I picked up a new project. It was a restoration project my grandpa started a few years ago. He passed away 2 years ago and it’s just been sitting up in the barn. My grandmother gave me the car recently to make a little hot rod out of. It’s a 1931 Sport Coupe. The chassis and drivetrain were restored and the body was painted. He wasn’t happy with some part of the paint so it was going to be stripped down and repainted. My plan after I get the car back up to my house is to give the top a 4” chop, lose the fenders and swap out to a 39 trans. I’d love to keep the banger and toss a new head and some Stromberg’s on it. It’s a hell of a start. Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
He was big into A’s. He restored a 31 roadster pickup and a 30 (I think) roadster coupe. Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Never mind, I figured it out. He was big into building German model airplanes as well Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
What a cool jigger, get it on the road, modify/refine it as you drive, so cool it was your g'pa's car!
IMO only... don't chop yet, top looks great [new]... build the chassis and install the drivetrain, drive it, have fun, then if you want to chop it you will know how it is to get in and out of... crawling in gets more challenging when we become seniors !
Agree with Sloppy Have someone photo shop that car before you think about chopping it. Sport coupes may not lend themselves to a chop. JMO Jim
That is one choice little A. Your gramps had his stuff together, excellent craftsmanship. As suggested do some upgrades and run it as is put back together and see if it works for you. Nothin like a family history car. Good luck.
Nice Control-Line & Radio Control models. Hope they get saved. Are a fun hobby, although can be expensive. If your grandmother lets you save those - do it, quickly. You'd be in real cheap-like, = long term fun, & another set of skills. While I like chopped cars, if you just gotta chop the Wee out of the SportCoupe, I'd suggest a 1" or 1 1/2" to start with. Proportion(s) are a *lot* better. You can always cut more later. At the very least, save the pieces you cut from the chop, since you may very well find later, that 4" is only good for looking at (& only maybe at that), so you may want to un-chop it some, therefore you'll have the parts to do that. Sure is a nice looking S.C. Marcus...
I got to agree with both of these guys. When you are young screwing yourself into a tin can is fun, as you age the threads on that screw get worn and make it hard to get properly screwed in.
Nothing wrong with a '39 box, and by the looks of it your gramps appreciated early Fords for all their worth so I'm sure he'd prefer the '39 box too. Beautiful start to a project, enjoy it and keep us posted. I too would hold off on a chop for now (I'm also a fan of fenders but the good thing about them is you can take them on and off as you please).
All of his airplanes are hung up in the shop. My uncle received all of them when my grandpa passed. He was big into the hobby for years and put 110% into all of his models, just like everything else he did. Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
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