Hot Rods Early Street Rodder Magazime feature "A" coupe

What ever happened to this A coupe. It's a early example with a Model A frame and a lower than usual front suspension. It was built before the "Rolling Bones", so I guess it had a Doane Spencer style front suspension. It also looks like it had the rear body mounting wood removed, and the frame Z'ed that amount to drop the rear. Anyone have all the pics from the magazine, or any other info?

 

I don't think the Doane Spencer car had an axle with that much drop.

 

Cool Coupe, I think I still have that magazine.

 

like it like it like it

 

For sure. It also didn't have frame horns.

 

Looks like a 5" dropped axle and flattened spring to bring the front down...

 

He probably still has it ,,

 

Did the feature include an orange 28 roadster built in a similar style? I recently saw such a roadster in car show coverage from this summer. But the coupe wasn't shown.

 

Yes, that sounds familiar.

 

For sure it's a 5". Can't tell for sure where the spring is.....might just be real flat and on top of the axle. I think it has hairpins with the tube axle.....not a real good idea.

 

Yea, I loved that orange roadster.. I think it was 4 cylinder powered.. It influenced some of my builds...

 

Looks like if you got a flat the axel would scrub......

 

Spencer car had both a drop axle and frame horns when doane himself actually drove it

Mark Morton’s hop up featured a orange roadster and yellow coupe similar to this car , the back had coil overs and I remember thinking it looked sketchy for some reason

 

it would scub for sure. I measured it with a piece of paper and my trained eye.

 

Brian Bauer has been around forever. That car has a regular front spring setup. Yes he also had an orange roadster.

 

The Brian Bauer Roadster from Rodder's Journal coverage.

 

...............and some slightly clearer views of the Coupe.

 

Couple of great hot-rods..........JMHO.

 

JMHO too.

 

I think A's on A frames give them more of a "hot rod" look then ones on 32 frames...

 

A's on A frames tend to sit a little high "usually".....but not these 2! They look great!

 

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I like. But I’d cringe going over expansion joints on the highway or some streets that need attention.

 

............or those man-hole covers that stick up just a tad too high!!!!!

 

I have to agree that using a 5" dropped axle is going to be a little scary, with the NSRA scrub line check confirming that.
Here are some pics of an A coupe (with an A frame) that for sure has the "Rolling Bones" style spring behind the axle set up. Sits real low, but no scrub line problems!

 

I am wondering why a hairpin equipped tube axle setup is questioned ? @aboner

 

A tube axle can't twist. A beam axle can twist. If the axle can't twist, the hairpins or batwings can break or bend at the point when something has to give.
Tube axles work ok with Ford type unsplit wishbones and Pete&Jake's style 4 bar set ups.

 

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