Hot Rods Mr. Cheater builds a model A

So about five years ago I got the urge to build a full fender model A hot rod kinda like an 8vA car with some updates this is the car I started with. It was a running driving botched restoration with many things wrong with it. But the price was right. So like any good project it starts with the right parts such as a 265 small block Chevy, F-1 steering and brakes a 34 Ford wishbone un-split+ axel and a Ford bronco rear-end more to follow tomorrow IMG]https://www.jalopyjournal.com/mobile-gallery/acb58768dc0e28b63a07d96b35b90574.jpg[/IMG]


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That's what they call "Bond-oh"

 

Wow

 

looking forward to updates!

 

Ha! Took me a minute to figure out what you were holding. I thought is was a piece of 1/2 wood! Car must have sagged on that side.

 

That was what the panel between the window and the deck lid was made of


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So I am going to skip ahead because any one can take apart a model A. So here goes test fitting the motor and frame construction for the frame I wanted to use a 32 k member but that really wasn't feasible for the transmission I was going to use so I made my own version. More to come


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Look'in good!!

 

So a few more pictures of the 32 like k memberAnd know some of the parts that make it rollclose up of the front shock mounts and with the shock on itshots of the rear end set up more later


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And now we add some motorvation had to add one piece of street rod billit aluminum in order to make the transmission work more to follow


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nice work Matt!

 

Something to consider:
For all the strength and bulk of the truck arm style rear suspension, it all concentrates at those two little tie rod end threads. Not to mention the little tie rod ends themselves.

Also, along the same vein, I like your K member but have to ask whether you intend to tie it together with some material across the top? As it is, for its size and bulk, all that ties it now is the bit where the bone socket is. And it's an L section. That's where the twist concentrates.

I'm not telling you what to do, just bringing up something to consider.

I like that you've got rear engine mounts, if that's what they are?

 

Thanks for your input I will keep an eye on these things. It always good to have a second set of eyes look over your work


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Steering box mods bought a flange from a guy on the H.A.M.B (who's name escapes me now)


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Skipping ahead a little bit bolted some wheels on it and pushed it out for a look. In this picture we can see that my wife is very impressed with the project


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So from there the fire wall was modified to clear the motor and the body set back on and motor in


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Got the wheels powered coated messing around with a 34 truck shell. For some reason I didn't take time to take pictures of frame painting so skipping ahead I took some time to clamp it all together to see what it will look like when it's donealso a shot of one of the grater inventions the water pump riserand now on to subframe repair the donor frame fresh from the blaster and some repair work and then some work on the uprights some of the reason we are replacing the sub framemore to come


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cowl parts out of the mol***es bath worked out wellgot most of the parts hung on the replacement subframe some of the hack-a-re on the quartersbuilding the rear panel below the trunk lidprepping for removing the old subframe for some reason once again I didn't take many pictures of the body cut free of the subframe and some pictures may be out of order. More to come later


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making the door pillar line upfixing the A pillar took a break from subframe repair to do some work making floor panels and the hump cover taking care of the floor sheet metal chapter this is the transmission cover I made


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looking good, great progress. Be sure to put the trunk on and align the gaps before you get too far with tacking all that rear sheet metal together and I would recommend an X brace when plumb under the package tray. Those bodies tend to flex and move around more than one normally ***umes.

 

Great job.. I like the "K" member and trans tunnel....

 

Nice.. a bear bones, A bone build.

 

That was one of the pictures I didn't take of how I braced the body and it would have helped for a lot of people who question how to swap a subframe on a model a


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got the body all put back together and the p***enger side door closes as it should however the driver side needed some work. So we had to add some metal to the b pillar remember kids take measurements before you start and write them down making and installing patch panels getting the fender to fitA tip from Sqwablow telling me how Sherwin Williams can color match paint produced a quarter panel that's pretty much the same color nowgot the fire wall painted and the clutch and brake master cylinder mounted picked up this sweet seat out of a Superior bodied school bus and then the hunt was on for another witch I found later mounting brackets for the seatsnow we have a place to sit and make motor noise. More to come


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Ok so I have seats so let's put a dash in this thingnothing ***ier than a set of Stewart Warners on an engine turned panels more to come


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used two oxygen tanks from a WWII plane to make a fuel tanktank welded up brackets made for the tanktank mounted in the trunk more to come


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nice tank! be sure to leak test it, I always have at least one leak when making tanks or anything that holds fluids
how many gallons of gas will that hold ?

 

Thats a wild looking panel. Did you make it or find it?

 

It is an aftermarket panel called an aristocrat dash panel I made the engine turned panel


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