When I was riding around the other day I saw a model a done like a 3 window has any body here done this? Pictures would be cool.
There have been a couple of threads on somebody o n here doing this to an A but I don't recall seeing any of them completed.
A few years ago there was a fiberglass manufacturer making a 3 window Model A coupe body, I don't know if their still in business?
Thanks jr, I was wondering how many guys did it and if they chopped the top. The one I seen wasn’t chopped
Ford actually did build a prototype in 1930. There is a picture of it in the book "The Ford Model A", by George DeAngelis. The photo is numbered 6894 and dated 10-16-30. It looks like they added about 3" to the door and the back panel of the top looks to be shorter than the 3 window '32.
I'm sure it looked good back then but we've become used to '32 three windows. I'd ay ayear after this car was shown, it was quickly forgotten.
This is a Sport Coupe and close to what your talking about. Here's what they look like in Hot Rod form and even though it looks like the Top could fold down it does not. It's nailed in place and is stationary. That's about as 3 window as you can get in a Model A.
I wonder if it was a sport coupe just done in metal,never got to talk to the guy or gal. Dang I should have taken some pictures. To much of a hurry I guess.
Yep, he was in Chino AZ, he only built about 10 b4 the molds got cut up. They were ruff to say the least.
Piston, that's a '28 Business Coupe, not a Sports Coupe. A Sports Coupe has landau irons. In 1929 the Business Coupe added oval windows in the roof.
For all the work involved, why not just find an Essex in the first place? Sent from my SM-T350 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
My tribute to the 3 window Model A. Definitely a hotrodded version but inspired by the slant window prototype.
There used to be a company based out of Ontario Canada named A Glass Act that produced fiberglass 3 window A's.
I think that’s going look really nice. As an A guy, I’m still wrestling with the proportions, I think just because I haven’t seen many. So, did you just use a wider door and move the b-pillar back? Sedan door? You’re brave to start dicing up a quarter panel, I like it.
Thanks man. Yeah if it hadn’t been for the prototype coupes Ford made I would have never tried this and just built another 5w but my quarters were pretty rough..the whole car was so I decided I’d go for it. Something a little different and hopefully I did it justice but the cowl and doors are Victoria which are 6” longer than coupe stock doors and 4” longer than sedan doors. To try to help the proportions. Cut the quarters back 6” and used a rotted 4 door sedan quarter molding to help finish off the body line where the window was.