Projects Paul Zach and Bens Coupe (father & sons build)

Hello everyone,

I have been following all these threads for years and it has inspired me to act on a lifetime dream of building a Model a coupe with my two sons. I apologize in advance for taking so long to post my project. We have been working on it for about a year and a half so far. We started with nothing but slowly acquired the parts from Carlisle and Hershey swap meets, we hand made a good amount of stuff and yes we bought some repop stuff as well. I guess you would call our project a minimalistic traditional build, kind of a nod to the mid 50's era (yes I know the sbc is a stretch) I am not a pro builder by any means, nor am I a body man. I am a lifelong Porsche master mechanic that can certainly spin a wrench pretty well but this build is uncharted territory for me. I have enjoyed the journey,the vision and the wonderful memories building this Coupe with my two sons. I have made a few mistakes along the way with this build, and I'm sure there some still to come as well. I will attach some pictures and hopefully update them as I continue. Try not to laugh to hard... remember its my first build.. Thanks and enjoy
Paul Mc

Some quick specs:
1930 Ford coupe body (purchased from Midwest fabrication)
Riley Automotive swept frame (notched front spring pocket and coilover setup rear)
Pete and Jakes front end with speedway spit bones and 1 leaf removed
Limeworks 40 ford steering column and 40 deluxe wheel
Early bronco 9" with Pete and Jakes ladder bars
Engine: SBC 10.2 to 1 ,early powerpack heads. valve train goodies,speedway 3 carb setup
Custom Stainless exhaust
Gear box is from a 2wd Chevy S-10 4.3 litre Getrag NV3600 5 speed
Tilton triple reverse hanging pedal setup
Body is not channeled / It is chopped 3 inches
Seat is a mid 90's caravan 2nd row bench
3 inch chopped radiator/ repop grill was notched and lowered

 

Nothing to laugh about there! Very tidy workmanship, nice job. What a great way to spend time with your kids and teach them skills that will last a lifetime.

 

Wow, really good. I like how you chopped the car. Vertical pins in the wood is a smart idea! When you put the top back down, the posts will center themselves without clamps!

 

Good on ya' for teaming up with the kiddos. The chop looks good.

 

Great job and great the boys are into it and getting their hands dirty!!


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Looking good, like it a lot. Enjoy your time with your boys.


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Cool - ya doin' good

 

Looks killer, the workmanship is great. Hope to get my kids in on some of our builds.

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Great build.

 

Good Stuff!

 

That's awesome to build with your boys. My daughters like to hang out in the shop too. Building memories and hot rods, don't get better than that.

 

A few more pics to add... Doing the gas tank and trunk floor next. I will post more pics later this week

 

What a great way to make memories with the kids. Great looking rod!!

 

great workmanship and nice looking kids, Great way to keep the hobby alive tom

 

We worked on the trunk floor and fuel tank area a bit tonight

 

Outstanding, wouldn't be surprised that a couple more projects are in the future!

 

That's some very nice work.
I like the recess in the trans tunnel, obviously for foot and gas pedal.
I haven't seen that done before.
I'm going to go hit the watch ****on.

 

Nice work. Gary

 

Man, that chop is spot on! Good job guys!

Dave

 

Nice day here in Pennsylvania so we pushed the car outside. We got the trunk panels welded in today. We also got the entire car stripped and sanded (finally)

 

Enjoying this thread, like the chop, well done, your kids being involved is a huge plus!!

 

Coming along nicely guys! What's next?

 

Thanks guys, Its our first go around with a project like this.... We are under the gun now. My son Zach is a high school senior and we are pushing for him to drive it to school for the last week of high school! It will be in bare metal for this summer. We will iron out all the kinks and then take it apart next winter for a proper paint prep and spray.

 

So.... A quick update..... Car is dis***embled and we are prepping /painting the frame and underbody. The color will be PPG Mercedes Benz 904 solid. Its a touch darker than washington blue.

 

Nothin' wrong with bare metal...jus' sayin'

Great work! Good to see that there's another generation of hot rodders out there. Hope they catch the bug.

 

LOOKING GOOD

 

Cool coupe

 

Ed


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Genuine hot rod. Family fun! Who is going to referee the fight over the keys?

 

Nice!