these years in slumber, filed the points, and fired right up the first try. Very Cool I thought.

Its amazing what a little smoke and gas fumes do to a crowd of guys. Alot of smiles around the garage.

By the way, it has the "Teeth" didn't believe it till I felt them tonight.

Kevin
Ooltewah Speed Shop

 

Very cool and good for you!!

Tom

 

nice score.

 

Another original beauty for the road!

 

T-Bone ordered a new muffler and down pipe from Snyder's today (since we were open exhaust last night). New plugs, points, condensor, oil, and anti-freeze. Wheels are coming off this weekend going to the blaster. Powder coating and new Coker Firestones next week. Getting closer to a ride around the block.

The original tool bag was under the back seat with the tools and a few extra spark plugs. Along with all the roof insert material mixed with rat ****. The original wood floor boards are PERFECT... Never seen one this nice. It's an honor to get a chance to work on it.

Here's a few more pics of the car, more to come with progress.


Kevin
Ooltewah Speed Shop

 

How did they get it down the stairs?

 

You gonna build a rat rod? thated be cool!!