Model a coupe headed for the scrap yard

Ok,so this coupe was headed for scrap yard and i just couldn't see it through,so i bought it cheap and drug it home.It was sitting on a model a chassis that was extended at one time,it really looks like this car was a 50-60's hot rod.it had a roll bar in it and a sprint car style cowl steering box mounted on the frame right in front of the fire wall,fire wall was cut for steering box.It had a 40's ford dropped front axel with 40's brake drums.But as you can see it is eat up with rust and i don't know what to do with it.I have a good extra cowl with good fire wall and a good sub frame set up.I would need 2 good doors.Is it worth the trouble.

 

y can ship it up here to michigan....it'ld roll again............

 

you texas guys have it made. I cant believe someone would scrap that! I would take that in a heartbeat. So, IMHO, YES ITS WORTH THE TROUBLE

You southern guys dont know what bad is, Come on up to the North East if you think thats bad.

 

Yep good save .So many guys here would but it off you .

 

i dont see rust????

 

i'll give you triple scrap price for it!

 

If your good with welding and making panels for sheetmetal, I'd say go for it. A 4x8 sheet of sheet metal goes along ways when it comes to replacement panels.

 

WOW! Nice score

 

Whoever was gonna crush that thing needs to be locked away for several years.

 

what he said^
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=391595

 

She's worth saving. If you don't think you're up to fixin her,then I'm sure someone on here will gladly give her a new home. You did the right thing by saving that car.

 

Now that looks like an awesome project. Just clean it up, find a nice little corner of the garage and chip away at it. If you're not so good at panel forming now, you will be by the end of it. Nice save. Now let the real work begin.

 

That's awesome! It's already got flames too!

It's only metal, make us proud.

 

Well that is why i got it,and yes i am going to do my best with it.I thought someone was going to say you got a pile a shit..But it really was headed for the scrap and i was lucky to find before it went..

 

If you don't want it i will buy it from you it would be less work than my 32 Chevy!

 

Yeah,the flame are cool,the top was also done with lead around the edges of the top

 

johnny, where the hell did you find that here in corpus??? good save

 

Yeah,i found it out close to where my dad lives,off 624

 

wow. awesome dude. ok, cough it up-how much $ is "cheap" ?

 

$350.00,with an extra frame he had laying around

 

It would take a complete idiot to junk a model A anything,let alone a coupe.
I can't believe some people! Awesome save,man.
On a serious note,if it doesn't seem worth the trouble,let me know and I'd be glad to take that "scrap" of your hands.For $350 you stole the damn thing!
Start a build thread and get going.

 

I can't imagine anyone sending that to the scrap heap givin what A coupes are going for now days. good score, especially if you got at a near scrap price. Better than my pile for sure.

 

Someone years ago took the time to chop it, to me metal work is value in itself...glad you saved it, it'll take a lot of work but in the end you are saving history.

 

That's about what I started with. good score.

 

296ardun,that's exactly the way i feel about it.It was also channeld full frame and i am going to put it back the way it was..

 

I would take that in a heartbeat. Good save! and good luck with what ever you decide to do with it,

mike

 

I have been working on my 33 chevy for a few years and it also was a 60's hot rod brought back to life,this really couldn't of came at a better time,my chevy is pretty much the way i want it and have been looking for another project for awhile now and stumbled on this one.But a few more days and it might not have been there.

 

i am always looking at the stuff scrappers take to the yard but i've never came across anything like that nice save

 

id kill to be able to get one at that price expecialy with the metal work thats been done you know that that was some ones main street cruiser

 

The car looks like it was primed in gray and flames were painted over that with pinstripping out lining the flames..looks really cool