Justin's 1930/1 Model A Roadster build thread

Saw Tim's ad in the classifieds one night, Had to have the roadster..gave him a call , and i couldn't get down to Santa Cruz fast enough. Loaded that thing up into the back of my '59 Ford and i was on my way to a dream come true, plenty of thumbs up on the way home! Had to get it in the backyard fast before mom could see it! I believe it to be an old hot rod, due to the vast amount of lead work, and gas welds. There were a few small patches done with bolts or washers as the backing. The doors were welded shut, It has a '34 dash grafted in, shoebox trunk hinges, channeled subrails, jagged cuts everywhere, including taillight holes, recessed firewall, etc.. I got to work melting the cracked lead everywhere, cutting the door open. trimming the jagged sub rails, breaking bolts, etc.. here are some pics of when i got it and some little progress i've done so far.
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Lots of PB and an impact, took forever to get these suckers out..

gas tank

cleaned, trimmed, painted underside

dashrail, underneath lead


driver door was welded shut, cut it open, cut out the nastiness, and sandblasted it, the skin is useable, i'm going to need to rebuild the inside.
this is what i cut out..notice the beads?



more junk cut out..


Had some channels broke to original specs, from leftover pieces that were still there..


mocked up firewall, nothing lines up!!

rear channel mess..


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some goodies arrived from Macs.. not too thrilled with the radius cut of the wheel wells..body mounts are great.


got some channel welded in today, i know the front channel is in the right spot, Not sure about the rest, but it will work for now.




Got a little primer on, to see it in mostly one shade is nice..


thats all for now..

 

Pardon my poor work space, Its all i have for now.. this area will soon be cemented. Can't wait.

 

Nice score and a great start... Can't wait to see that baby sitting on all fours!

 

It looks as if the roadster is in capable hands. Nice work!

 

You're off to a great start!

 

looks good so far

 

does anyone have any photos of how the rear subrail mates the frame???
thanks

 

very cool. now i cant wate to get started on my roadster. did your mom flip? haha

 

Is there supposed to be a wood spacer between this front body bracket and the sub rail here? It would make sense if there were in my situation, I have the door aligned, but while doing so, i have the very rear of the body jacked up a few inches too high to accommodate. someone please educate me.

 

Yes there are wood blocks that go there, i have some good used ones i think that you can have for shipping if you want them

 

Just a few pics. Slow progress lately. Daily 59 project is priority at the moment.

 

Great project, keep moving forward!

RGG

 

cool

 

That's a nice start... and I wouldn't worry about how the body mounts... everything is easily changed unless you're going Full fendered... then you'd have to pay attention where everything goes.

 

its great to see a nice ol' roadster come back to life...hats off

 

Picked up a flathead for my roadster yesterday . 1949 mercury . Very complete, turns over and insides look great ; I think I have a gem.
Seller broke it down so I could see I was buying a true merc, and only one (I think) crack.



Sand blasted and painted heads.

Cleaned up pan too

 

I like the '40 Chevy trunk hinges. I have an extra set I planned on using on my model a. It's looking good!!

 

nice work, i cant wait to keep an eye on this one. cool truck too!

 

nice,love the motor

 

Making some more body work progress .
Pulled the old dash & started laying some floor. The sheet you see in the background is birch hardwood I'll be using for the final cut.

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Cool roadsters

 

Looks like it's going to a great car . Keep up the good work .

 

You're making good progress.. I'm getting the roadster bug....

 

Nice progress.

 

looking good... keep the updates comming

 

I like threads like this where someone buys a car off the board and then turns around and builds it here, with a build thread. Keep the updates coming and looks good so far.

 

lookin good man!

 

looks good. ive been meaning to look up your project. I have a complete set of wood body mount blocks for 30-31. They came with the wood kit I got at LARS, but I had already bought the 28-29 ones..
let me know if you want them..

 

Thanks guys, I realize the scale of my build is pretty amateur compared to some of the talent on this board. I'm giving it the best I got, it's definitely been a learning curve.