so 30+ years ago my Brother starts building up a A Ford, he gets me hooked , Im just a kid so I build up a ch***is car with the left overs, well fastforward to today, I now have his parts, he had shortened up a rear driveline by 14" , so with his parts he rebuilt 30 years ago Im building a car, so far its got a Model B engine, Im using all stock parts , the frame front section was from a Model A tractor Duddlebug we had picked up years ago, the front spring hanger is a stock model A front crossmember flipped over and reversed, my spring had 3 brocken leafs so I removed them , the body is the front half of a pheathen
made a little progress, got the engine positioned, got the front all hooked up still need to strengthen the front crossmember spring mount, looks like its sittin at 102" wheelbase, plan to get some taller tires for the rear when I start drivin it, I used this engine 10 years ago it should still be runnable, for the rear plans are to complete the bucket with new steel, will make up a light tubing frame and skin it with sheetmetal, dipped down on the sides to aid jumping in
mocked up some cardboard , want it low enuf to step over to jump in and out, also a nice height to use as a arm rest
At least nobody here's gonna' say it's "not traditional"! It's about as old-school "traditional"as you can get! This is exactly and precisely the type of home-brew stripped-down "go-job" that ingenious, but 'bucks-down' hot-rodders were building in their back yards and lean-to garages in the late-'1930's right through into the early-1950's even.. A very cool "old-style" build worthy of any self-respecting hoodlum! ! I love it! Thumbs up! Mart3406 ==============
Interesting modified. Just wondering... I've most often heard the term "cut town" (and *****er, or super) to describe 50's - early 60's modified circle track cars but not necessarily hot rods. Is there more dirt track influence to come, like your notched doors? Gary
Never seen the front crossmember mounted upside down like that. To get it low I'm guessing. Interesting. Is the rear crossmember just welded to those sections of tubing on the backside? Seems like it might flex a lot that way but I guess a stock A frame is pretty much the same if you think about it. Cool project.
Im not sure , I used the term cuz it was different and I read it in a old publication, and yes it will have some dirt track influence like a rollbar and number on side , we will see as this thing might always be evolving, first thing is to get it road worthy and start using it while summers here
got the panels tacked in still need to do the front inner lip, will do that when I mount the windshield parts, was lookin on CL end found a guy sellin all the stock brake parts plan to pick them up tomorrow , hes adding juice brakes to his, all good parts it was restored then sat
this things getting exciting, starting to look like sumpthin ! would like to find a large single rear taillight that says STOP on the lense , think the headlights will be quick removable as I like the no eyes look of this car
*****in'. Love the simplicity of this build, looks real light. I bet it'll scoot along and be great fun with the skinny little tires. This is the kind of hot rod ding that really inspires me.
What wheels and what size tires are on the car as it is in the pics? I'm thinking that a cool combination might be 19 inch Model A fronts, with 4.75 X 19 tires and 16-inch '35 Ford wires on the rear with 6.50 or 7.00 X 16 tires. Mart3406 ===============
600-16 I have a few 19s and a couple 17s, not sure what it will have will mount up a few , rears will pretty much end up 700-16 wires I have some Kelly-Hayse rims I may use, lots of options Colors Im thinkin a older color maybe a original ford color grey or blue maybe dark green heres a car that's part of my inspiration
Lot's of 'old timey' colors and paint codes here: http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcodedisplay.cgi?year=1930&manuf=Ford&rows=50 Mart3406 ================
My Mom was a serious gearhead in the '30s. She used that expression for anything T or A that was stripped and lowered... In the newspapers the term was used by ill-informed newshounds that referred to 'hot rods' as 'cut-downs'. (Mom said the 'cut-downs' preceeded the 'hot rods' by 20 years.)
cool I like that, good info, would like to see them newspapers. picked up my brake parts, complete with drums, they are in like new condition off a restored car that only had 2000 miles on them and stored inside, all stock mechanical, any pointers on how to set them up or tune them to work the best would be appreciated , I was wondering if a guy could add a ***ist to them like a vacuum canister on new brakes have ?
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