I'm building a model A coupe, and running a '36 rear and bones, and a Model A rear spring and cross-member. As the cross member is 7 1/2"rearward of the original, I cannot run rumble/****ie seat. Is this the same with a 32 or a 34 when running a Model A rear cross-member?
Sure you really want a rumble seat? Everybody thinks they're gonna cruise the Fairgrounds and pull into the Saturday night rod run, but it hardly ever happens. The grief experienced with a rumble far exceeds the benefits. Way better to have a real trunk. Good access, it won't lock you out if stuff shifts inside the trunk and you don't have to have the trunk lid off for running wiring or similar. If you have seat cushions in the rumble, it cuts way down on available room. Never again for me. Rumbles? Bah, humbug....
C9 i tend to agree with that, having a rumble in the A roadster can be a pain in the ****, sure its good gor the odd cruise but not really practicable, my suggestion Stovebolt is go for a boot/trunk. If you want to see what a rumble compared to a boot/trunk is like feel free to PM me and drop around some time and have a look see!! I've also got an A sport coupe that will be running a trunk this time around.
I'm running a trunkin the coupe. I was just wondering if a Model A rear crossmember prevents the use of a rumble seat in a 32 and a 34 like it does in a Model A. As an aside - a runmle seat can increase the amount of stuff you can carry, its just a P.I.T.A. to get it in and out. A friend of mine carried 4 rims and tyres in his.
My chrysler has a model A crossmember and a rumble seat. Everyone said it wouldn't work or was too much work. Now that it's done everyone thinks it's awesome. We put a bolt-on bulge in the rumble seat. Riders will have to deal with a lump hidden in the bottom cushion. But that's OK, I don't sit back there. Hot rods are a lot of work to not be able to share it with a couple friends. Don't know bout you but my car is cool enough there's already a line to "ride the hump" If you want a rumble seat, then rumble it. But don't eliminate a feature you want in the car based on others encouraging shortcuts cause they're easier.
Good points, but for me it's not about less work. Twice, with the rumble full of stuff for a several nights a couple hundred miles away from home things shifted and the rumble lid wouldn't open far enough to get an arm in etc. "Whadda ya mean you can't get the steaks and beer out?" This pic kinda shows what happens when the bottom of the rumble lid swings forward. Pic taken to show the cut-down 39 Ford taillights, but that's an easy job. Even so, not too many lights will bolt in.
Jay, as usual you bring up issues that few of us ever consider. I, like many others, hadn't thought of the points you raise. Thank-you for insight. Maybe rumbles are best left to the restorers I'm glad I running a trunk in my coupe. That means that my family won't have to fight over who's inside and whose outside.
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