5 very tired cool guys

There they were, five of the coolist guys to ever struggle with a '31 A body.
So; earlier that morning, I have a neighbor standing at the front door asking
Mom, if she thought her son would like an Model A roadster body to add to
the other junk in his yard. Seems he was about to start construction of his
new house and sitting on his lot was this A roadster body that he would very
much like removed.
It took about twenty minutes to gather the crew together. Problem was, we
had to carry that sweet thing up hill to my place. Not too far but, very; and
I do mean VERY, steep hill. One on each corner and one where the rumble
seat used to be. Somehow it just got harder and heavier. Hey we're all strong
youths here, right ? Well 1 1/2 Hrs. latter, we made into the driveway. Come
on guys only 30 yards left. So the three of us that were left, pushed and
pulled untill it was hidden from sight. After all Dad was already threatening
to call the junkman !
This was to become one of the greatest hill climbing machines to grace a
country hillside. Since we had no other body parts for this rig, we sat her
on the rails of our up and coming grass eatting, dirt throwing, rock chucking
hill conquering beast.
Earlier that month, I had finished a quick and dirty rebuild on the trusty four. Our original idea was to use Bill's chopped up '29 two door sedan body.
Now this poor thing had seen the worst side of a cold chisel. Cut off the top & door window frames. Rather a lose mess of badly scared metal here.
What a stroke of good fortune. Zeus must dig hotrods ! We didn't want a
windshield anyway. Just something else to get broken. Nuff for now, back
latter, then the laughter starts.Seeeeeeeees ya. ( Circa '51 )
Ah, the quick and dirty rebuild. Filing the rod caps doesn't keep them
round but, it does stop the hammering,at least for a while. And since
none of our crew knew how to pour babbit, file away Frankie. Now Craig
worked after school at the local parts store where they could do a valve
job & light machine work. Thanks Craig for the valve job. It really put
some zing into the old four banger. I'll figure out something to repay ya.
After all I did tow that Auburn home for you. After using up all the water
outlet fittings the store had; we keep breaking the ears off untill we got
smart; well wiser at least, and filed the bump off the head where it bolted on. Oh this baby is going to out climb everyone. Back in a minute
Now I wonder why we always had some nuts or bolts left over when we
rebuilt something. Never seemed hurt.
Half way through bolting the body down, Dave Lewis shows up wanting
to deal for the body, as one of the crew told him of my striking gold.Now
Dave already had a killer '39 Merc pheaton that took first place in it's
class at the Oakland Roadster Show last month. Back when the show
was held at the Oakland Autiorium. About the size of a basketball court.
Dave's best friend John had a really nice '29A coupe with a sharp looking
box built where the rumble seat should be. Done with excellant taste.
The outline of the box, followed the shape of the body and looked like
the paneling on a woody. With a light colored wooden frame against a
mahogoney panel. The coupe was fire engine red with street slicks on
the rear and motorcycle tires on front. I'm sure Dave wanted to try and
build something better. Friends can always try to outdo each other. It's
just the nature of hot rodding. I can quit if you'd rather

 

I like "badly scared metal". I bet that describes a lot of our parts.