I am looking for Kustom ideas to do to the cowl of my 29 Model A sedan. I want something kind of wild with that 60's show car feel. Any help would be great. Thanks
Stock fire wall and A pillar angle. Paint will most likely be a light gold. I would say for the most part keep the original shape just add to it. Not really sure just looking for ideas or old pics.
That's a good idea. Looking for a little more over the top but still may use that also as the Midwest summers get a bit out of hand.
Why is it you never saw much done with the cowls? Has everyone out there been has stumped as I am on this for the last 50+ years?
Is the rest of the car going to be 60's show car modified? If not, a modified cowl is going to look out of place.
I would like to move that direction in the future but for now just gold paint and a white tuck and roll top.
Some had side lovers There's not a lot to do with it. Forget its a A cowl and design something new or pretend you don't have one. Start with your doors and windshield and draw in the forward part as something entirely different. One of three things will happen. You'll be declared a genius and become famous , or you'll build a rat rod or you'll end where Henry did.
The cowl. You know the part in between the engine and the windshield where the gas tank used to be. I was not aware of any other cowl on a Model A?
That's a hood, It's attached to the firewall and the fire wall is attached to the cowl, leg bone connected to the ....
If you see me start to move in the direction of making it look like a ugh (hate even saying it) rat rod please slap me before it gets to far!!
Really? I was unaware that a suicide front end was something new? I was pretty sure I had seen it done all the way back to the early 60's and probably before that if we do some digging.
Make it look like the 30-31 cowl and it will look much better Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
Whenever all the weight hangs on the pivots of teh cross spring, that is consiodered a suicide. The title comes from the idea that if the pivot lets loose, you have commited suicide.
I know what a suicide front is. I was saying it is not something new it has been around for a long time. Tulsa was trying to indicate that with the suicide front that makes it a rat rod.
Machine guns Antennas Bead rolled flames Louvers Port holes Air vents Air extractors Laundry dryer ducts Side marker lights Spot lights Dummy spot lights Anti-personnel grenade launchers Tastefully placed rust holes Woodpecker stickers Duct tape Expandi-foam behind rust holes Naked trucker girls Golf bag hole Dents More rust At least three different more antenna Pinstriping Lexan insert so you can watch parts fall off Lexan insert so people can watch you use the pedals Horns Train horns Cowbells Jingle bells P-40 Warhawk face/teeth Bomber nose art Mona Lisa Rockerstar Energy Drink stickers "The Shocker" sticker
Things really get sidetracked don't they!?!? Hahaha Post a few drawings of what you think might be cool or some pictures of cars with mods you kinda like too. Might get the ball rolling for ya!
The rat rodders have staked a claim that the suicide front end is theirs .It may have been used on T-Buckets starting in the late 60s .
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