So, Do you like my Model A coupe?

I finally had a chance today to pull my AV8 coupe out in the daylight to snap a few pics.

I have been working hard on this thing since January. As some remember this was once a sport coupe and I wrestled with not changing the car but ultimately I decided that a 5W coupe was what I really wanted. So I learned metal work from a local metal guy here in Colorado and then grafted the roof on.

Here is a little progression of when I brought it home in California ( bottom left pic with white walls and tuck in roll interior from the '50s)to the finished car you see today.

Was all the work worth it?

 

Yeah!

 

Nice job. I have never been a fan of sport coups but as a 5 window she looks *****in

 

I like it! Nice work.

 

Great Job

 

Why yes, yes I do.

Doc.

 

*****in man! i just got a sport coupe body last week......................getting a roof tomorrow!!!! you nailed it, thats a *****in hotrod man! -jordan

 

Nope, cat stand it.

Only because I'm jealous and want it for myself!!

 

*****in!

 

Nice

 

Hey....that's a cool hot rod - good work!

 

very nice, I like it

 

Really nice, I would have never known it started life as a Sport Coupe unitl I got down the pictures at the end...........................Great Job of converting it!

 

nice ride

 

I think Model A's look the best with 16" wires and blackwalls. YOu done good.

Frank

 

Nice

 

Great looking car.
Timeless is the first thing that came to mind for me.
Nice job.

Tony

 

awesome work. any more "in progress" shots of the roof fitment?

 

The only thing that could make me like it is if it was parked in MY garage right now. Nice job.

 

Thanks for the coments and encouragment guys!

I had a rough day at work and this made it all better.

Maybe I should go for a drive?


I will post some pics of the roof fitment as requested.

 

Ya gotta love the look of a "no frills" hot rod. Plain and simple, just the way they were meant to be. You did a great job of capturing the look. I really dig it.

Do you have any interior shots?

 

Ya did a awsome job there . congrats!!

 

Here are some of the roof fitment pics and few interior pics.

The interior is a stock seat with a '39 Banjo and '39 shifter, SW gauges and a homemade column drop. The dash has the orignal crusty chrome plating from the '50s.

This is a very basic Hotrod, the way they were built in the 1940s-1950s. Some kid has a Model A and finds a wrecked '40 Ford in the junk yard and does the swap. '40 motor and trans, brakes, steering etc. The way it was and the reason I like this car so much " no frills".

 

*****inn!!!!!!!!!!

 

Dude...that's so cool! If you didn't post the before pic,I think most guys wouldn't know it was a Sports Coupe before....nice work!

 

nice work..