Projects Model A pickup, my first build thread

Well done...drive it man, drive it.

 

Thanks Harv, I've been driving the crap out of it. Got in my daily driver a while ago and it felt sooooo strange, lol.

 

That came out great. Looking forward to seeing it next weekend

Martyn


Singlefingerspeedshop.com. Detroit

 

Great to see this thing on the road! You must be ecstatic!

 

I am! Sick as hell with a cold and a fever today. Took it out for a ride anyway. It was still fun.

 

Get some rest & vitamins, ya Knucklehead!

You gotta be well on Saturday for Sins of Steel!

Or I will drive ur truck with you strapped in the bed. (just so you won't yak in the cab)



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Hahahaha. Way ahead of ya. Went to urgent care this morning. Antibiotics, cough syrup and the day off tomorrow. I'll be ready.

 

Awesome truck, love the look!...bring on the inspiration for my build!

 

Truck looked really nice....saw it under the striping area at sins today

 

Saw the pickup at sins, looked really nice. Are you going to clean up the back of the cab where it was chopped or are you leaving it?


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Beautious and beastly! Love it man!!

 

Thanks. The cab will get straightened up this winter. It was chopped in the '50s and gas welded, there is a lot of warpage that needs to be addressed, holes that need to be filled etc. and a ton of other things that will need to be tidy'd up. After being sick for a few years, I just want to have some fun this summer.

 

Thanks Andy and thanks everyone else.

 

Here's a few shots of the dash after Hiser laid some stripes on it.


And the man in action

 

Hell man, if you need a hand hit me up. I would love to work on that pickup.


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This made my night. That's my truck on the lower right of the page.

 

You're keeping good company there!

 

Awesome pickup, you got it looking real good,what's the speedo,
Cheers

 

QUOTE="whitewallwilly, post: 10464746, member: 182096"]Awesome pickup, you got it looking real good,what's the speedo,
Cheers[/QUOTE]
Thanks. Speedo is 36 Ford. Wish it was a 37 like the one below but can't find a good one. Anyone got one they might want to part with?

 

Looks great man! Glad to hear you're enjoying it!

 

Just some pics of the new gas tank. I hate tractor grills on hot rods but they made some hell of a gas tanks. 1934 Farmall tank. 13 gallons.

 

Sweet little truck, I'm partial to them as well. Love my little Model A truck. (see avatar)

 

Maybe the same guy chopped my 32, the back of the cab looked about the same, lots of oil canning and such. I'm not an accomplished metal finisher, but a few strategic cuts with a cutoff wheel and a few mig welds and it looked a lot better. Heat and shrink, hammer, dolly and grind.

Now I'm working on a 29 roadster, even tighter than your truck in the engine bay. I have cut the firewall something like yours. I am also going to use a 283 with tri-power, and it looks like I'll have to raise the body in order to pull the distributor, and I'll have to pull the rear carb to get the distributor cap off.

I knew these cars were small, but I can't believe how much room ain't in these things.

Your truck looks great, and I know that when people look at it they smile.

 

Thanks. Yeah it looks like a cut right through the welded seam with a thin cut off wheel will let it lay down. We will see when the snow starts to fall again. I'm having too much fun driving it around right now. It's been in the shop to tighten up/grease/inspect/adjust/install new gas tank etc. Drove it around for a few weeks to see what would break or fall off, lol. Need to relocate the battery tonight, give it the once over with the grease gun and adjust the brakes at all four corners. It's been down for about a week and a half now. Can't wait to drive it again.

 

Hey great deal on the fuel tank,alot of older farm tractors have similar shaped tanks ,and the look is great ,nothing worse than looking at a traditional style hotrod and seeing a polished fabricated alloy gas tank that looks like it should be in a billet car.

 

Thanks. I had one of those plastic race car fuel cells hidden in a box. It was cheap but I hated it and intended to find another tank but it did get me up and running. CaptainScarlet and I were walking the swap meet at Sins of Steel and saw it. I looked over and saw it and said, "oh shit there's my gas tank". It's 13 gallons and I get 12-14 mpg depending how I drive it .

 

You can't be driving it hard enough if your getting 12-14 to the gallon, ha ha

 

Lol I drive it hard enough. Had a heck of a weekend with it. Friday night the battery took a powder, got a new one Saturday morning at 9am, by 12 a stuck lifter had me sidelined for a few hours. She's all fixed now. Damn what a weekend.

 

That dash came out sweet! Are the chrome strips on either side of the ashtray something you came up with or was that a 35/36 option?


Never finished

 

The chrome strips are Ford pieces. I'm not too clear myself on exactly what year or application. They were on the dash when I got it. The dash I know for sure came out of a 36 sedan. Wether it's early or base model (standard vs deluxe) or just what I really don't know. Maybe someone put an early 35 dash in the car it came out of. Who knows. I actually like it better than the waterfall myself. I don't see this chrome trim very often.