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Features "Snoopy" Model A Hot Rod Survivor

Discussion in 'Traditional Hot Rods' started by Denns1989, Sep 8, 2014.

  1. Here you go, I walked out into the driveway & snapped this shot for ya :) PXL_20230609_163225410.jpg
     
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  2. Tim
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    Awesome thank you! Does the fender have a length of strap under it that the supports are attached to?
     
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  3. Yes the flat bar continues under the fender right the outer edge on both, they just tacked it with a stick welder in a few spots under the fender & must have heated it with a torch to curve it. PXL_20230609_174624634.jpg PXL_20230609_174702919.jpg
     
  4. Tim
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    Great photos! Been looking at how people are attaching the struts to the fender and how they are clocked etc.

    What looks cool and what works aren’t always the same! And then I have to remember that the tire has to be able to come off the car as well lol
     
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  5. dana barlow
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    1. Y-blocks

    When I had too add some frenders in 1959 to my 28A ,,Do to the new Cop being asigned to our local. I didn't like running fenders,so made themEZ remove. When that Cop was reasigned to another part of town,I was let run with no fender by other Cops,, How I did my own;; I cut two spair tire outer covers in 1/2. The brake baking plate was used like those shown in your pic. Only 2 small things I did looked def. The set of bolts drilled n coming out of the backing plate a little longer and nutted so the bolts didn't move. Then my frender brackets went on to bolts an wignuts held the brackets. The braces were 5/8 inch tubing with part that fit on bolts flat,and also flat were it went around under frender/with 3 pandhead bolts and acorn nuts through frenders on each. So pretty close to same,except for part of brackets showed round. n wingnuts.
     
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  6. Daughter caught a short clip of our drive to the car show this morning -
     
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  7. 31chevymike
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    After reading your thread and finishing after a week, clearly this IS the best ever on a survivor hot rod! You chose to keep your Model A as originally built back in the day, passing six years of ownership and sticking to your "guns" with other viewers. Thank you for sharing Snoopy with the rest of us HAMBERS!
     
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  8. ROADSTER1927
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    X2 as above Gary!:)
     
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  9. Thanks so much, I really appreciate this ! It's nice to know some people understand. Thanks !
     
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  11. PXL_20230805_001759854.jpg Parked to go watch a fireworks show last nite, turned back, thought " that's a neat picture", so here it is :)
     
  12. I'm sorry , but the car just looks awkward. I have read the history on your thread, but ...........
     
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  13. Damn those kids back in the early 60's for not building it 'correct'. :rolleyes:
    What's awkward about it?
     
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  14. slowmotion
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    While I won't say I disagree with you, ya gotta put it into perspective. The awkwardness is part of the charm, especially when viewed as a 'survivor'. I'm a whore for a chopped A coupe as much as the next guy, but at the end of the day they weren't all built that way 'back then'. Which is kinda what all this "traditional" jazz is all about. Big fan of your drag coupe btw....:)
     
  15. I have followed this thread since the beginning.
    Somewhere along the comments I mentioned that this thread
    is really the tutorial for how to bring back a car to the road
    and honor the builder for what he created back in the day.
    This thread has always honored the traditional Hot Rod
    in the traditional way.
    Lets see it for what it is.
     
  16. dwollam
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    Amen brother!

    Dave
     
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  17. Robert Crosse
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    Nice to see "Snoopy" is still snoop'n.
    "Bertha" & Bob
     
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  18. metalhead140
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    Followed this thread a long time, not sure if I've posted previously, but I love it...

    Wonder if you knew that your car shared a namesake hotrod here in Australia, just came across it in a book I'm reading? Not totally dissimilar in style either...

    PXL_20230917_113900596.jpg
     
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  20. I have oddly come across quite a few 28-32 Ford hot rods over the years with the spring in front of the axle. Unfortunately most were derelicts that likely most aren't around anymore......most I found back when r*t rodding was just starting to catch on. So if they weren't scrapped they were likely hacked up. Did come across a guy with a survivor 29 roadster rod in the late 90s. WW2 vet that was still young when he got back from WW2. Bought a new 46 Ford convertible after he got back. Did a few performance upgrades to it. Then one night around 48 or 49 he was showing off and rolled it. Few days later he bought the a roadster from a yard and made everything fit from the 46 he could that wasn't ruined and continued to show off. No idea what happened to either him or the a. He was in his 70s when I met him
     
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  21. PXL_20231012_231922919.jpg Had Snoopy out for a little run last night, be going into hibernation soon as the weather is turning, I liked the look of the sky in this shot, made for a neat picture.
     
  22. Stogy
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    I was out too...beautiful time of year really...they run cool that's for sure...Snoopy looks spot on Denns...;)
     
  23. Stogy
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    @Denns1989, your description of the ride with the new shocks is priceless...:p

    I describe my ride as a wagon with an engine...:D...It's nice on smooth pavement though...:)
     
  24. dana barlow
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    I see from time to time,a few notes about how smooth a rod rides.;):D
    Some just put it together ,an how it rides, gets a bit overlooked an done little if anything about.o_O

    Maybe do to working on race cars, even before building my own rod in the late 1950s,I payed a little more attention to what the springs are doing n moving smooth,an how to adjust them. I did use front spring in front of axle,as a stock 48 Ford has a factory drop of about 3 inch.

    Shocks n tire psi play a big part of ride an handling, but other 1/2 of ride is=spring rate* an preload.*
    I built my first rod with transverse springs at both ends, and for ride an height of rod, springs were adjusted by picking* an putting together number of leaf {not all out of same leaf stack package} an how long for rate*,and re-arch spring for preload*< to hold height. < Those two parts are what seems to be over looked,or not under stood=Lot of rods ride very ruff,using springs for much heavier cars,that are not adjust for how lightweight the hotrod is now. 4716667_orig.jpg
    My own rod rides pretty well,but I played with springs for about a year after getting it running.
     
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  25. ROADSTER1927
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    Cool picture Dennis, Gary
     
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  26. @Denns1989 , nice pic. We stopped at the same location on Wednesday, on our way to Kitchener for wedding. Then heading on to Utah to meet our first grandchild.
     
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  27. Stogy
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    I don't doubt for a minute this isn't the reason behind my wagon analogy...definitely warrants a teardown, cleaning, dressing the ends, lubricating and adjusting the spring pack front and rear which would be highly beneficial...thanks Dana.
     
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  28. Well I finally wasn't on-call, it wasn't raining or snowing & it was above freezing - Got Snoopy driven about 40 miles to his winter hibernation location after work this evening.
     
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  29. Stogy
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    See ya Ole Bluey...I mean Snoop's...;)
     
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  30. Robert Crosse
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    Bertha is tucked in the garage now also...Spring will return.
    So cool the see Snoopy on the road at night.
    "if life is just a highway…then my soul is just a car" Meatloaf
    The last show of the year, Ellicottville NY...click image for History
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