Somebody pinch me, I just brought home a Model A Roadster...

Have fun on your new project.

 

That's great! That leaves no question about it. Thank you!

 

That's one that should be taken all apart and a fresh build started. With the quality of the construction and the shape the parts are in I wouldn't try to get it on the road as is...............to many safety factors to risk getting hurt.
First, I think you should consider a new ch***is with a Model A or '32 frame and go from there. Take lots of pictures as you dis***emble it so there is a record of how things were done "back then". Somebody already mentioned Brookville Roadster, they will have everything you need to bring the body back up to usable standards if you fail to find used ones.

Frank

 

"Asked the Model A expert and found out the br*** lower stantions were an early to mid 1930 feature"

According to this tip I was correct years ago when I guessed my roadster body shell was a 30. I have the br*** stanchions. I know because I broke one and repaired it a couple of years after I built the car.

 

I have a couple feelers out looking for doors right now. The plan at this point is to lose the frame and start fresh. I have a Model A frame I took in trade out back that I will be bringing into the garage... I might try to use some of the front and rear suspension components from the 35 ch***is. Did someone say something about it having a 32 rear crossmember? How to tell?

 

unsafe at anyspeed

 

I don't think anybody thinks he should keep it like it is. Make it safe, but retain the home made, ingenuity flavor. The wheel bearing serving as a swivel socket for the headlight is a priceless example. In other words, don't make it look like a modern, $30,000 recreation of a 50's hot rod.

Bill

 

HAHA! Not a problem there - I don't have $30K to throw at it anyhow. But that bearing is the exact kind of thing I want to use on the rebuild.

 

It would of been interesting to be there when this car was built. The thought process was not what you call hi tech. Any idea on when it was built??

 

I'm still trying to track down any information about its origins.

I don't know why someone would give the thread one star. Was it something I said?

 

cool!!

 

I love it for what it is, can you imagine the guys putting that thing together? Squinting at pictures in a little pages Hot Rod mag with grand dreams while laying down bird poop with the old farm stick welder! Too cool!!

It's a great score man, have fun with it!

 

Thanks Guys!

Where you been, Ratster? How ya doin?

 

Stretched frame, Hudson 308?

 

Oh Man - You might be reading my mind. It would be unusual to say the least. I was looking at photos in the Hudson Dragracers thread and observing how the built 308 was lifting the front end of those Hornets off the ground and wondering what that kind of torque would feel like in a little roadster.
Do you know if anyone has ever put a 308 in a Model A? I'm sure there will be lots of naysayers, but I think that would be cool as hell.

 

Yea that's more work to fix than starting from scratch.

 

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What's up Bret?! I thought you fell off the face of the earth!
Yanking that flathead out - stuffing something better in and building a new ch***is. Hows your pickup coming?

 

well i got a grand in my front end from hub to hub.got air bags on the rearend..but any how..what flathead is it 5ba or 8ba?..could you get it to fire?..what are your plans for the frame?...and i guess your keeping the price of the car to your self?
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This masterpiece of east coast hot rodding history deserves to be restored exactly the way it was back in the day. To sully this visionary rod builders work would be a crime...

 

i'll second what falcongeorge said.

 

All she needs is a Square roll bar!

 

just showed my 67 yr ol dad your thread....he says yes!!.and he is a true bad *** east coast hot rodder!!.that is a real hot rod rod put together by kids who needed speed...no doubt about it...sometimes master fabricators and master bators get all uppty about how things should be done...but this is a true time machine about how it was done.....a true 50' hot rod...stand strong...dont try to reinvent the wheel just make it safe...and good luck finding a trans for your 308
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Send me a reminder to box up those grill shells!

 

hey back off...you ever find a true piece of history...so what is is ****?...but true rodders were kids and thats what they built....
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so if want to come here..we would put you up....your an internet hot rodder i take it

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my buddy has a true piece of hot rod history here...crude as is seems...but true history...kids in the 50's were not master baters...i mean master fabricators


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we work with true history here son


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no hard feelings west coast guys.....nothing to it...yea she is rough...but that is what is all bout...nothing to it ...look at the rig...she is the real deal....yea Dad did it a lot better....so what.....he is on to a true 50's era rod....let it be...let him have his fun...yes Sam got a true 50's rod here..east coast west coast aside...if your so ******** smart..lets help this dude out


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wow you must must be an internet hot rodder


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