There is a chopped 30 Model A Four door on Ebay newly listed in Texas http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2450205310&indexURL=0&photoDisplayType=2#ebayphotohosting
My boss Has a 1929 a that is a four door and it has the 30/31 body lines and cowl but does have a lot of 1929 features such as (wheels, engine,radiator shell,) I thought it was strange when I first saw the car and argued with him that it was a 30 but it is an original unrestored car and he showed me the ***le. there also was a picture of one in Brattons catalog a couple years ago and had it listed has a 29.
I'll go back to my crackpipe, now. Someone told me that my coupe is a '30 bottom half and a '28/'29 top. All I know is that it scares the **** out of me and the body's rough as a cob.
The firewall and cowl area is different than a 30/31 body. They did make a strange body in 29 that looked like the 30/31. This must be one of them. Not sure what they were called but it might be a Murray body. Clark
At the swap here last month there was an old hot rod coupe that nobody could figure out. It had a 29 firewall but a 30-1 type cowl and body lines. Then one of the older guys noticed that it had a 4 door cowl mated to later coupe pieces. It was put together from at least 3 different cars. A neat ride but way too rough for the asking price.
That's a leather back 4 door. The gas tank is actually mounted up under the cowl. It does not lift out of the top of the cowl like other model As. That is why the cowl looks strange to you.
That is a '29. The arched window openings in the doors give it away as a Murray body. If the doors had square window openings it would be a Briggs body. I had started on Briggs sedan before I came across a good deal on a coupe so I switched. These cars are built around a mostly wood structure. Much moore wood than in other A's. The entire subrail ***ymbly is wood and the door structure is also nearly all wood. The fire walls actually have the same shape as the other 28 / 29's but the cowl is not bolted on like the early A's. Look at the radious of the top of the cowl and compare to a late "A" and it will look more obvious. Many of the parts on the fordor "A" sedans are unique to them and it's hard to find reproduction replacement parts. I don't believe that this car is a leather back because it has rear 1/4 windows. I think the leather backs had only the door windows and that was it. This car looks to be a town sedan or "station wagon" body. I always figured they would be cool if the two rear doors were removed and the body shortened. several different Murray and Briggs bodies styles were buit that used this style of cowl.
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