Your car is really nice. This is fueling my desire to sell my Model A coupe and get a '39/'40 coupe. As I get older I feel like I want a bit more comfort than the A provides. You have a great example for me !
My wife and I drive our 30 Model A Tudor everywhere. We have taken it to Reno for Hot August Nights and all over here. last August we drove it to Pleasanton CA for the Goodguys show. That was about the end of that for me. 2hrs max and I had to get out of the car. The entire week I was dreading getting back in to drive home. Too many old injuries causing discomfort when cramped in a tiny car. I am lucky that I don't need to sell the car. So it is a round town car now. This 39 is so ridiculously comfortable to drive.
Awright now.... don't any of you anti-politicos start going off on me, but... I'm voting for the U.S. Congress, President and Vice President (I'd like to be Vice President....imaging being in charge of all the vice in the country... but I digress) who will close the border to ALL HAMB-friendly car sales, shipping and transfers to Canada!!! We MUST conserve and preserve our precious resource of old iron and protect it from those border-raiders!!!!! Make Our Old Iron Great Again!!! (MOOIGA) Super nice '39 by the way.... I'm jealous (in case you can't tell)....
Well, I enjoyed the hell out of the 39 this summer. I am just in love with this car. My son was stoked to be able to cruise the 30 around as well. Here is a pic of both of the cars down at our cabin at the end of Sept before them both got covered up for the winter. The 39 developed a small coolant leak that I traced down to hairline crack on the side of the block. I ended up just sealing it up with some JB Weld (I know ) and it held somewhat for the rest of summer. I have always wanted to build a Flathead engine. So here we go.
After a lot of searching, I finally have a good block. Passed a pressure test and then sent it out to get tanked and bead blasted. I cant believe how clean the coolant passages were. This engine was seized solid when I got it. It had been rebuilt a long time ago, and then got left in the rain for a few days for some reason. Then sat with the moisture in the cylinders for the last 20 years or so. Took a lot of soaking in ATF to finally break it free but it came apart eventually. Has adjustable lifters and new valves that I will be able to reuse. Time to do some mild porting and relief job on it. Ordered a Scat rotating assembly. 4 and 1/8" stroke and 0.125" over pistons. I managed to pick up a Kiwi L100 Cam from KiwinUS on here. Not trying to break any dyno records with this, just want a strong engine to add to the enjoyment of driving this thing.
Sometimes JB can be a season saver. The original rad started leaking on my 40. Seam split on the bottom tank to core. A little JB weld and I got another 3 months of cruising in
Sounds like you are putting together a nice flathead, stout and streetable. My 276" moves my sedan nicely, yours should have a little more grunt.
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