Projects Tudorfritz slowly builds a Model A (build thread)

Nice stuff, you'll finish it in notime. What a beauty.

 

Looks good I can't wait to see it at Detroit.

 

How do you take a picture and make it look like a glossy painting in that pic???COOL

 

A little voodoo and some witchcraft, lol. Actually a photographer took that photo I have no idea how he did it.

 

Got the headliner mounted last night. My cousin made me the wood strips out of birch plywood. He stained them and put 7 coats of clear on them. I still have to make the trim panel that goes above the windshield. Hopefully I'll have my door panels back from the trim shop in the next couple weeks then it should be done.

 

Love the wood work. Love your build Frank

 

Looks awesome

 

Just finished the panel above the windshield and mounted the mirror.

 

I did like the idea and it turned out nice, thanks for sharing.

 

The cover for the fuel filler tube gave me a hard time when it came time to cover it. I just couldn't get the vinyl not to wrinkle on the top. I had a idea, just cover it up! I scored a Southwind heater off eBay for $20.
I'm only using the housing, I trimmed the back side to fit the shape of the trim panels. A quick bead blast, paint, and polish on the stainless trim.
What filler tube?

Think I'm gonna put a piece of wind lace under it to cover the little bit of filler tube that you can see.

 

Woah that turned out perfect, dude has some vision

 

Dare I say it, "That heater is cool"!
Still one of my favorite threads on the HAMB, so many clever ideas, and executed beautifully.
Keep up the good work.

Arnold.

 

I took the car to have it striped over the weekend. I had Jim Prohaska stripe it, I would say Jim is the top guy in this area when it comes to striping. He was striping cars and trucks for my dad all the way back into the early 70's. I wanted the strips to be very subtle and for it not to jump out at you when you first look at the car.





Cooper likes it!

 

Got my door panels back. I'll have to make a run to Mac's for more garnish molding screws ( some dummy doesn't know how to count).

I cut down a set of stainless windshield garnish moldings. I had to weld up a 3/8" hole in the bottom and polish them.

 

The devil is still in the details

 

Well I think I can say it's done!













Just got some cleaning and a little polishing then it's off to Detroit in a few weeks.

 

That's badass, might have to make the trip to Detroit to see it in person..

 

Yeah I'd definitely agree. Looks amazing.

 

Congrats Sir! Hopefully you get to enjoy many miles now

 

Awesome car. Great details. Thanks for the post. Gary

 

Sure turned out nice - interior looks great!

 

Thanks guys, can't wait till spring time so I can start racking up some miles.

 

Looks great,Like the details...

 

ABSOLUTELY KILLER.
You have to see it in person to really get the whole vibe.
Nice Job Scott.

VR&C.

 

Wow! Amazing work. How did you reshape your cowl band? I bought a repop and the corners don't fit well.

 

It turned out stellar Fritz.... 2 thumbs up man.

 

Thanks, yea the new cowl bands fit like shit. I tried carefully bending the corners a little tighter. It still doesn't fit as well as I'd like but it'll do.

 

Made it to Detroit

 

Looks great! How'd it do on the drive down?

 

Thanks, but three people, luggage and 5 hours in snow/ rain mix wouldn't work out so well. I trailered it, trust me it's not gonna be a trailer queen I will drive the shit out of it!