Projects *model A sport coupester build*

* todays update*

i finally had a chance to work on the hot rod. I had been planing on putting the top irons on the car that i had won from ebay from a fellow h.a.m.b.er, so i had to figure out how to make it fit. the top had already been chopped and didnt look to bad.fellow hamber also sent me the parts he had chopped out. I used them to make the front of the roof longer remember roadsters are shorter than a sport coupe so i added what i needed and now it all works. i also had to section the middle so it would all line up and move easy.



i already have all the material to make the top now i need a sewing machine to do it..

 

Very interested to see how this comes out, as I've been pondering if modifying stock irons would work out ok...really looking forward to the end result!

 

its finished and it works. no need to ponder anymore ..i just need to do the stiching on the material to make the top cover ...

 

Your car has a great stance, can't wait to see pics with the upholstered top.

 

todays update

after 2 days of running around dmv finally let me register my sportcoupester the trouble was i had a really old title from p,a. so it had to be filled out in front of a notery public. so i had to find one that would do it for me well with a nice crisp 50$ bill slipped to the guy he was willing to look past any and all error on the title i didnt care the motery was only supposed to be 2 bucks but it was worth it after 5 hours at dmv its done the car is now legit and almost ready to go..i need to finish the top and get the wheel cylinders and its road worthy.

 

NJ is great, ain't it? *SARCASM*

Glad to hear you got it "worked out".

 

haha....just cant wait to get this lil fucker finished i want to cruise so bad.

 

Lorodz,
There's guys looking for an update on this other thread of yours.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=579191

It needs you man!

Looks great dude!

 

* update *
well i got all the brakes worked out took it for a ride to only find out i had a really bad front wheel outter bearing so while i wait for the new bearing i decided to make the top for the roadster i hand sewed the entire top wasnt super hard but hard enough its on but needs some small details to be finished like the rear mail slot window and the ends to the aluminum rails that hold the top on nothing big thanks for looking its coming along
started with this

and ended up with this

 

todays update
just took the car for a small ride and the fuel pump crapped out on me was stuck for an hour and a little kid rolls up on a scooter and offers to help me and me joking around i say yea need a pair of wire cutters cause i didnt have tools on me .anyway the little kid runs home and grabs a pair i was like wow out of all the people who stopped to help he is the only one to have the tool i needed ..go figure.

 

todays update
just took the car for a small ride and the fuel pump crapped out on me was stuck for an hour and a little kid rolls up on a scooter and offers to help me and me joking around i say yea need a pair of wire cutters cause i didnt have tools on me .anyway the little kid runs home and grabs a pair i was like wow out of all the people who stopped to help he is the only one to have the tool i needed ..go figure.

 

todays update
just took the car for a small ride and the fuel pump crapped out on me was stuck for an hour and a little kid rolls up on a scooter and offers to help me and me joking around i say yea need a pair of wire cutters cause i didnt have tools on me .anyway the little kid runs home and grabs a pair i was like wow out of all the people who stopped to help he is the only one to have the tool i needed ..go figure.

 

here is a small update for the end of the day

went back over to my moms house with a brand new high volume mr gasket fuel pump this one is supposed to be new and improved from the old one i had on the car i swapped it out a bam the car fired rite up, i also wrapped the header in some nice header wrap ran short on it so ill pick up more this week to finish it up back to the muffler looks nice and clean. pics up soon.

 

Just for fun put a stock A muffler on it [with cut outs] it will fool a lot of people. I like it.

 

thanks if you look at other pics of the passenger side the exaust looks just like a old 4 banger one but has a better sound ...

 

I had a Model A 2dr with a sbc [werent many in 57] and I had dual A mufflers, had that model A sound it was lotta fun. checkout this model A build.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFSGSL3Nrmc

 

yea i have seen that video before that car hauls ass. hopefully during the winter my car will be turbo also ..i need a couple more parts and it should be complete ..

 

todays update

so today i took the car out for a small shakedown run to see how it would drive at a decent highway speed not so bad a little squeeky but all was pretty good car has a small sway at high speeds but hey its better than before still got to tweak and work out the bugs no biggie .took the car to the beach than stopped at the old violets cove for a couple shots enjoy

 

i will take the car out this week and try to take a longer ride so i know its gonna be safe for all trips

 

The roof line reminds me of this:

 

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so what does that mean a good or a bad thing ?

 

Man, I should have kept the top irons! Oh well, you did a great job with them. The top looks great!

 

Wow that's awesome. Just read this entire thread. It was a good read(hard to read some parts...lol) but pretty cool to see what you have done. On that top, can you leave it down or is it always have to be up or off?

Got a '27 T and have a top but its for one torn up, and two it's ugly with it on. But Florida's weather is unpredictable when its gonna rain or not.

 

top can go up or down....

let me see if i have a picture with it down

 

no i dont will get one up soon .

and its not that hard to put new material on your top i hand sewed mine took about 4 hours total to make and it cost under 100 bucks.

 

Oh really? 4 hours isn't bad. Check out my thread,9(link in my signature) and look at my top, and tell me how hard it looks.

What kind of material did you get? Thanks

 

i used canvas material, from a local material store

 

wow!i like the way you modified the gauge,,was searching i nice idea and i have it.....i have a sportcoupe too.....you are making a good job...

 

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thanks.

 

killer thread beautiful car