Hi all, I'm currently working on a '31 A Coupe I bought in France last year. Unfortunately, the former owner lost most of the do***ents on it and I'm trying to figure out the history of the car and recollect do***ents, pics, information. Always valued this stuff... Not that I expect it to be a survivor, absouletly not, just for the sake of knowing it. It kinda bothers me that I've got absoluetly nothing. I was hoping maybe someone here knows the car, the former owner, or has any new hint for me since I'm basically stuck now. I hope the car is traditional enough to be posted here... It's a 31 A Coupe with a 350 SBC and TH350, 32 grill, slight kickup in the rear with coils, 12 bolt (from a 65 Nova I think) and a 6" drop axle. Channeled about 4", chopped about 3". It appears to have been a very red car in the past... And by very red, I mean the axles, the drums, everything seemed to be red before someone painted it black. The stickers on it are all new, no lead here. As this may appear on hundreds of cars, my best hint is that I know it came from New York to Texas as a stock A and then has been modified in TX. License plate back then was "KCBY5" with a 3/18 in the top right corner (I think that means it expired in March, 2018?). In 2017, it was shipped to Preston, United Kingdom. This is how it looked when I got it (yea I know, the different tire style front/rear freaks me out, too): Thanks in advance and have a good day. Mario
Been constantly working on the car, together with my bro, and wanted to show you a quick update. This is how the car looks now. Added Big97 tri power and lots of details on the engine bay, swapped the steering box for a new Borgeson (worth the money!!), reworked he complete steering (gears etc.), completly new custom wiring harness, new tires, built an exhaust, built fenders (not pictured tho), swapped the plastics grill for a metal one (repro), ... and probably lots of other things that ate hours and hours of time that I now forgot about. Interior is also almost finished. We took everything out and completly rebuilt it. - Bead rolled aluminum panels - new curved custom "crossmember" below the dashboard that fits the shape of the dash - custom seats with selfmade upholstery (black denim) - Aquabird steering wheel - new selfmade steering column - Speedo, mounted with selfmade bracket - Locar shifter with SoCal knob - custom shifter boot 2nd seat, e brake incl. boot and some a few minor details in the interior are still work in progress.
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