Hey Was asked to post a built thread on my AV8 Tudor by a fellow HAMB'er So here it goes; While I was having fun with my Kustom 49 Ford Cupe, I was really dreaming of a Hot Rod. But It was not that easy to get an approval from the Norwegian road agency. In 1997 while attending a Nats, I got an deal on a Modell A project. I hauled a ton of parts home, an started to make a plan for the build. I made the right do***ents and sent them off seeking an approval for the Hot Rod build. After a year I got the approval I needed. Frame was sent off for boxing and some other ch***is mods. The body that I got was a 31 Victoria. It had some rust issues, and was not complete. At another car show, a guy approached me, offering me a 30 Tudor. I really did not have any money at the time, but I decided to look at it, just 5 min drive from work I was very surprised when I saw it, a complete running car on a wrong ch***is, sitting on a Volvo Duett ch***is. Could not been more perfect as I had a really good A-ch***is in the works. I managed to dig up the money that I needed for the deal. Sold the Vitoria and that made it even Here are a couple of pictures of hove they where K ............................... Taildragger&fenderless
Subscribed. Looks like a great start to a killer rod. Keep us updated. Waiting for a year for approval from the gov. to build a car, that ****s. What is it they need to approve your build? Is it a safety thing or just a tax grab? Woodz
We don't really know how fortunate we are in the States that we can build relatively what we want without having to wait for approval from a inanity we have to abide by their rulings. I look forward to watching this car come together. HRP
Yes it's note that easy over here. until 1985 you could just forget chopping a car, as you would need papers from only one place who could x-ray the welds. The public agency differentiate between rebuilding( a percentage of new parts and modifications) and modification (lower percentage of new parts and mods. The first would mean that you need to pay a special tax (larger sum) and the new rebuild car need to meat todays standard to approve roadworthy. The last, you can alter some parts and make some mods. luckily we was able to approve of the last. They are very picky when it comes to the ID, if papers say Sedan, you can forget building a Coupe or Roadster. Here are some of the stuff I wanted to do; Chop the top 3 inches. Channel the body 4 inches. Box and kick-up the frame 2.5 inches. CE drop axle, with hairpins. Mopar 8 3/4 rearend with ladderbars Ford 8BA with M21 4-speed hydraulic brakes from early ford. The stuff that I had in storage was the 8BA, a Edelbrock "Regular" highrise intake. The steering wheel that we took off a 47 pick-up (when I was about 14 years old) To get enough room for the Flathead, I decided to try to move the firewall backwards. I started to cut out the firewall outer part. Made a new one, flatten it. Moved it back to line-up with the cowl edge. The body need some rust repairs, on all four corners, rear inner fender well, and the lower part of in front of the fenderwell. Here is some more pictures K ............................. Taildragger&fenderless
Fast forward, a couple of years later, the "A" back on the ground. I used a lot of time fitting the firewall, trying to make it look OK. Now the profiles in the firewall matches the heads. Also managed to keep the new floor straight with no tunnel. This way I had some space for my feet. K ............................. Taildragger&fenderless
As I was going to use early Ford Brakes, and wanted to the early Ford Drums and backing plates, we had to make some solutions for the Mopar 8 3/4" rear end. The housing are from an A-Body. I got some B-Body axle shafts and turned them down to fit the early Ford Brakes. With an Auburn limited slip and new 3.23 gears I really had a solid axle K ................................. Taildragger&fenderless
After final fitting the Flathead in the frame, I fabricated the header kit from speedway. Had to make 6 additional bends to fit the kit. Then it was time to start final bodywork that my very good friend Decoliner helped me with. Next up was the Flathead, that I bought as a surplus engine. Brand New 8BA I had the crank, that I bought from Joe Smith Automotive. I took that one home luggage, ended up with a big fine for overweight. I ported the block and did a partial relieving. The intake was a trade for e set of car speakers and one amp Good trade. Isky 400jr, NOS Johnson hollow lifters, Ross pistons, SS valves. 2x97 Stromberg's was bought. Mallory dual point to fire it up. K ............................ Taildragger&fenderless
After everything was fitted, it was time to get some colour on it We made a paint booth out of plastic tarp, water on the floor, a big fan to draw all the fumes out, and a diesel heater for warm air inn. To the painters surprise, there was no dust in the paint. We used mostly PPG products. K ................................ Taildragger&fenderless
Then the final ***embly started It was a little bit of challenge to fit everything behind the dashboard, as I wanted to use the original fuel tank. K .................................. Taildragger&fenderless
Yes, sorry, had to. It wasn't complete, but got $4000 K ............................... Taildragger&fenderless
Thanks HRP Yes the colour came out nice. It's one of the RAL colours that we mixed some We call it "kitchen Green" K ........................... Taildragger&fenderless
Excellent build!! I don' know how you guys outside the states manage to build such fantastic cars. We are spoiled compared to over there and I'm sure under similar cir***stances a lot US cars would never get built. Keep the progress reports coming as you finish this one. Frank
Thanks for the kind words guys Being on the HAMB really help me a lot on this build. And of course could not have done this without help from great friends, Dagfinn, Kjetil, Grinder1 and Klazsurfer The final ***embly went ok with just minor hurdles Before final check at the road & vehicle agency, we took it out for a road-tests Here are some pictures taken after this, just for som inspection. K ................................ Taildragger&fenderless
Thanks Carl Now after having the A outside for awhile, I was not satisfied with the stance and looks. A hot Rod I never finished? The problem for me was the rear of the A, a little too tall and not the right tire size, nor the type of tyre/rim combo. until now I have 6.70x15 inch tires both in front and in the rear. This was because I really did not want the Big and little style. So off the rearend goes, an new on the way. This is because the new rear tires would interfere with the body, to narrow. I managed to get hold of a Chrysler housing with axles. Perfect as I have the center section from the old. And I also found a complete Modell A rear spring. Now I can use it with stock length. We are gone reverse the spring to get it a bit lower. The new tyre/rim combo will be 46 ford 16" rims with 7.00x16 in the rear and 6.00x16 in the front, this time all black K ..................................... Taildragger and fenderless
Nice work, Kjell. Happy to finally see a tread on this one. I am excited to see how she looks with sixteens
Here is the "A" with blackwalls, and some engine sound K ............................ Taildragger&fenderless
I love the use of the 8 3/4" rear. IMO the perfect circle pumpkin looks great under any '60s style hot rod.
Thanks Yes it looks ok, small too As I really wanted limited slip and having the 8 3/4" it was easy. Auburn with 3.23:1 gear-set. With 8 3/4" in the FED , and a spare 489 housing, it's more convenient K ................................. Taildragger&fenderless
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