Projects Model A, Hemi and the six inch chop

Thanks. When i saw the video of Jimmy White ragging his A around the block with the hemi and stick shift i think thats where the seed was sown. Cost me loads watching that

 

Wish bone mounts



Frame extensions finished

 

Got six on my avatar, only running the outside four, the center ones are not in use, I've not had problems with them other then getting the right power valves, doing great now. Love your car, a build to be proud of!

 

Must be just me then, or you are lucky not to have troubles
Four, i believe is much more suited to driving on the road. I'm tempted to go down two or three myself !

Thanks i'm pleased with how the body turned out. The work being done on my car at Buckland is looking amazing, certainly will be proud when it comes back.

 

Chassis boxed with some neat dimpled holes, looking pretty sweet !



Notched at the rear



Motor mounts

 

Wow, this is gunna look great!

Rich

 

Thanks !

 

My new addition… Damned expensive, but just had to be done



Now it’s looking like a cool collection of bits ! Hemi is looking right at home in there !

 

That quickchange is giving me a stiffy...

Rich

 

Ha ha, that made me laugh... nearly spilt my beer

 

looking good mate. i bet they're nice blokes at that shop!

Harley

 

Yeah they sure are top blokes !

Thanks for all your hard work, it's looking so good, i can't believe it's mine !

 

Motor mounts welded in

 

Wow-go big or go home. You went big. Six inches would be more than I would've done, but it wasn't me that did (or could) it. Great car. The chop makes the hood look a little longer to my eye, which is a good thing. Great colors on the car. Got to be twice as hard doing it on the other side of the pond. Kudos to you.

 

Thanks, i was worried at first about chopping it so much, but in the end i love it, and i fit in it easily ! I always planned on changing the color as green is my least favourite, but it's grown on me and looks kind of cool.

The only bad thing about being over here is everything... and double the cost

 

Hemi motor mounts !
Showing off their skills at Buckland Automotive, looks very slick !



Mounts installed. Love it, looking great !!

 

You did a good job on the Body..... So you deserve to have these guys do the chassis~~~
Thes guys do NICE WORK!

 

Just seen this thread for the first time today - wow!
Great job of showing us how to do a hard chop on a 30 A Coupe. Lots of pics, expressing your thoughts as you proceeded. Very helpful for anyone else contemplating the same (or similar) thing.
Car looks great and with the Hemi and QC, you will have a car that would be envied anywhere around the world.
Thanks for posting.

 

Amazing work and thread. Ding ding ding... you must have the prize for least number of pages with the most photos! Thanx SO much for sharing. Gary

 

Cool hot rod

 

Thanks, just what i thought . After seeing the work they've done, it was definitely the right decision !

 

Thanks for the kind words, pleased you enjoyed my efforts on the chop. Should be nice when it's finished !

 

Ooo what's my prize ? Thanks, i guess i posted too much at once... lol. I should have strung it out a bit longer Nice to hear you enjoyed it, thanks.

 

Thanks... cool is what i'm after

 

Any updates? Would love more pics of the frame build. These guys do nice work...you chose wisely.

 

I went to see it yesterday, first time I've seen it all stripped. Really pleased to see I bought a great car, the chassis has come up looking like new. They have started making the centre cross members, but I didn't get a picture ! I'm sure I'll have some more soon ! Thanks for taking an interest, there will be updates coming !

 

More pictures hot out of the camera from Buckland.
Centre cross member is now in with pedals mounted and master cylinders.
Some lovely curves and shapes in the cross members, very cool looking !

 

Good job on the chop. Kind of funny how what appears to be straight is actually slight taper, so you need to do all the slicing and dicing. Hemi looks great, doesn't it require firewall mods for the length? Looks like your shop Bucklands is doing some nice work.

On my COE, I only did 4 inch chop, but spent nearly as much time on the vent windows as the basic top chop. Getting those so they open and close was a lot of work and tweaking. Butit is so much nicer with them and a more finished chop having real working vent windows. Your coupe of course does not have that vent window issue.

 

Thanks i'm very pleased with my chop and now very aware of how difficult chopping tops is... and mine is the easiest to chop ! Those little details like spending time on your window vents are what make a truley great chop.

Yery pleased also with the work Buckland are doing. Funny, we were just discussing the firewall issue, a major problem with keeping the stock frame, i think there is about four inches difference between my old '32 and the space available in the '30. I'd like to keep the firewall, but it will need cutting up, reversing or both and probably losing the tank which will be a shame, i'll have some pictures when the time comes. I wanted the Hemi so something has to give unfortunatly !

 

I’ve barely managed to do any work this morning, i’ve just been sat looking at these pictures…. wow !