In search of a project, I ran across a Ford '29 AA truck body only. I can save it but there are some issues. I'm debating it but I can't visualize an AA hot rod truck. It doesn't search well and I can't find any photos of a hot rod AA. None. Any AA hot rod photos around? Anything similar for ideas?
I don't know A trucks but the cab looked bigger/taller I thought. Here is a photo of a foreign? re-pop that I found (at Brookville Rdstr) and it was noted as an AA. Is the cab in the photo the same as a stock standard A pickup? That would make life easier. If so, any interesting photos? Here's the photo:
The bodies of 28-29 A and AA Ford trucks are the same, in fact all the sheet metal (body shell and doors, hood, radiator shell, front fenders, hood shelves, radiator splash apron) except the runningboards and aprons are the same. Early 30 AA trucks used the 28-29 style body but had turn-on radiator and gas caps rather than screw-on ones.
X2. I say buy the body and build your own frame. I have a AA with the frame (check my avatar). I'll probably use the big frame (with mods) just 'cuz, but it'd be less work if I was going to just build my own frame. You're ahead of the game with just the body. Go for it!
That one has stretched cab corners. It looks like 4"-5" of stretch. You can get those from Howell's. A or AA, the sheet metal is the same. The cab might look bigger on the AA because it is higher up.
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